Molly Crabapple Illustration

On of my formative corruptors, Editrix Abby, interviewed me over at Carnal Nation. CN: You’re also a burlesque performer. Tell us about your decision to come out from behind your easel! MC: Well, I believe you discovered me, Madame Editrix. I remember my first performance taking place on the Mondo Porno stage to “A tisket, [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Rockstars Hilary Beck and Yuli Ziv were kind enough to cover my tshirt launch at Atrium.  Check out their writeups on… + Lookbooks + MyItThings

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Damon Dash’s Karin + Raoul magazine did a four page spread on me, shot by one of my favorite collaberators, Aeric Meredith Goujon. We took over an abandoned church. Half these photos involved me clambering over beams in a pair of Louboutins, thinking I was about to die in a very exciting way. They were [...]

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Did a fairly extensive interview with Tim O’Shea over at Comic Book Resources.  Dude asks insightful questions… O’Shea: When you’re steampunking history as you are with this story, is there still an amount of research to be done on the front end? Do you or collaborator John Leavitt do the bulk of the research (or [...]

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Last month, Valerie Dray shot me for her series on creative New Yorkers in French GQ.  Dray’s work is all lilac and light and evocativeness, and I loved every minute of posing for her. I’m rocking dresses by ModCloth, Alexander McQueen and H&M, and the feather hairpiece of doom is by Amber Ray Accoutrements.

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“the chicest community organizer since Obama” -Andrea Chalupa. Molly Crabapple’s DIY Empire: A How To Thanks so much to Andrea Chalupa for this lovely profile of me on HuffPo!

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