Zines

Sharpest

There are so many things people can be that are metaphors, tricks of speech, a word to mean a mood or talent. We can be dull, blunt, hard, soft, cool, cold, hot, warm, green, blue, bright, dim, tough, smooth, slick, thorny, broken, sharp. As far as things to be made from went, the sharpest things sounded good enough to me -- better sharpest than dullest, even if it meant never being softest.

A tour diary through concert crowds, international travel, the darkest hours before dawn, music journalism, love, depression, songs, grief, and the moment when the lights go down and the audience cheers.

Any revenue I make from Sharpest is donated to suicide prevention organisations.

Music

Music! It's nifty, isn't it? I'm somewhat fond. Here's a small selection of the interviews I've done with people in that sphere.

• Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship
  - Earlier interview
  
  
• Geoff Rickly of Thursday
  
  
• Little Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgence
  
  
• Music video director Alan Ferguson
  
  
• Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance
  - Earlier interview 1
  - Earlier interview 2
  - Earlier Interview 3
  (see also Comics)
  
  
• Mike and Michael of The Academy Is...
  
  
• Laurent Barnard of Gallows



• George and Matt of Strong Arm Studios
  
  

Case #183(a) is an information resource about the music video for Fall Out Boy's A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'.

Books, Film, and TV

Some articles I've written about books, film, television, and other pop media:

• An interview with Raelle Tucker, co-producer of True Blood
  
  
• Chatting with Charlie Huston about his vampire noir novels
  
  
• Talking about the Lestat musical with Anne Rice
  
  

Super Interviews is a comprehensive archive of the interviews I've done with people involved with the horror/drama television show Supernatural. These include:

• Cast members
• Script writers
• Directors
• Producers
• Composers
• Storyboard artists

Nowhere Elaborated is an information resource about, and cultural analysis of, Rosie Cotton, a character from The Lord of the Rings.

Pretty Good Year uses The Lord of the Rings as an origin point for a work of pastiche exploring themes of illness, loyalty, sexuality, and rebirth. Site also includes artwork, fiction by other writers, and translations.

Comics

Girl-Wonder.org is a feminist activism website I co-founded and participate in.

I'm a regular contributor to the comics webzine Sequential Tart, where my articles have included:

• Media tie-in comics: Buffy and Heroes
  
  
• The changing face of Supergirl
  
  
• The Umbrella Academy: Dark Horse's new superhero team
  
  
• A second Umbrella Academy article
  
  
• A third Umbrella Academy piece
  (see also Music)
  
  
• An interview with DC Comics editor Jeanine Schaefer
  
  
• A review of Serenity: Better Days issue #1
  
  
• Strange Little Girl: Emily the Strange
  
  
• In praise of Hellboy
  
  
• Umbrella Academy Series 2: Dark Horse's team returns for 'Dallas'
  
  

EvenRobins.net is a site I run about some of Batman's less fortunate sidekicks.

An essay by me about some of the gender tensions present in the character of Robin is archived at Girl-Wonder.org. Read it here.

In Print

Girls Drawn Wild is a comics anthology showcasing female creators, with all proceeds going to charities which help women. It includes the story snicker snack, drawn by Audrey Fox and written by me.

SuperGrrrl Adventure Comix is a multimedia second-gen riot grrrl themed zine. The first issue includes an autobiographical essay by me.

In The Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural collects essays about the television show Supernatural and includes a feminist critique by me about the way the character Jo Harvelle was handled.

Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City is an anthology of analysis centred about Batman and his chums, and includes an essay written by me about the Wayne family.

The Neil Gaiman Reader is a collection of essays about the work of Neil Gaiman, including my piece Pink and Blue: Gender in 'the Sandman'.

Five Minute Fantasies (volume 2) is a collection of short erotic stories and includes First Time For Everything by me.

Frenzy is a collection of erotica which includes my story Cartwheels and Strays.

Lotripping 2004 is a perfect-bound fanzine which includes my story Eleven ways not to start an autobiography.

Interviews with me

The Spring 2007 issue of Bitch magazine includes the article "Cold Shoulder: Saving superheroines from comic-book violence", which contains a number of quotes from me. Read it here.

The Spring 2008 issue of Bitch includes "Whack Attack?iving the finger to blog bandits", an article which quotes me. Find out more here.

The CW Source has done an article about my Supernatural interviews. Read it here.

YEN magazine ran an article about sexism in comics, which they interviewed me for. See a scan here.

Sequential Tart ran an interview with me, focused on my comics academia. Read it here.

Sequential Tart also featured a round-table interview with a number of the Girl-Wonder.org staff. Read it here.

The Age newspaper quoted me in an article about Melbourne's comics culture. See a scan here.

A Mythlore paper, "Reimagining Rose: portrayals of Tolkien's Rosie Cotton in twenty-first century fan fiction", includes an analysis of my stories. Read it here.