Molly Crabapple
Downtown girl-Artist of the underworld exquisite/novelist illustrator/major entrepreneur
-Tell us what you do?
I draw pictures. Then, I run Dr. Sketchy's, where I encourage other people to draw pictures.
-What is success in your eyes?
Being able to hang with your idols.
-What is a schedule like for an Artist/Entrepreneur as yourself?
I work about 16 hours a day, guzzling espresso the whole time. I'll do tshirt designs one minute, work on a commission the next, and field about a million text messages relating to the Dr. Sketchy's empire.
-Tell us about "Scarlette takes Manhattan".
Scarlett
Takes Manhattan is a graphic novel by me and long-time collaborator
John Leavitt. We tell the story of the slum denizen Shifra Helfgott,
who, with the help of her gender-bending boyfriend, rises to become the
premier fire-eater of her age.
What can we expect from you in the future?
I
have a full roster of secret projects I can't talk about, and that may
never come to fruition. So just count on lots of new paintings with
swirly hair.
Who and what inspires you?
Absinthe. Toulouse Lautrec. Clayton
Cubitt. Zoetica Ebb. Michael Faber. Neil Gaiman and Matt Taibbi are
two of my favorite writers. Coilhouse Magazine gives me hope for the
future of print.
- Whats the best place to witness burlesque ?
A secret underground party in Red Hook whose name I can't mention.
-Any advice on romance?
Hells if I know. I've never went on a date in my life.
-If you were a story book character who would you be?
Probably Basil Hallward
-When you die and come back as someone else who would it be
If there was
any luck, probably some point-shoe wearing heiress who could collect
Marchesa Cassati's jewelry, and commission art rather than hustling it.
But, in reality, probably another ink stained artist.
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