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About Me

www.MollyCrabapple.com
The Short List
* Illustrator for fine places like Marvel Comics, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Playgirl.
*Creator of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School , a cabaret-life-drawing class with nearly 50 branches around the world.
*Author of Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book , the heavily illustrated companion volume to Dr. Sketchy's.
*Artist for Backstage a murder mystery webcomic set in the burlesque halls of old New York. Appears every Thursday at Act-i-vate
*Caffeine addict.
Upcoming Gallery Shows
* May 2008:
Ladies Show @ DVA Gallery (Chicago)
* July 2008:
Five Identities, Five Destinations: Amy Crehore, Jenn Porreca, Lizz Lopez, Molly Crabapple & Ewelina Ferruso @ Ad Hoc Art (New York)
Crimes on Canvas
curated by M Modern Gallery @ The Hard Rock Hotel (Las Vegas)
* September 2008
Pornsaints @ A&D Gallery (London)
Dark Pop @ Last Rites Gallery (New York)
* October 2008
The 13th Hour @ Last Rites Gallery (New York
Upcoming Conventions/Travel
* New York Comic-Con (April 18-21)
* MoCCA (June 5-6)
* San Diego Comic Convention (July 24-26)
* Dr. Sketchy's Takes Europe- wherin I bum through Glasgow, London, and Helsinki on the pretext of work (August 7-24)
* Salon-Con (September 13- also my birthday!)
Very cool event I'm proud to be involved in!
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My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

I like people who plot audacious things and then make them happen. If you've studied Arabic, made your living off your drawing hand, travelled in the Middle East, read too many books, or shun honest employment, we might get along.
If you come to my shows or Dr. Sketchy's , you'll delight me. If you're a myspace band, I'll sell your email to the penis-enlargement people
If I don't know you, and you want to be friends, that's grand. However, please message me first, or else I'm hitting the deny button
I am horrible at answering myspace messages. If you want any sort of a timely response, you should email me at [email protected]

I love comments. However, if you post "Thanks for the Add" and a giant graphic, I hate you forever. Comments are for telling me what a special snowflake I am, not promoting your lousy band show

Music:

Anything old and bitter and bluesey about a man who isn't any good. Or Green Day

Books:

Besides that? Strip City, Indecent, The Sandman, Girlbomb, Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, League of Extraordinary Gentleman

Heroes:

Fuck hero-worship. How about figuring out how it's done? my art at the Bloomberg Corporations' Summer Party. 30 foot curtain = joy. Big thank you to the Box for making this possible

My Blog

Portrait of Narcissister

Portrait of Narcissister, from my Box Series...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:17:00 PST

Let me Draw You at Shanghai Vice

My favorite event producer Shien Lee is at it again, with a decadent, glamorous tribute to 20's Shanghei! If you have been to Shien Lee's Dances of Vice events before, you know that, without exagerat...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

A New Story from the World of Backstage- In Print!

Dear ComradesI'm super excited to announce that me and John Leavitt just signed a deal with adult entertainment company Blowfish (for whom I did one of my most popular pieces of art), to do a 40 page ...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:09:00 PST

I did a Theatre Curtain for the Bloomberg Summer Party

How much do I love working with the Box? Oh yes, yes indeed I do.Here are photos of the giant theatrical backdrop they commissioned me to design for Bloomberg Company Summer Picnic. I looked at thes...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:01:00 PST

Vote for Dr. Sketchy’s own Justin Lussier

Justin Lussier's the official photographer for Dr. Sketchy's NYC. responsible for some of our best images. He's recently entered a photo contest ( the prize being an exhibtion), and could really use ...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:06:00 PST

See me at MoCCA this weekend

I won't be at Exotic World this weekend (boo!) because I'll be tabling at MoCCA. If you're over at the Puck Building, say hi.I'll also be doing drawings to benifit the Museum on Saturday, 12-1 Love t...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:46:00 PST

I have art in Curvy 5

I'm totally honored to have my work in this year's Curvy. Curvy is an anthology put out by Yen Magazine, Australia's 1 independent woman's magazine. Each year they choose 100 female artists- this t...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:05:00 PST

European Tour Dates

So, here are the more or less final dates when I'm going to be where in Europe. European Sketchy fans, I can't wait to meet youAugust 9-11- GlasgowAugust 10th- Dr. Sketchy's Glasgow One Year Annivers...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:16:00 PST

Stop the Orphan Works Bill!

Hey, like seeing my art online? Like checking out art, seeing videos on youtube, or basically enjoying the creative bounty that the internet's unleashed?The Orphan Works Bill is going to kill all tha...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:07:00 PST

New Limited Edition Print for Sale

It's that time again- the time for selling new prints. This time I'm offering one of my most popular illustrations, Octopus Girl. The original was for the cover of UR Chicago magazine.I'm doing a li...
Posted by Molly Crabapple on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:32:00 PST