LOCATION: Loftus, NSW
GENRE: Personal, Craft
YEARS ACTIVE: 1996-2015
NUMBER OF ISSUES: Countless
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Secret Agent Chicken (2003 issue), Bomb and Chicken Detective Agency (2002), Smells Like Roses Issue #2 (2003), The Hospital for Broken Hearts (2003)
EDITOR: Miss Helen
CONTRIBUTORS/COLLABORATORS: Vanessa Berry, Hiromi Tango, Sarah Shanahoy, Kalindy Sparkle, Chrisboy, Shelagh, Maddy Phelan, Melissa Tomkins, Carla Velasquez Uzbeaga, Luke McQ, Clinton Maher
NOTE: Miss Helen sadly passed away in 2016. She was incredibly prolific and made many, many zines, most of which were released under the zine label 'Astro Press'.
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ZINES:
- Astro-Grrrl - 26 issues (1996-1999)
- Secret Agent Chicken (2001-2003) - with Clinton Maher
- Includes interview with Peabody.
- Bomb and Chicken Detective Agency (2002) - with Clinton Maher.
- Smells Like Roses - 2 issues (2003), with Luke McQ.
- Fly Away Bird - 10 issues (2004-2013)
- The Hospital for Broken Hearts (2003?)
- Spycorp
- Forget Me Not
- The Bubbles Pop (2006)
- A Pocket Full of Posies (2006) - contribution.
- The Little Golden Book of Angst (2006)
- 10:01 (2006)
- The Rabbit and the Bear (2007) - with Vanessa Berry.
- How to Make a Zine... (2007) - with Maddy Phelan.
- Rollermache (2007)
- Tractation on Being a Single Sheila (2007)
- Turtelly: The Girl Gang Zine (2007) - with Sarah Shanahoy, Kalindy Sparkle, and Anthea.
- Kiddi Spitt (2008) with Sarah Shanahoy, Kalindy Sparkle, Chrisboy, and Shelagh.
- The Revenge of Le Petite Bakery (2008)
- Flowerpot World - 2 issues (2008)
- Iridescent Jubilee (2015)
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- Miss Helen had an exhibition called 'Girls Room' at the Lewers Gallery in Emu Plains in 2007 as part of the Zine Factor installation.
- Betrayal / Three Miss Helens - part of a mixed media collaboration with Hiromi Tango at the Tiny Stadiums Festival in Erskineville, 2009.
TRIBUTE:
- A beautiful tribute to Miss Helen can be read here. (by her friend Vanessa Berry)
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