Miss Helen zines

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)

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'. 

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
• 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) 

 

EXHIBITIONS: 

• 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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