5/23 - Book Launch of the Graphic Canon 
JF: Do you feel that art can and should be taught in a formal class-room setting? MC: Formal classroom settings are great for some people. Myself, I learned better from bugging artists I admired until they shared their gessoing skills. I’m very opposed to the credentialization of art though. Study in an art school if [...]
Entries from July 11th, 2010
New Chinashop Pieces
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Photos
Ahoy comrades! Madame Zoetica Ebb is over the loft, molesting Reverse Mermaids and Embiggening My Hair. While we’re off having the adventures, I leave you with my latest Chinashop articles + Amsterdam Urban Arts Festival + Travis Louie’s Family Portraits + Artstars: Teetering Bulb
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Making Of The Atrium Window
July 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Events
Back in Mid June, I was lucky enough to design windows for my launch party at Atrium Boutique in Noho. It was a mad, glue fumed, 16 hour day kind of time, accomplished only with the whip cracking of one Melissa Dowell. Pareidolia Films was on hand to capture the madness.
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Chinashop + Interview + Last Rites
July 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Events, Press
+ My portrait of Amber Ray is in Jason D’Aquino’s group show, Lead Poisoning, at Last Rites Gallery. It opens this Saturday in NYC + New article on Chinashop, “Confessions of a Yarn Bomber”, about a fascinating street artist I met in Amsterdam Do you think art is a luxury or a necessity? I think [...]
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The NSFW Contest
July 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Thanks to twitter follower @@jcharette, I now know that MollyCrabapple.com is blocked on Amtrack. This isnt’ a new experience. MollyCrabapple.com has long been the target of haters of cartoon nipples. You can’t see it when you wait for jury duty in New York or work at Pepsi or surf the internet on a SUNY campus. [...]
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Zoetica Ebb rocking Dirtee Hollywood
July 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Photos
Dear friend and soon-to-be-houseguest Zoetica Ebb is rocking one of my Dirtee Hollywood tshirts in her latest Chinashop blog. Adorability, peoples! Incidentally, they’re on sale- so if you balked at spending $60 on a shirt, they’re now $35 at Ron Robinson.
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DIY Handpainted Sneakers
July 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Press
I spent today making sad and happy ladies on this pair of Etnies sneakers for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Party tomorrow. While I’m unsure about the durability of these babies, handpainted sneakers are pretty easy to DIY. You need *white leather sneakers *acrylic paint in your desired colours *a superfine sharpie *(optional) a [...]
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7/4- Sneakers+Livepainting for the CBLDF
July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Events
On July 4th, I’m going to be drawing for my favorite free speech crusaders, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at Red, White and Brews. I also painted on some nifty Etnies sneakers (see half-done one above), which will be exhibited at the event. Deets below On July 4, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund [...]
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Stop Motion Animation
July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
For the last several months, me and talented Aussie animator Jim Batt have been collaberating with Kim Boekbinder on an animated music video for her song “The Organ Doner’s March.” Here’s an uber-rough animation test that Jim Batt made. Behold the sullen Cora! You can hear some of Kim’s recently completed album here. Voice of [...]
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