ZinesSelf Published Work

A Succulent Chinese Zine

A wok on the wild side of vintage Chinese-Australian home cooking
A5, 24 full colour pages, saddle-stitched.
My love of vintage ephemera collided with my love of food and cooking. I cooked a range of Chinese recipes from a 1960s New Idea magazine and taste tested them so you don’t have to. This has been a zine years in the making. Debuted at Festival of the Photocopier 2025.

A Succulent Chinese Zine

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It Doesn’t Matter What This Zine’s Name Is!

A newbie’s random musings on the WWF Attitude Era
A6, 16 page black and white zine

Wherein I learn about heels and babyfaces, the theatricality of wrestling, and lament what steroid abuse can do to grown men,

The Phantom of the Opera as sexual awakening

A (horny) retrospective of the 2004 film
A3 8 page full colour folded zine

In honour of the recent musical stage production performed in Melbourne, I went down memory lane to my first exposure to the musical.

Covid Holiday

My complacency at the work party in a perfect cocktail production of …
A6 12 page full colour zine, saddle stitched

My feverish recount of catching coronavirus just before Christmas in 2022.

Get on the Bakes!

My baking adventures in lockdown

A6 24 page full colour zine of all my attempts, failures and successes at baking cakes and breads during the Melbourne covid lockdowns.

My Top 4 films if Letterboxd ever asked me

In other words, I try hard to boil down all my film favourites.

Fantastic!

A Ninth Doctor Appreciation Zine

Because the first Doctor to reboot the iconic sci-fi TV show doesn’t get enough love.

Lord of the Burger Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring as Aussie snacks

One night I dreamt up this zine, no joke. Now available in volume 2!

Bloodthirsty Tales of Horror!

A zine about my favourite vampire comics

Thrilling! Wicked! Seductive! Everything I love about vampires. Mini zine made for the Hallozeen swap in 2024.

Mini Zines

This is Pen Pen

Step aside, Pesto! This is an 8 page mini zine on the adventures of Pen Pen.

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Floofy

8 page mini zine comic of my favourite floofs

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Trousseau

A romance zine for romance novel lovers, in collaboration with Book Thingo. Visit our Tumblr for more details.
48 full colour pages, perfect bound.
Printed in Melbourne by PrintTogether.
Limited run of 500.
Debuted at the Australian Romance Readers Convention 2015.

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Sweet Yummy Joy

Food memories from my Chinese-Vietnamese childhood
16 page A5 saddle stitched book
Collage/mixed media, reproduced in black and white xerox, with foil printed cover
Limited run of 25
Debuted at the Festival of the Photocopier 2016.

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Maling Road

A photo collage of an iconic Melbourne village.
8 page A7 mini zine on 100gsm paper
Full colour both sides
Limited run of 20
Debuted at the Festival of the Photocopier 2016.

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Love (2016)

A celebration of pulp romance
8 page A7 mini zine on 130gsm silk paper
Full colour both sides
Limited run of 50
Debuted at the Festival of the Photocopier 2016.

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Catwoman75

Celebrating 75 years of Catwoman (since DC Comics hasn’t)*
20 A5 pages, black and white digitally printed with die-cut cover
Currently 60 issues (2 runs of 30) in circulation
Debuted at the MCA Zine Fair 2015.

*DC Comics has since released a Catwoman: a Celebration of 75 years compilation book, but it doesn’t feel very special when The Flash also got one (!).

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Zines

Zines

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#LoveRomance

#LoveRomance

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Wedding Invitation

Wedding Invitation

Lettering, Print

Search Plus Holiday Card 2013

Search Plus Holiday Card 2013

Lettering, Print

Cover Remix

Cover Remix

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Lettering

Lettering

Various exercises done for fun

Book Thingo

Book Thingo

Illustration, Advertising, Print

Australian Romance Readers Association

Australian Romance Readers Association

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Search Plus Holiday Card 2012

Search Plus Holiday Card 2012

Illustration, Print

2012 Holiday Card

2012 Holiday Card

Illustration, Print

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2011 Holiday Card

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2010 Holiday Card

2010 Holiday Card

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