Queen Josephine

Drawing a crowd in pen and ink since 1963 Queen Josephine has been drawing a scene in pen and ink since 1981. Long may she do so.

and when not bashing bongos at The Zap’s legendary Coco Club, Queen Josephine designed numerous flyers, banners and club décor for Shameless Hussies and Housewife’s Choice as well as contributing cartoons for the infamous Girlfrenzy fanzine. A cartooning diary addict Queenie has always chronicled her 26 years of Brighton adventures as a regal DJ with life and deck partner Kate Wildblood. But in 2013 after a nasty bone breaking, skull fracturing accident Josephine began chronicling her recovery daily in the now infamous Ouch House Diaries, drawing tales of Tramadol dreams, bin bag baths and the true stars of her recuperation, her feline nurses Madge and Hubbell. And it was through this remarkable year-long project she secured her bi-monthly cartoon Strip Service in Brighton’s GScene Magazine. Queenie has co-curated Strike A Brighton Pose, Pride25 and Uniting Nations exhibitions for Brighton Pride at the city’s Jubilee Library and has been a passionate fundraiser for local causes auctioning her cartoons Ouch House 200 and 25 Years for The Rainbow Fund, Friends of Sussex County Hospital, MindOut and Blueprint 22. In 2016 Queenie began her Scene Queen adventures in Diva Magazine, chronicling the lives of lesbian heroines of the UK scene and also appeared in The Huffington Post with her critically acclaimed Me and BPD cartoon strip in which she examined her wife’s experiences of a living with a personality disorder. 2017 saw Queenie’s Claud Cunningham Scene Queen feature in the Queer Noise exhibition at the People’s History Museum in Manchester and GFW (Gender Free Clothing) launching their exclusive Queen Josephine t-shirt collection featuring her designs Bee-ing Me and Sluts. She is the go to illustrator for 1BTN radio and has supported Brighton Pride and MindOut with her work. A forever-regal seaside institution Queen Josephine continues to bring her love of life to our days and nights via pen and paper. For commercial or cartoon commissions and illustrations please DM, call 07773 367951 or email [email protected]

06/11/2024

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24/10/2024

Hello lovely friends - am trying to locate the glorious Andy Franks who was a student at Brighton Polytechnic (University of Brighton) doing the rather wonderful Expressive Arts degree between 1982 and 1985. Anyone available with any info? Greg Pope Graham Duff Trudy Bellinger PaperPoems Pol ###

23/07/2024

Love is the Message this Brighton Pride. It has to be. So be more Tom come join DJs Tim Walker (LITM) and me and the missus - Wildblood and Queenie - for a beachside Brighton Pride session at Bison Beach Bar on Pride Saturday Yes, there’s a reason it’s called a beach bar. There’s a reason it’s the place to disco. When it comes to seaside rooftop dancing this Brighton Pride nobody parties like Bison Beach Bar parties! So join Love Is The Message for some Moulton moments as we bring the salty sassy sunshine to your Brighton Pride Saturday evening with a soundtrack of joyous hands in the air Summer session of disco, house and, erm, more disco. Just how it should be at Pride. Dancing with our LGBTQI+ family and allies. See you at the front.

Saturday 3rd August 5pm-11pm. Free entry all night. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Love Is The Message x Brighton Pride is fundraising for The Rainbow Fund - Brighton & Hove and MAP. Donations welcome https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/LITMPride

16/07/2024

Wildblood and Queenie do Brighton & Hove Pride - Official Page Pride Village Party 04.08.24 Closing set 20:00-21:00 Marine Parade.

Fundraising for The Rainbow Fund - Brighton & Hove Tickets https://book.pride-tickets.org/book-pvp

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03/07/2024

Ooooo look! 📣 Like our bank, our love of disco and those things that creak cos we're getting on a bit, our Instagram is now a joint account. The name djwildblood has become wildbloodandqueenie. Us, you, together. No more who, what, where. One home, two names, one love. Or something like that.
And if you don't already, please drop us a follow. Every little helps.
https://www.instagram.com/wildbloodandqueenie/

27/04/2024

Saturday morning session anyone? Warming up for Spirit Of The Zap Reunion right nice.

