Adieu, Art Monkeys.
Recently, Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School had its last session at the Bowery Poetry Club. At the same time we were leaving our home, Raquel Reed was leaving hers. While Dr. Sketchy was merely moving a few blocks downtown, Raquel was moving clear across the country, to the rancid, decaying hellhole of Los Angeles. Naturally, we had to have one last session with Raquel, and, as any jilted lover, we had to express how much we hated California and their stupid everything. Kate Black took pictures.
Greetings, Art Monkeys.
We here at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School are huge supporters of Girl Power in all its forms. Unfortunately, equal treatment of women in the workplace as well as greater focus on women's issues in our nation's politics are kind of outside of our capacity. On the other hand, we are able to showcase women who kick ass, which is why we had our model Haro pose as a leather-bound warrior woman. She's kind of a Xenaish, Wonder-Womany type in a Mad Max-like outfit, though I suppose since she's Austrian rather than Australian, I should make some Arnold Schwarzenegger reference. You know what? Nuts to that. I'm making reference to Haydn instead. That's right, she's a warrior in the action movie tradition of Franz Haydn.
Greetings, Art Monkeys!
Remember when we were kids and the girls played with My Little Ponies and boys played with G.I. Joes? Well, I had liberal parents who wouldn't let me play with G.I. Joe, because they thought it encouraged violence. They didn't seem to realize that what really encouraged violence was having older brothers and all they were doing was giving comfort to the enemies of our country's imaginary troops. Of course, nowadays, the boys play with My Little Ponies and the girls play with pulsating plastic phalli, so I guess the terrorists have won. However, we at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School wanted to remind you of a more innocent time in your lives, so we had Holly J'aDoll and Lauren LaRouge pose dressed as a toy soldier
Namaste, Art Monkeys!
In this session, Amber Ray drew her inspiration from the mysterious, exotic, and dangerously overpopulated lands of Asia. You may wonder how these lands can be considered exotic when most of the people in the world live there, and that is just the beginning of the mystery of this swath of land extending from India to Vietnam and other places, too. This area is home to the sexiest source of three mana of any one colour, the lotus. Kate Black took photographs.
Greetings, Art Serpents!
There's magic in the air at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School - magic and snakes. As any fan of the Harry Potter series knows, that is a dangerous combination. Hell, I'm not even a fan and I know that there's some sort of snake thing in Harry Potter because you people never shut up about it. Fortunately, our model Rio is adept at voodoo and fluent in Parseltongue. She tamed the elemental forces of nature and the pythons that are held in their sway. Kate Black photographed.
Long-time fans of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School may wonder whatever became of Steve Walker - the dashing bemohawked young man who for years helped run our sessions. Well, he moved out west to set his prodigious illustrative talents to comic book projects. The latest of these projects is called "The Battle of Blood and Ink". It is part of the Fables of the Flying City series and it was just released recently and if you haven't already purchased it, you really should.
If you are already a fan and would like to meet the creators, you are in luck, because Jared Axelrod and Steve Walker are going to be in New York City's Forbidden Planet comic book shop (840 Broadway, New York, NY) on Friday, June 8 at 6:30 for
