Category: Comics & Zines
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On Heartstopper
At first a fan of the webcomic, I watched as Oseman excused herself of appropriation while failing to grow her story beyond fujoshi tropes. Now Heartstoppers has won Best Graphic Novel 2020, and I could not be more disappointed.
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Queering The Air: Queer Zine Culture
An amazing catch-up with Frank Candiloro and Emily_N3v3r on 3CR’s ‘Queering the Air’.
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Top Eight: Queer Comics
Thought I’d use my knowledge and thirst to pull together a list of queer comics I *loved* in 2019. It was a fantastic year for queer narratives after all – with comics like The Witch Boy, Iceman, and Check, Please! finding their way into mainstream distribution. I didn’t want 2019 to end without sharing some…
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YEPCast: Three Queers Rambling
Heussler, Lianna. “Episode 5 – Fletcher And Wolfram – Three Queers Rambling (Mostly About Zines).” YEPCast, YEP Australia, 01 July 2019. Fletcher Quilty (GULP!) and I get on the YEPCast with Lianna Heussler to discuss zines as a gateway to indie publishing. We share insight into relationship-building within the zine community, Kim Wilkins’s theories of…
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Q!C#6: The Gay™
Issue #6’s call-for-contributors will close October 31st. Read here to find out more about this project.
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Queer Literature Night
Brisbane is alive with queer creatives doing amazing things, and that’s never been clearer than in 2018. Brands like Hung Dada (Ethan Waghorn), DVRX (Joel Devereux), and Silver Sircus have become household names among queer Brisbanites with festivals like MELT, Anywhere Theatre, and Digital Writers Festival doing a fantastic job of showcasing our emerging artists.…
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When It Rains…
Oh hey, friend. I said it would happen and it happened: I got busy and had to put this blog project on hold. But tonight, my good friend, will be the last thing in a month-long bombardment of social and cultural things. I’m looking forward to having it done and getting my life back, but in…
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Here and Queer (Aug 24-31)
Oh hey, friend. Look. By now you should have realised that this segment is more a wank over things I love than a detailed coverage of what’s on in Brisbane. If you’re not going out to get yourself a free copy of QNews, or at least heading to the website to read it there (also…