A girl named Madonna
Today MadonnaTribe is happy to introduce our readers to Popjustice Idols Biogs, a series of funnily illustrated mini biographies put together by Peter Robinson, a freelance pop journalist who has founded leading music website Popjustice.com.
One of the mini volumes is of course devoted to our Queen Of Pop and is titled A Girl Named Madonna, with illustrations by David Whittle.
As Madonna shows the world how to kiss, fall off horses and wear underwear on the outside…
We’re now happy to give our readers a preview of the content of this book with the help of the its publisher. We’re sure Madonna fans with a sense of humor will love it. Please click on images below to enlarge them. Check out more about the book’s authors by clicking the Full Article link below.
The first four Popjustice Idols books are published by Friday Books, priced ?3.99 and will be available soon at Waterstones, Virgin, HMV and all good book outlets.
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A Boy Called Robbie A Boy Called Marshall |
A Girl Called Madonna A Band Called Take That |
Thanks to Kelly Rush
Peter Robinson is a freelance pop journalist. Over the last ten years his work has appeared in NME, The Guardian, The Face, The Times, Attitude, Word, Ministry, The Times, Melody Maker, Smash Hits and Observer Music Monthly, among others.
Books include the first official Girls Aloud book, Busted: The Official book and On The Road With Busted, and On The Road With Blue (2003), although that one came out under a different name after Blue’s management took out all the good bits and Peter threw a strop. Peter founded Popjustice.com in May 2000.
David Whittle was born in Manchester in 1979, and is now based in Bristol. Since graduating in illustration in 2001, David has worked on many different projects, including illustrating for loads of magazines and books, working
as a designer and animator on numerous music videos, and designing all the characters and backgrounds for channel 4’s “Bromwell High” which is shown around the world.
Launched in May 2000, Popjustice.com quickly became one the web’s most well-respected pop site, celebrating the world’s best pop music, inspiring countless other websites and pop blogs.
A fifth birthday party in 2005 saw queues down the street as guest DJs Simon Amstell and Richard X played inside. Popjustice relaunched in January 2006 with a new podcast, guest columnists, MP3-download Singles Club, and a theme tune composed by Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugagabes). A weekly, Friday-night Popjustice club launches in March, along with a Popjustice mobile service.
