Do my eyes deceive me? It’s Delirium Tremens as the spirit of absinthe itself, The Green Fairy! Le Tourment Vert was kind enough to sponsor
this, our most drunken session ever, providing art monkeys with 100 proof shots of wonder.

Your thematically colored hosts! If you saw me stagger down Grand St covered in glow-in-the-dark stars, you have Le Tourment Vert to thank.

Strange absinthe delusions courtesy of Ms. Tremens

She’s like a little bit of sugar, that is lit on fire, and then poured into a cup …er, wait this metaphor is going to a weird place. nevermind.

Sly gazes abound!

Our set for this session was a gauzy fairytale created by Dr. Simon and about a thousand watts of green light. Period-ish background
paintings by yours truly.

And Art! Our Flimsy Pretense. All prizes this week where shots or bottles of Le Tourment Vert. There was …much competition.

The word I’m looking for is “Gossamer”.

A winner! With her very own bottle of legal Absinthe to enjoy and empty.

I love how many people drew in green.

You didnt see the knock-down drag out hair pulling match that precede this shot. DOn’t put a absinthe in between two working artists, it never goes well.

Lights are pretty.

And now the bottle is dry and it’s time to put Delirium Tremins back inside (again with the strange and confusing metaphors!). Thanks to Le Tourment Vert, The Lucky Cat, Syd, Eve, Steve, Hilary, Dr. Simon, and everyone came out to get wasted at 3 in the afternoon. You are the true heroes.

BUT WAIT! THere is more. We know Art Monkeys can deny everything but excess, so here are even more THRILLING PHOTOS from our Very Own Justin Lussier: Designated Redhead.

She looks a bit like Snow White, here.

If you belive in Delirium clap your hands!

Le Tourment Vert, beloved by symbolic representations everywhere.

I put an organic cherry in the glass, but everyone thought it was an olive, thus ruining my carefully thought out color scheme. FOOLS!

The incantatory Molly Crabapple with John Leavitt and a dirty drawing of Toulouse Latrec.

The winners! Of, what else, shots.

How the world looks after said shots.

And that’s it once again from Justin Lussier! May a flight of spirits sing thee to thy rest.

Come back next time when we’ll give Akynos a birthday party, the Dr. Sketchy way.

-JL

Beam me up Welshy! We blew our geekwad last week with a tribute to the series that launched a thousand fanboys: Star Trek (Original Flavor).

With us on our 5 year mission was the lovely Fem Appeal as Lt. Nyota Uhura*.

Incoming hotness on channel 4 Captain.

Boots! Hoop earrings! We’re basically cosplayers at this point. Sigh.

Dualla’s got nothing on her. NOTHING.

Lt. Uhura is all business during work hours, but get some Romulian Ale in her and she might just let you beam down.

Our set is doing double duty here. It’s an abstract representation of space and an homage to the kind of pre-pubesant bedroom where Star Trek
would be enjoyed. I can’t watch any classic sci-fi without wood paneling, a bean-bag and a sense of severe social awkwardness.

So that’s why tribbles where so popular!

Nurse Chapel disapproves.

And lo, fan-fiction is born!

During the long break. yes the stars glowed in the dark. yes we had a smoke machine. yes we’re horrible nerds.

After the break, the real surprise was …unleashed.

Regulation Federation pasties! Accept no substitute.

Uhura gets a visit from Tom Servo and Bender Beding Rodriguez.

And we’re done! Thanks to Femme Appeal, The Lucky Cat, Dr. Simon, Justin, Hilary, Mike, Syd, and all crew members everywhere. Come back next week when La Tourmet Vert will sponsor a Green Fairy session! Shots of absinthe will flow like highly intoxicating water!

One to beam up!

But wait! There’s more! Justin Lussier had his own take on the event. Ever wonder why he has such big hair? Hiding the pointy ears.

You expected us not to make a Plato’s Stepchildren’s reference? You expected wrong.

O! Captain my captain!

Deranged science fiction art and the people who love it!

Your luminous host Molly Crabapple and crowd.

What did Kirk ever see in green girls anyway?

Thanks again Justin!