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24/04/2024

The old gang is getting back together. Last few tickets https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Brighton/Brighton-Corn-Exchange/Spirit-of-Zap-Reunion/38215518/?

17/04/2024

A little Arnie birthday love for a dear, dear niece I made earlier this month. For your perfect pet-inspired birthday card or portrait/cartoon/illustration commission, you know what to do. DM or www.wildbloodandqueenie.com/contact

10/04/2024

Nothing gets the disco heat rising like Saturday Brunch Fever at Patterns each and every Saturday. Disco of the divine Brighton kind courtesy of Wildblood and Queenie. Bottomless business courtesy of give-me-more kind as two hours of bottomless drinks and unlimited pizza ensure you’ll always get the weekend started right.

See you at the front. Patterns, 10 Marine Parade, Funky Town. Book your table https://patternsbrighton.com/bookings/

02/04/2024

Ooooo look! Cover stars to make RuPaul proud courtesy of Scene Magazine

05/03/2024

Meet our new manager. 20% of every booking is to be paid in gravy bones and sausages. Insisting you come to dance with us down the disco or on the airwaves of 1BTN Like he does. Woof!

Wildblood and Queenie Our disco is your pleasure. See you at the front.

DJ Bookings and tickets for disco via https://linktr.ee/wildbloodandqueenie

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Patterns BLOCK bar Worthing Brighton Beach House Shelter Hall International Women's Day 1BTN Takeover 2024 Spirit Of The Zap Reunion We Are Love Brighton Music Conference

03/03/2024

Queen Josephine’s You. Me. Them. Us. original 2023 artwork for Paul Smith’s The Pride Project is now available as limited edition A3 and A4 prints on GCLI textured fine-quality art paper. A celebration of what Pride means to Queenie – it’s always about the people, this incredible original artwork, commissioned by Paul Smith for MindOut, is now available for you to buy as a print to adorn your walls with, erm Pride. A deep dive into the glorious history of Brighton Pride and Trans Pride, it represents everything Queenie loves about her city and the trailblazing souls that make it so incredible to be part of. 10% of each sale will be donated to the LGBT Mental Health Charity MindOut.

Queen Josephine’s You. Me. Them. Us. original 2023 artwork for Paul Smith’s The Pride Project is now available as limited edition A3 and A4 prints on GCLI textured fine-quality art pape…

26/02/2024

I am thrilled to announce my 'You. Me. Them. Us'. original 2023 artwork for Paul Smith’s The Pride Project is now available as limited edition A3 and A4 prints on GCLI textured fine-quality art paper.

A celebration of what Pride means to me – it’s always about the people, the original artwork, commissioned by Paul Smith for MindOut, is now available for you to buy as a print to adorn your walls with, erm Pride. A deep dive into the glorious history of Brighton Pride and Trans Pride, it represents everything I love about my city and the trailblazing souls that make it so incredible to be part of. 10% of each sale will be donated to the LGBT Mental Health Charity MindOut.

Depicting the many delights that have come to encompass all that LGBTQI+ Pride means to me you’ll find many q***roes, trailblazers and allies drawing a proud crowd including campaigners Arthur Law and Shelia McWattie, Queenie’s own 1980s Bootsy Sue, Lunch Positive’s Gary Pargenter, drag royalty Lola Lasagne, Banksy’s Brighton kissing coppers, Wild Fruit queen’s Chrissy Darling and Dolly Rocket, Candy Bar wonder’s Joy, DJ Kinky D and Rach Red, DJ and Femme Fraiche Michelle Manetti, DJ and Calabash co-founder and campaigner Affy House Of Go Bang, LGBTQ+ legend Peter Tatchell, musicians and songwriters Al Start and Nicky Mitchell, DJ and producer duo The Illustrious Blacks, DJ Honey Dijon, Gscene’s James Ledward, Brighton & Hove Pride - Official Page’s Paul Kemp, designer and Xi-Xi darling Meesh Mash, EJ Scott from the Museum of Transology, actress and campaigner Miss Kimberley, social activist Munroe Bergdorf, musician and singer-songwriter Romy, Trans Pride Brighton co-founder Sarah Savage, DJ legend and Brighton & Hove’s finest doggie sausage distributor Fatboy Slim at Big Beach Cafe, LGBTQ+ icon Kylie, our Wesley and Dex, and two q***r dears called Wildblood and Queenie.

