Welcome to The Houdini Box
Lynsey Hutchinson is an illustrator and musician from Edinburgh, Scotland. A singer/songwriter, guitarist, bassist and drummer for twenty years, performance highlights include the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Celtic Connections and The Wickerman Festival. Her first published artwork appeared in the award-winning graphic novel 'Burke & Hare' (Insomnia 2009. Tranzfusion 2012), alongside such celebrated artists as Frank Quitely and Rian Hughes. She is one of the creators behind the Southern Gothic anthology 'Bayou Arcana: Songs of Loss and Redemption' (Markosia 2012), contributing the story 'Grinder Blues'. Both Lynsey herself and her work appeared in the BAFTA-nominated Scottish independent film 'Electric Man', released in 2011 with UK-wide cinema screenings and a DVD release.
Her co-created Victorian Edinburgh occult detective strip 'Sceptic: A Magician Among the Spirits' was recently translated into Scots and featured in the independent Scottish anthology comic 'Scrieve!' She has illustrated two books in the US publisher 'For Beginners Books' series 'Harriet Tubman For Beginners' (FBB 2017) and 'James Joyce For Beginners' (FBB 2021).
She is the co-creator and illustrator for the epic and brutal supernatural western graphic novel 'The Final, Bloody War of Colton Myers' (US/World) (UK) (Source Point Press 2020)
Lynsey lives in Edinburgh with no cats and a modest yet alarming collection of historical weapons and armour.
ALL ARTWORK ON THIS SITE IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AS 12"x18"
250gsm SIGNED PRINTS. FOR SALES AND COMMISSION INQUIRIES
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Praise for 'Sceptic: A Magician Among the Spirits'
"Quirky, interesting stuff."
DAVE GIBBONS - Watchmen
"Enigmatic new character, gloriously eerie and evocative artwork. 'Sceptic' got me going dammit. Give me more!"
GEEK SYNDICATE
"What the fuck is this?"
SIMON BISLEY - Batman/ Judge Dredd
"A dark and atmospheric narrative of occultism in Victorian Scotland with a shocking twist in its tail"
BRYAN TALBOT - Grandville, Alice in Sunderland