-JL

Hot time! Summer in the city! Back of my neck getting very unclean and rough. Julia, AKA Lady Lovely, enchantresses and muse extraordinare,
brings us back to the Summer of 1977 In New York! High temperatures! High crime! Rising hemlines! Photos by Dr. Simon, wizard of Park and 73rd.

Your hosts, Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt, dancing queen.

The fan is very important. The weather decided to play along with record-breaking temperatures and humidity so thick it was like drowning in
soup. Pigeon soup.

Hey look, it’s the inside of Dov Charney’s head!

I think this was for a contest involving Harvey The Dog. At least I hope it is.

I wonder if she feels love?

We wanted to fill the stage with 70s-era graffiti but since we’re not talented artists or anything, we had to settle for a “bathroom wall”

look. Classy!

See, classy!

WISCONSIN REPRESENT!

And contests! Of course.

I forget why we had “cheese” as a contest and now I don’t think I want to remember.

People WON these contests! They won things they can OWN! Some people won delicious booze.

Other people …won martial aids from Babes in Toyland!

Like this guy! Oh his clitoris is going to be so stimulated!

And that’s it! Time to sweep up before the 80s come in and ruin everything! Thanks to Lady Lovely, Steve, Eve, Syd, Dr. Simon, Hillary, Mike
and all art monkeys everywhere! Come back next week when we’ll teleport to the 60s for some Star Trek: Original Flavor and Femme Appeal as Lt.
Uhura!

-JL

SUMMER SUPPLEMENT!

Fitting the theme, the oppressive heat was broken up a booming, Olympian thunderstorm. Being responsible adults, we all ran outside and danced
in the rain. Justin Lussier presents the dripping aftermath.

Julia has long dark hair In Real Life, but she put on a short blonder wig for the first half. We know that, if nothing else, art monkeys
demand HISTORICAL VERMISSILITUDE here at Dr. Sketchy’s.

And more photos from the esteemed Justin

Dr. Sketchy’s presents …POINTING!

Groove thing in process of being shook.

I wonder if it’s her last chance for romance?

Steve Walker, the man behind the scenes. Er, scene. Whatever.

Thanks Justin!

Greetings, gentle art monkeys: helper monkey Eve here, and Molly has graciously given me permission to plug my upcoming show here. No Smoking is a futuristic dystopian political letter to the babysitter state, and it is THIS MONDAY! That is, June the 23rd, one night only. The performance is at 8PM at Stage Left Studio, 438 W. 37th St. Suite 5A. Tickets are $15– buy them in advance at Smarttix, and make sure you select the performance on the 23rd.
There is a reception following, with wine and munchable goodies. Hope to see y’all there!

Dr. Sketchy’s presents a tribute to a webcomic nobody reads! Our webcomic: Back Stage! Created by Molly and myself, it’s a rousing tale of sex, murder, and newspapers in 1904 New York. Now that saucy ragtime and hide the virgins as Lukki and Melody Sweets give you the best of the Gilded Age!

Lukki is playing Scarlett O’Herring, a fading vaudevillian, and Melody is Minetta Lane, the scheming ingenue! They re-created the costumes for the infamous “last dance” sequence.

Down to the poses! The sequence can be seen here. http://act-i-vate.com/40-1-14.comic

Our erstwhile hosts! John Leavitt and Molly Crabapple! Behind us is a copy of the newspaper that our fictional counterparts work on. It’s Meta Meta Meta!

And now… more not-drawn girls!

Grrr! Die die die!

And we had prizes! Like this!

A whole book of Kirby art! From that “other” Golden Age of something.

Oh, we love parasols here. We love them SO MUCH.

Even the lighting is an elaborate in-joke! Oh, we amuse ourselves.

Happy are the art monkeys!

And that’s it! Thanks to Lukki! Melody Sweet! Dr. Simon! Justin! Syd! Eve! Hillary! Steve! Everyone at the lucky cat! and Act-i-vate.com for hosting our perverted toon.

From everyone at Dr. Sketchy’s, Thanks!

Greetings, devotees of all things Sketchy!

This week, our endless quest for the world’s great arts and treasures (by which I naturally mean breasts) took us to the far-flung land of Arabia, which I understand is somewhere east of Williamsburgh. It was there that we met the great Sultan Muffinhead.

