“I have become convinced that Molly Crabapple was sent by the devil to seduce us all into art”- Neil Gaiman

The Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 2: Devil in the Details is up for pre-order! This is a collection of my fine art, poster art and everything in between, done over the last few years, with a forward by Margaret Cho, comedy goddess and patron saint of weird kids everywhere.  To encourage you to pre-order the beast, I’m having another contest

Fine artist, illustrator, and comics creator Molly Crabapple captures the absurdity of modern life in intricate, theatrical detail in her fine art work, drawing inspiration from politics, polite (and not-so-polite) society, and hundreds of years of literature. Her work is burlesque-inspired in the broadest definition of the word – deftly satirizing the powerful with adorably sinister animals, steampunk-tinged machinery, and of course, beautiful girls. But it’s not all fantastical – when Occupy Wall Street broke out, Molly was there, capturing the immediacy of the revolutionary feeling in pen and ink. In a new 48-page book from IDW, you can get Molly’s art in gorgeous full-color, work that’s decorated glamorous nightclubs, museums and galleries, and protest signs and occupied spaces around the country. Comedian Margaret Cho contributes the Foreward.

I have two Bags of Art Awesomeness!  Each Bag of Art Awesomeness includes: Dr. Sketchy’s Rainy Day Colouring Book, Scarlett Takes Manhattan, a record by Vermillion Lies, stickers, temporary tattoos, show catalogs, prints, Sublime Stitching embroidery patterns, t-shirts, and the totebag I designed for 2010 SXSW Interactive, of a steampunk octopus up to no good.

To enter the Devil in the Details Contest, either

1. Preorder The Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 2: Devil in the Details on Amazon. Email your receipt to WeekInHell@Gmail.com

OR

2. Preorder your copy of The Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 2: Devil in the Details at your local comics store. It’s in Diamond Previews starting May. It’s Diamond code is may120457 and its ISBN is 978-1613772737 . Email proof of this (like an email to your local comics store) to WeekInHell@Gmail.com. Preordering from local stores is VERY important, both because we want stores to carry our weird little art book, and because supporting stores, rather than Amazon, is what keeps the world from turning into parking lots and Walmart

We will be choosing one winner who preordered on Amazon, and one winner who pre-ordered from their local store.  Judging by the last contest, preordering at a local store is the best way to win. Contest closes on May 30, and winners will be chosen and notified by June 4th.

Thank you so much for your support!

Here is the official press release with all participating artists:

Click here for more information about Karma-Con.

Invite your friends via our Karma-Con Facebook page!

As part of the program, I’ll be speaking with curator Beth Citron this Friday about Tibetan art (I used to practically live at Tibet House when I was in college) and pieces from the Rubin Museum’s collection.  Hope I can see you there!

The Wheel of Life is a visual 1-0-1 of Buddhist doctrine; a reminder of our Karmic responsibility to remove ourselves from the world of suffering. In conjunction with the exhibition, Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics, eight contemporary artists have been invited to reinterpret segments of the Wheel of Life based on their own artistic experiences in a three-part series: Karma-Con.

 

Join the Rubin Museum of Art and the following comic artists and illustrators Molly Crabapple, Sanya Glisic, Ben Granoff, Rodney Greenblat, Steven Guarnaccia, Michael Kupperman, Josh Neufeld and Katie Skelly in taking a new perspective on this ancient religious image.

Friday, March 2nd, 6:15pm
@
The Rubin Museum
150 W. 17 St., NYC 10011

Please meet at the base of the Spiral Staircase at 6:15 for all tours.
Admission to the museum’s galleries is free every Friday from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m

Sex in the Comics, a French documentary on erotic comics, directed by Joelle Ooserlinck, with interviews with R. Crumb, Zep, Milo Manara and others, hosted by a (dubbed, mini-skirted) me. Broadcast January 28th, 8pm, on ARTE

SURPRISE: Free Vampire Squid Sketches @ Occupy Wall Street!

Dear comrades, today I’ll be doing FREE sketches at Liberty Park in support of Occupy Wall Street. Come by and get your signed drawing of a top-hatted cephalopod representing the banking class.

TODAY, Sunday, October 2nd
5-7pm (or until supplies run out)
@
Liberty Park (Broadway and Liberty.  Map here), NYC
near the Library (if you haven’t been to the park yet, its on the northeast corner)

Please bring blankets, food, tarps, or other donations for the brave folks occupying the park.  You can see what’s needed HERE

Please repost/RT.  Can’t wait to see you guys

If you’re not in NYC, you can find out about an occupation in your city at Occupy Together or Donate to Occupy Wall Streete

I'm so excited to be visiting London, one of my favorite cities in the world, in a few days! I'll be creating a special, giant backdrop for Dr. Sketchy's London (an astounding fucking branch, btw, that continuously inspires us in New York to up our game), and I really hope I get to see some of my UK fans.

Get yee some tickets!

Dr. Sketchy’s London
Presenting…. A Sketchy Indulgence!

Featuring: Chocolat, CherryShakewell
& Luscious Luke
Hosted by Ophelia Bitz

With Special guest appearance from
Dr. Sketchy’s founder Molly Crabapple

Royal Vauxhall Tavern
372 Kennington Lane
London
SE11 5HY

8pm – 11pm (doors 7pm)

£10 advance £15 on the door

Musician Kim Boekbinder is redefining the concept of touring with her pre-sold tour, but she needs you to back it! As a bonus, I’ll be doing a unique poster for every city on the tour that’s successfully funded, so backers get exciting new Molly Art

Seriously, Kim is a genius rockstar and one of my dearest friends. BACK THIS OR ELSE!

Moleskine Drawing Jam at Bloomingdale’s 59th street featuring: Molly Crabapple,

This Saturday, I’m going to be at Bloomingdales customizing covers for Moleskine.  Each one will be a different gold drawing of octopii, libraries, and our model, the fantastically dapper Giovanni James.

You’re very much invited to draw him along with me

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Moleskine Drawing Jam at Bloomingdale’s 59th street location in Manhattan, featuring: Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art-school

Join Moleskine® on Saturday, June 11th, from 2-5pm, for a special in-store event. Bring your notebooks and sketch from a live model with Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art-school. Molly’s drawings will decorate the covers of large Moleskine notebooks, which will be given as a gift to anyone who makes a $30 in-store purchase from the Moleskine collection during the event. Molly will lead everyone that attends in a game that pairs the live model with a series of fantastic objects to inspire the sketching.

Saturday, June 11th, 2-5pm

Bloomingdale’s
1000 3rd. Ave., New York, NY
Located on 1st fl in the men’s accessories department, entrance on the 3rd avenue side

I’m taking part in a panel discussion this Saturday on women, muses, and paintings. Expect me to talk alot about my favorite, Manet’s Olympia, which is all confrontation in a pearly pink package. My panel goes from 4:30-5:30. Hope to see you, and ask me questions!

Academic Symposium: From Portraits to Pin-ups: Representations of Women in Art and Popular Culture
Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 11:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

In conjunction with the exhibition Lorna Simpson: Gathered, this symposium will explore the implications of female artists using images of women in their work, the relationship between popular culture and fine art, connections between women’s history and contemporary art, perceptions of race and gender, and representations of beauty. Dr. Wendy Steiner will speak on concepts of beauty, a panel of graduate students will present current research, and a panel discussion with comedian Erica Watson, drag king Shelly Mars, and illustrator Molly Crabapple will follow.