Queen Josephine’s You. Me. Them. Us. 2023. Large print. (Unframed) One of thirty limited edition signed and numbered large (240mm x 360mm) prints (unframed) GCLI textured fine-quality art paper. Black ink on paper. Fits A3 frame £65. https://wildbloodandqueenie.com/shop/

You.Me.Them.Us. Small Print (unframed) Queen Josephine 2023
One of thirty limited edition signed and numbered small (210mm x 297mm) prints (unframed) GCLI textured fine-quality art paper. Black in on white paper. Fits A4 frame £45. https://wildbloodandqueenie.com/shop/

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Queen Josephine: Drawing a crowd in pen and ink since 1963

Drawing a scene in pen and ink since 1981, Queen Josephine is a Brighton based cartoonist, DJ, radio presenter, and singer-songwriter.

Having studied a Foundation at the Norwich School of Art in 1981 Queen Josephine graduated with a BA in Expressive Arts from Brighton University in 1985. A career in the city’s vibrant 80s and 90s music scene soon followed with her bands Queue Dance, Jack and XiXi for whom she designed record and cassette covers as well as performing as a singer / songwriter. Immersing herself in clubbing culture, and when not bashing bongos at The Zap’s legendary Coco Club, Queen Josephine designed numerous flyers, banners and club décor for Shameless Hussies and Housewife’s Choice as well as contributing cartoons for the infamous Girlfrenzy fanzine.

A cartooning diary addict Queenie has always chronicled her 26 years of Brighton adventures as a regal DJ with wife and deck partner Kate Wildblood. But in 2013 after a nasty bone breaking, skull fracturing accident Josephine began chronicling her recovery daily in the now infamous Ouch House Diaries, drawing tales of Tramadol dreams, bin bag baths and the true stars of her recuperation, her feline nurses Madge and Hubbell. And it was through this remarkable year-long project she secured her bi-monthly cartoon Strip Service in Brighton’s GScene Magazine.

Over the past four years Queenie has co-curated Strike A Brighton Pose, Pride25 and Uniting Nations exhibitions for Brighton Pride at the city’s Jubilee Library and has been a passionate fundraiser for local causes auctioning her cartoons Ouch House 200 and 25 Years for The Rainbow Fund, Friends of Sussex County Hospital, MindOut and Blueprint 22. In 2016 Queenie began her Scene Queen adventures in Diva Magazine, chronicling the lives of le***an heroines of the UK scene and also appeared in the Huffington Post with her critically acclaimed Me and BPD cartoon strip in which she examined her wife’s experiences of a living with a personality disorder. 2017 saw Queenie’s Claud Cunningham Scene Queen feature in the Q***r Noise exhibition at the People’s History Museum in Manchester and GFW (Gender Free Clothing) launching their exclusive Queen Josephine t-shirt collection featuring her designs Bee-ing Me and S***s. 2018 and Queenie was chuffed to be cartoon workshop leader for city Reads Young, Q***r and Invincible and illustrator for 1BTN radio station’s International Womens Day celebrations, providing the promotional artwork for the fundraising celebrations.

Alongside her cartoon adventures and illustration commissions, Queenie is a local deck heroine, DJing across the UK’s LGBTQIA+ scene and broadcasting on the specialist community radio station 1BTN. A forever-regal seaside institution Queen Josephine continues to bring her love of life to our days and nights via pen, paper and the disco. Long may she do so, long may she reign.