It’s the Summer Holidays! Now that I’m free (almost) of commissions, what better thing than to relax listening to EPIC The Musical? A musical based on the Odyssey, but an AU retelling, which I LOVE and have been following the progress of for some time now. A few weeks ago I was watching a video post where Jorge Rivera-Herrans – creator of EPIC – was talking about how it’s not a direct retelling, and fans shouldn’t base their knowledge of the Odyssey on EPIC, especially if they’re at school. I’m going to be teaching the Odyssey again myself in September (for the 15th…16th time? I forget) and I ..read more

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It’s nearly the end of term! Wooooo! I made a new fun thing for my classes – to finish off our Iliad studies, I made a Make Your Own Ancient Greek Warrior paper doll, with a choice of Classical of Bronze Age armour to create a pottery-style or period-appropriate warrior! It’s in my shop for £1 (or whatever you want to pay) – buy once, print forever! Get it for yourself! You can also get the Ancient Greek Warrior paper doll as part of my new Classroom Activity Bundle ! See below for other new bundles – collections of my most popular PDF activities in a discounted collection! Classroom A ..read more

Just in time for the last school half term – build your own creatures from Ancient Greek Myths with these printable PDFs! Cut out and build these simple paperdoll versions of a Gorgon, the Chimera, a Siren, Pegasus, a Griffin and Cerberus! See the collection! Get the Siren for FREE! Click here! Each PDF has a black-and-white version for colouring in, and a pre-coloured version. Print on paper or use thin card and glue to a build with more longevity. Buy once, print as many times as you want! Get the bundle of all 6! Have fun! Tag me in your builds ..read more

Hi all, In the last fortnight I’ve illustrated two Pompeii-themed comics – see below! Comic: Artistic Choices A short comic thinking about why the newly-found fresco of Apollo and Cassandra looks like Apollo and the Pythia (and featuring my OC Papilio, the artist of Pompeii that lives in the same block as Amarantus, in Amarantus and his Neighbours the novel I illustrated for Caroline Lawrence and CSCP Comic: The Casts Of Pompeii Very much inspired by the new excavations at Pompeii, this long-form comic answers questions about the casts of the deceased at Pompeii both from social media after ..read more

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Inspired by the excavations and new frescos at Pompeii: Our friend Papilio the Painter from ‘Amarantus and his Neighbours’ (Caroline Lawrence and CSCP) for Dr Sophie Hay ..read more

I am pleased to announce I am part of an awesome and beautiful Greek Mythology art zine that comes out today: Sing, O Muse! You can see sneak previews of the artwork in the zine at our Instagram or Twitter accounts, and get the zine in print or digital formats! Find all the links here: https://linktr.ee/singomusezine I’m illustrating the Hymn to Hermes (or at least part of it – it’s very long!) and I’m so excited for you to see it! Jenks ..read more

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Greek Myth Comix is 10 on Sunday 21st January! Please join in the celebrations for this milestone birthday this weekend by posting your favourite comic, infographic, illustration or video on social media, tagging me and using #GreekMythComix10, or as a comment under this post! I’ll be posting old and new comics and reposting your favourites on social media over the weekend, and look out for a special graphic here on Sunday! #GreekMythComix10 ..read more