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Scratch an Itch 1
Candle-lit ceremonies in drawing rooms and dungeons. Ritualistic robes and craven curses. Ancient myths and mystic symbols. Sex magick and sacrifice. These are just some of the ‘Rites, wrongs and revivications’ to be found in the pages of Scratch an Itch 1.
Cast the runes against your own soul and place a pox upon your air fryer, with the latest in our growing series of limited edition art booklets, Scratch an Itch 1 features 24 occult-themed spreads from the House of Harley sketchbooks, illuminated with profane and pagan pantones.
These choice selections from the House of Harley archive were drawn sometime during the 21st century and first published, with digital colour added, on the House of Harley blog from 2019 to 2024. Plus one never-seen-before spread published for the first time.
Created to mark the House of Harley’s return to the Satanic Flea Market on Sunday 13th April 2025.
Original House of Harley sketchbooks are available to buy in our Etsy shop.
Published April 2025. Limited and numbered edition of 40. Full colour A6 booklet. 44 pages.
£4.00 + postage.
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Who, me?
Fuzzy felt Beatle boat
The Yellow Submarine film made a huge impression on me as a kid, both for the music and the psychedelic animation. So I was delighted recently to see the Fab Four’s underwater transport recreated in felt and buttons on the wall of a café in Whitstable
Here’s my own little tribute to the Yellow Submarine and several other imaginary nautical vehicles of TV and cinema… from ‘Take the Children Out of Town’ in Ugly Mug 7.
Saint Ubbs
A recent scan from an old sketchbook…
Gomeric’s hill
Two cosmologically colourised outtakes from Ugly Mug 8. Based on a photograph of Bewitched actress Elizabeth Montgomery.
A lazy lion net
Some pen and ink sketches of an anything-but-lazy telly performance by French pop singer Alizée. Her song A contre-courant appears in the House of Harley’s list of 21st century pop classics.
Captain Maroon 1
Two copies have surfaced of this extremely rare self-published comic from 1987, the first, and to date only, issue of Captain Maroon. Starring “the superhero with a difference”, the difference being that the nature of the Captain’s super power is never made clear.
In two fun tales, CM encounters crime lords the Black Scab and Mr Large. With a bonus single page joke strip, ‘Invasion of the Argobots’.
This was the first House of Harley release from before the House of Harley had a name, and a glimpse into our early days as an aspiring cartoonist. We were still at school when this was made and were learning quick.
That said, page 2 claims “The Best Comic You Will EVER Read!” and who are we to argue?
Published December 1987. A5, 24 pages.
£5 + postage. ADULTS ONLY.
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Winning Streak 1
Thirty-eight pin-ups from the pen of Harley R.
LIMITED EDITION OF 25.
ADULTS ONLY. Order your copy now from our Etsy shop.
The first in our new series of House of Harley pocket books, collecting lusty pen and ink pin-ups by Harley R. A companion to our Mesdames of the Marker Pen series.
Published March 2025. Limited edition of 25. A5 stapled magazine. 40 pages.
£4.50 plus postage. ADULTS ONLY. Order now from our Etsy shop.
Own a House of Harley pinup
All the original drawings featured in Winning Streak are available for purchase for very reasonable prices. See the growing range in our Etsy shop or enquire here about a specific drawing.
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