We found him reclining in his palace, as sultaning is hard work and requires frequent naps. Sultan Muffinhead is a stern but just man, and after several drinks, he agreed to take us into his harem, where he introduced us to his favourite concubine, the beauteous Amber Ray.

The couple then posed for our art students, as is the custom in the Arab world.

There was dancing and merriment, and we smoked the hookah, which is like a pipe with some sort of hose attached.

After several more drinks, the coquettish Amber Ray scandalously let her veil drop.

Later, she removed her top completely, but after the veil scene, we were no longer shocked by anything.

Our gallant artists captured every moment.

Since we were all art-lovers, the Sultan treated us to samples from his own personal collection.

This is a rendering of the famous “nursing” scene from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.

This one was entitled “I Dream of Djinni With the Light Brown Hair.” The artist often got punched when he told people the names of his works.

We were thoroughly smashed at this point, so I do not exactly what was going on when this photograph was taken, but I believe that this is a “rain dance” that is meant to ward off evil spirits.

Time wore on as it so often does, and the time came for us to leave. So it was with heavy hearts we bid farewell to this exotic land of mystery and wonder. Still, we would always look back fondly on the time we spent with the Sultan and the concubine in the Arabian palace.

Then, when they weren’t looking, we grabbed a couple barrels of gasoline and ran.

-Syd Bernstein

Get on point and fluff up the tutus, Dr. Sketchy’s gets all classy with a trip to the Ballet!

With our Prima Ballerina, Amelia Danger! As a personal promise to our readers, I will refrain from making any Nutcracker jokes.

Molly Crabapple and myself. Everyone said I looked “Flashdance” but I was going for “All That Jazz.” Sigh, no one ever understands my complicated costume-based metaphors! *sob*

Amelia is an actual former New York Ballerina Fairy Princess. So she can do stuff like this.

And hold it! I can’t even stand under my own power for 20 minutes.

Like Degas, the Art Monkeys drew the pretty ballerinas. Unlike Degas, they did not crawl into a closet and watch them bathe. Yet.

Faithful And Awesome Art Monkey Eve Butler brought in a huge sack of tutu fabric for our amusement.

This is the classiest prop we’ve had since Inflatable Rape Shark.

Thanks Eve!

Sigh, must these contests always end with a distressing caricature of myself?

Gah, I said no Nutcracker jokes! Damnit!

New Art Monkeys, Mike and Hillary, brought into the fold with the traditional “get toxic shock from ink poisoning” ritual. Ahhh, memories.

And what’s THIS? It’s a fine SOLID SILVER art monkey head by RockLove jewelers! Because it’s not a boozy life-drawing class without hunks of precious metals!

Buy one! Now! Or Else!

Enough salesmanship! On to the drinking contest!

It’s the look of mortal terror I savor the most. It pleases me.

And down it goes! And down we go! Thanks to Amelia Danger! Dr. Simon! Eve Butler! Syd Bernstein! Our New Monkeys Hillary and Mike! And Everyone, everywhere! Join us on May 4th at Lucky Cheng’s for a special All-Male Dr. Sketchy’s! It’ll be Queerific!

-JL

Konnichiha Art monkeys! Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School brings you the ancient and beautiful tradition of the Geisha the only way we know how!

With Pearle Noir AKA The Black Pearl as our very own Geisha Gone Wild! Take *that* 600 years of aesthetic refinement!

Pearl came all the way from Texas to delight, amaze and blur cultural lines into one big melting pot of awesome.

Photos by Dr. Simon and Justin Lussier. Who I understand are Samurai of some sort.

Being a dancer, Pearle was able to do….this!

And this!

And Some of that!

Also this!

And this!

and a little bit of that.

And that …. that looks painful, actually. Yikes.. Oh well, bring on more parasols!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the right props can send a drawing session right out into the Oort Belt Of Kick-Ass, where many Kick-Ass objects exist.

Best incorporation of a “Lucky Cat” because we’re at the…lucky. Never mind. A fisting reference would be completely out of line here and I will not lower the tone of this blog by mentioning it.

Bemused Model Is Bemused!

And under the watchful eyes of our looming Giehsa heads, came the contests.

