Idol Scribblings Volume Two is a collection of Idol Scribblings Cartoons taken from 2019-2020. 55 illustrated fictional deities for modern problems. Packed with humorous slants, satirical twists and terrible puns. Meet new Gods that you need in your life right now, such as Quarantina the Goddess of Lockdowns and Beelzebuble the God of Commecial Christmas Music.
I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the project along the way. Especially all of you who made this possible by pre-ordering your copies.
More deities, ancient and modern for all occasions. Fifty three gods and goddesses to help you with almost any situation imaginable. Such as, Dicenysis the skeletal God of Boardgames who plays a very unusual version of Ker-Plunk with his ribcage, or Peebee the God of Arbitrary Sporting Achievements whose followers invented the term “to exercise religiously”.
Written and illustrated by Hannah Hudson-Lee with foreword by Gary Brannan of the Technical Difficulties https://www.techdif.co.uk/
You can pre order before November 14th 2020 for the special early bird price of £11.99 including UK postage an packaging. Everyone pre-ordering before November 14th will have their name included in the book as a patron and supporter.
Hello Idollers everywhere! I hope you are all managing to stay safe, well and reasonably sane out there. My apologies for the unannounced break last weekend, but I was somewhat under the weather, but I am now on the mend. I have a couple of bits of news for you today.
Commissions
What do you get the person who has everything? Deification! Not since the Caesars apotheosised their uncles has it been this easy to confer godhood on your loved one. In other words, I am now offering commissions!
For a consideration, I can turn your friend, family member, colleague (or even your pet) into an Idol Scribblings deity. The picture can be themed around their hobbies, interests, pets, career, favourite food, or whatever you like!
To give you an idea of what you would be getting if you ordered a commission from me, here is an Idol Scribbling of my sainted (now deified) aunt that I produced for her as a Birthday present. In case you hadn’t guessed, she likes champagne and bunnies.
Moira – Goddess of Champagne and Bunny Rabbits
Prices will depend on whether you want black and white or colour, and how many things you want going on in the picture. So it is really hard to give you an idea here, but prices start at around £50 for a black and white character with a witty blurb (unframed). If you are interested, contact me via the contact page to discuss your loved ones ascension to the pantheon https://idolscribblings.blog/contact/
Schedule
I can’t believe it’s August already. This means it is more than time for me to start putting together my second book, Idol Scribblings 2 – The Revenge of the Gods (or something like that, working title). Which I am aming to have on sale at the end of November in time for your Christmas / Hanukkah / Yule / Dies Natalis Sol Invictus shopping. Also, as previously mentioned, I have come to realise that Idol Scribblings is a marathon, not a sprint, and as such I need to start factoring in some time off so I don’t burn out. With this in mind, until the release of the second book, I will be doing two weeks on, one week off. In other words, a deity week, a beast week and then a weekend working on preparing the book.
I will keep you posted about news of the upcoming book launch, including the date and how to pre-order to be assured of getting your copy. Loyal fans who pre-order before the cut off date will be able to get their names in the book!
Remember, the first collection of deities from 2018-19 are still available, but I now only have 5 copies left! So if you haven’t got one yet, don’t delay. They are only available new directly from me. You can snaffle your copy here https://idolscribblings.blog/the-book/
Idol Scribblings the Book and Idol Scribblings the Exhibition were both launched on Saturday. The launch was a lot of fun, made so by all the fantastic people who turned out to get their hand on a copy and to enjoy the art and mince pies.
Here are some pictures and a video of the event to give you a taste of the exhibition.
Photos of the launch party by Lana M Louise photography (Twitter: @lanamakesart )
Video by Josh Matkin of The Pickle Jar ( Twitter @ThePickleJar3 )
This Saturday (30th November 2019) Idol Scribblings – The Exhibition will open at The Coterie Gallery in Rotherham. This exhibition of Idol Scribblings art work will run for two weeks until 14th December. The exhibition is celebrating the launch of Idol Scribblings – The Book which will be released on November 30th.
High quality art prints will be available to buy from the gallery.
There is a launch party taking place from 10am – 12 noon(ish) on Saturday 30th November. There will be home made mince pies, mulled wine and nibbles. You can enjoy the art work, order high quality prints, pick up a copy of Idol Scribblings The Book and meet the author.
Home made mince pies for the launch party.
I have also enlisted the talents of three fantastic Cos-Players; Sam, Lana and Wendy. They will be present in costume and in character to give you a chance to meet the deities and take a selfie with them (or get photobombed by them).
I hope you can make it along to the launch. I look forward to seeing you there. Details of how to find The Coterie Gallery are here https://goo.gl/maps/eNK6kkcYDRpceHTSA
Mock up cover only. I am still working on the final version.
Hello Idollers everywhere!
So much is happening behind the scenes at Idol Scribblings,
that it is high time to share a post to tell you all about it.
On 30th November Idol Scribblings – The Book will be officially launched. A collection of 52 deities, ancient and modern, for all occasions. You can pre-order your copy NOW! (More on that below).
I am frantically working on turning the Idol Scribblings pantheon into a beautiful tome for you all to enjoy. I’m tidying everything up, putting it in order and adding some finishing touches like the pictures you see here. My wonderful partner in crime Kris is lending me his typesetting and graphic design skills to help make it look perfect. He really is much better at that stuff than I am. There is so much I have to think about that I never realised until just now. I am having nightmares where I am chased by bar-codes, copyright notices, ISBNs and RRPs.
As if that wasn’t going to keep me busy enough, from 30th
November until 14th December 2019 there will be an exhibition of
Idol Scribblings artwork to accompany the book launch. This will be at the
Coterie Gallery in Riverside Precinct, Rotherham. Come and see your favourite
gods and goddesses up close, accompanied by humorous installations. I am
putting a lot of thought into the staging to create a suitably mythical
experience for visitors. You will get to find out why I keep seeing adverts for
plastic bananas on Facebook lately.
You will be able to purchase the book, and order high
quality framed and unframed art prints from the gallery in various sizes. There
will be a launch event at the gallery on Saturday 30th November from
10am until 12 noon with mince pies and drinks, a chance to get your book signed
and other strange rites.
The Coterie Gallery in Rotherham where the launch event will take place.
Anthony Carroll, who runs The Coterie Gallery has been immensely kind in giving me gallery space for this fortnight. The Coterie Gallery is a brilliant community arts oriented gallery which takes a chance on new artists like me. The gallery is always free to enter. It’s well worth keeping an eye on their Facebook page, as they have some fantastic exhibitions on from immensely talented people you may not have heard of before, as well as Anthony’s own beautiful work.
Your name included in the list of thanks to Idol
Scribblings supporters in the book
A VIP invitation to the launch event on Saturday
30th November 2019
Signing and personal message (on request)
An early bird discount of £2 per copy.
My undying gratitude for your help to make this
book a reality.
If you want to order more than two copies for posting, or
would like a copy posting outside of the UK please send me a message via the
contact page here -> https://idolscribblings.blog/contact
and I will get back to you with a quote for postage.
Thank you for reading. I hope you all have a fantastic
weekend.
You may also enjoy this little video about the birth of the
Idol Scribblings project.
Idol Scribblings 