• Cover - A young girl with light skin and hair, donning 1950's American style blouse and skirt and a scarf over her head stands, bent over and looking down on to the ground. The perspective is from above the girl so you cannot see her face. The background is light cream in colour with paper texture overlayed on top. The drawing is in black and white, but the figure of the girl is highlighted yellow. A long, dark shadow is cast behind her that extends beyond the canvas. Just underneath the character, the titl
  • Page 1 Panel 1: A foot steps onto a flowering trellis. Panel 2: A young girl looks down over her shoulder as she climbs down the trellis in her dress. Panel 3: She drops to the ground. Panel 4: She pats her skirt. Panel 5: She walks away from the two story building with the trellis.
  • Page 2 Panel 1: Three women wearing maid uniforms stand clustered together, clearly observing a loud creaking sound from above their heads. Text reads, "She thinks that the maids..." Panel 2: Text continues, "...and even her father is oblivious to her escapades." Another maid carries a platter of tea, approaching a man seated in a chair reading a book. They both also clearly hear a loud thump from outside. Panel 3: The two story home is seen through an ornate, botanical gate. Text reads, "Cowardly Jenny wil
  • Page 3 Panel 1: Jenny looms tall in the panel over the head of a young boy whose perspective we share as she walks toward him saying, "Paul!" Text reads, "And arrive at the pumpkin fields where I wait." Panel 2: The title of the comic appears with the author's name. Panel 3: Paul, seen from Jenny's perspective towering over him, offers a small smile and his hand to Jenny, saying, "Miss Jenny." Paul is dressed in a pair of overalls over a work shirt. Panel 4: Jenny smiles and accepts his hand, saying, "Oh, P
  • Page 4 Panel 1: Jenny looks at Paul, blushing slightly, as she says, "But... that's what I like about you." Panel 2: Paul looks backs with a polite but distant smile, saying nothing. Panel 3: From afar, we see Jenny grab Paul's hand. They're in the middle of a wide open space with crops up close and trees and mountains in the distance. Jenny says, "Listen." Panel 4: From overhead, we see Jenny holding Paul's hand, both of their faces hidden from the viewer, as she says, "There's going to be a party at our m
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Hana Chatani

Cowardly Jenny

Cowardly Jenny

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Jenny devises a plan with her true love Paul to escape her debutante, where her prospective future husbands will be attending. But her cowardice may get in the way of their impassioned arrangement.

16pg. B/W. One Shot.

16 pages

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Hana Chatani

Hana is a queer, Japanese-Pākehā traditional painter and comic artist currently based in Aotearoa. Her area of exploration and thematic interests focuses on love, endearment and relationships that are non-romantic, recently beginning to expand on the concepts with elements of horror.

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