Other people have always pointed out how hairy I am. In the line for school photos in year 6 I was blissfully unaware of the close attention being paid to physical attributes. I was dorky, chubby, and just a little pimply. A boy approached me right before the photoshoot and declared that I had a monobrow. I had been censored. Soon after, I started plucking my eyebrows. Puberty hit as I set off for high school, and before too long I was growing a fine moustache while most boys around me remained smooth-faced and child-like...

Jan 2010

11 cm x 15 cm, 16 pages. 

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Laos is a little country wedged in the middle of the golden triangle. This zine is an illustrated guide to saying certain, very important and oh so very useful things in Lao.

15 cm x 11 cm, 16 rizzo pages.

Laundromatic was inspired by that most ubiquious yet desolate, unloved and age-weary of urban spaces - the laundromat. 

15 cm x 11 cm, 24 colour pages

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The very first issue.

Sometimes i feel little. when I'm sitting down i feel this way, i see everyone as being bigger than me. when I stand up it's like I'm growing abnormally, shooting up past people's heads - like that moment in the cuckoo's nest when the cheif's hand swells when Jack Nicholson's character shakes it. i feel small when I'm alone, I shrink and the world grows big.

[April 2002]

40 pages, 15 cm x 11 cm

http://www.janita.com.au

the first words written after a 6 month stint of writers' block.

the tanker has pulled into the servo across the road. beeping as it reverses. soon the hum
will begin as the fuel flows into the underground tanks. this afternoon I was alone in the house. summer
was knocking on the door so I opened up the doors and windows to let the warm breeze flow through.

[December 2002]

40 pages, 15 cm x 11 cm

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words written while on holiday in Europe.

15 days on the same bleeding bus. I'm feeling like I've spent forever on this bus. the days
 behind just bleed away, having real trouble distinguishing between what we did yesterday and what we
 did they day before that, anything before/beyond that and i reach/hit a mental block/brick wall. i know
 we were in Vienna earlier in the week, but which day I honestly/really can't say.

[January 2004]

40 pages, 15 cm x 11 cm

http://www.janita.com.au

words written while I was living in Hobart

snow on the mountain / it’s been snowing for days / black birds quip and dance / through bushes / 
snow on the mountain / it’s been snowing for days / cold air pools and seeps / watch your breath /
black birds hide amongst / the bushes / hide in the thick bushes / snow on the mountain /
black birds hide in thick bushes / willows weep and everything i / write is shit.

40 pages, 15 cm x 11 cm

http://www.janita.com.au

seven deadly sins...

The fan blowing air on my skin relaxes me; the summer heat makes me want to sleep. Dishes are
stacked beside the sink, the bin is full and there are books and scribbled on pieces of paper all over the
table and floor, but i go and turn on the TV instead.

[January 2006]

40 pages, 15 cm x 11 cm

http://www.janita.com.au

I was up in arms...and down on my luck

15 cm x 10 cm, 14 loose leaf cards bound with string

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A small, anonymous zine from Melbourne. Each issue is written in, and is about, a different living room.

There is a sewing machine in the middle of the room. It is a 'Bernina Record'. It stands on a wooden table with red legs and a nice varnished top. Also on the table is a big Cadbury Diary Milk chocolate bar and piles of paper. There are three remote controls and a Missing Link newsletter...

15 cm x 11 cm, 24 pages

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The economic depression of the 1930s saw thousands of Australians thrown out of their homes and into the streets. These actions however did not go unopposed. Across Australia pickets, occupations and protests were organised to disrupt and prevent evictions and auctions. Where these failed some took matters into their own hands wrecking the properties of
landlords and real estate agents in revenge.

This pamphlet chronicles just some of the many struggles that took place. It includes a chronology of actions as well as photos and quotes from those involved providing a fascinating insight into the events of the time.

30 cm x 10 cm, 36 pages.

Homebrew Press

An exploration into beginnings and endings, pedantic lists, band hijinks and travelling in Japan. Think of the attitude of Bernard Black mixed incongruously with a small child who likes everything.

52 pages, 11 cm x 15 cm

Issue 5 of the semi regular comic art periodical, containing one long story concerning the heart-wrenching demise of the last share house in the universe, one short story about zine fairs, and an assortment of other "crazy" comics and "zany" activities. A great thing to keep the kids busy on a Sunday morning or your junkie flatmate at three am on a Tuesday.

21 cm x 15 cm, 44 pages

Feb 2009

butteredmidgets@yahoo.com.au

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nof nuffnarf yef orgen doogen bosh noshnosh tiggeldy roskit nergen nof nof jerry doorgen poogennarfen bot woskit hethromelly jokskordoo moogen wong tightbones mcdurry woo pof joskit nyff tong neff narf tim woddy nofnoffnoff yup jorgnorgen terrydosk poogenwegen nuff nuff nuff nooph woffy wodden woskit joph narf narph jorphen diskit teff woopoogin joogin deskit

fold out poster of lumpeness

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