One contest in particular elicited an..enthusiastic response. Best incorporation of some Japanese Pop Culture. The results where sadly tentacle-filled.

Sigh … one again everything comes down to the internet.

Steve walker to my right ….looking deeply, deeply ashamed.

No, they’re not writing insane gibberish, that was the random-phrase contest. I think.

And Syonara sweeties! Thanks to Pearl Noir! Steve Walker, Syd Bernstien, Eve Bulter, Justin Lussier, Dr. Simon, The Lucky Cat and All Art Monkeys Everywhere! Your waving arm of luck brings much happiness into my life.

Hehehe… ipenis.

-JL

Far OUT! Dr. Sketchy’s presents a psychedelic electric Kool-aide freakout with Darlina Just Darlina! We passed out sugarcubes* and got our groove on to the sounds of Captain Beefheart.

C’mon! Sock it to me …or something.

Photos By Dr. Simon. He has a PH.D in Mellow.

Darlina as Allegorical statue. “The Spirit Of the Rainbow” or “Art Monkeys Enlightening The World” or ..something.

“All the boys …think she’s a prize! She’s got …Bette Davis Eyes!”

To Quote Machine Dazzle, “All Glitter, All The Time, All Over.”

Killer! Thriller Night!

That or Darlina is imploring us to walk like an Egyptian.

And, as always, art!

Dang you people are good. Stuff like this wreaks havoc on my artistic confidence.

Sigh….

And some people won things based on their art! Shocking isn’t it?

Our thematic prize, Skittles! Brought in by Loyal Art Monkeys! The colors man! The colors!

The winner!

Although he seems more happy with his prize, ahem.

Some people however, got to BECOME art.

The Hosts, trying to convince another Loyal Art Monkeys to become LIVING ART. He declined….

This sounds like a job for AMANDA! Our pet pervert.

We’re wild bright young things! We don’t care about toxic markers!

SEE!

The winner! With her very own Super-Secret Dr. Sketchy’s Tee! That’s how you she’s *really* cool.

Darlinda Just Darlina tried to held this amazing starburst pose for 20 whole minutes!

Of course, it gets hard to keep your hands up for any length of time. So, loyal hosts that we are, Molly and I helped out.

Of course, it’s also hard to hold up someone’s hands up ….so I chickened out.

Ahhh, this is what I’m good at, harshly judging you. It feels good.

And that’s it! Thanks to the gold at the end of the rainbow, Darlinda Just Darlina! And thanks to Steve Walker, Syd Bernstien, Eve Butler, Justin Lussier, Dr. Simon, The Lucky Cat and All Art Monkeys Everywhere! You fill my hard, dessicated heart with joy.

Come back next week when we’ll visit the Land Of the Rising Sun in a totally not horribly racist Japanese session!

-JL

*Note, they were just sugarcubes. What, do they have some kind of association with something?

Citizens! Now is time to enjoy the Revolutionary Re-Cap Of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School!

Presented To You By Your Party Leaders For Life, Molly Crabapple And John Leavitt

With Pandora, Heroine of the Second Female Collective Model Squad!

Doubleplus Good Photos by Loyal Citizen Justin Lussier.

Her eyelashes are made from the hair of dissents!

Molly And Pandora embody all the Correct Virtues of a True Sketchista. Honor, dignity…

..um..creative headgear. Let’s move on

A packed house since attendance is mandatory under the new MINIART act.

Happy are the monkeys who sketch for the revolution! Happy are the models! Happy are the hosts! Happy are the masked insurgents! Well , okay no, they’re not that happy.

I’m the meanest Oompah Loompah you ever did see!

Art was, of course, awarded with prizes. Like an entire bottle of vodka (seriously).

Or shots for people who can’t down a whole bottle at once ..you rootless cosmopolitans you.

And that’s a wrap comrades! I smell a coup in the air, so I’m off to become a private citizen again! Thanks to The Lucky Cat, Steve Walker, Dr. Simon, Justin Lussier, Syd Bernstien, Eve Butlerr, Pandora and All Art Monkeys Everywhere.

Come next week when Darlinda Just Darlinda will serve electric rainbow kool-aide acid. Far out!

-JL