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Last week, our nomadic wanderings brought us back where we started, to Williamsburg. Like most of you, we wanted to host a life drawing session in an old abandoned warehouse, but, wouldn't you know it? The warehouse was not as abandoned as we had thought, for this particular warehouse was the home of Kaiju Big Battel, where monsters come to fight, and there were a couple of monsters still around. Fortunately, our model, pole dancer and cult film star Cay Izumi, happened to be Japanese, meaning she was well-practiced in fighting monsters. She protected us, and allowed us to draw her doing so, and thus the session went off without a hitch.

When she arrived at the session, Cay had just come from her Japanese public school and did not even have time to change out of her seifuku before the monster attacked.

Call me a creep, but if your eyes are anywhere but up her skirt, I seriously question your priorities in life.

Our first contest was the traditional "Left-Handed Drawing Contest," or as they say in Japan, "Teen Titans! Go!"

Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to this session due to religious observance, but my evil twin was able to cover the hosting duties.

Here, the monster takes out his frustration at his inability to pick things up by trying to strangle our heroine.

This pose symbolizes the struggle between American ingenuity and Japanese technological advancement. And the maid outfit represents how... things need cleaning, I guess. So it isn't a perfect metaphor. Sue me.

For our second contest, artists were asked to transport the battle to another setting.

Our first stop was the Samurai Pizza Parlor, as made famous by John Belushi.

The next two had a distinctly New York feel, as the fighters took a taxi cab and continued fighting on top of the Empire State Building.

Then we came to a barroom, where most of the fights involving Dr. Sketchy's staff take place.

And finally, I defy you to explain why they are fighting inside a giant chicken.

The lighting in the warehouse made John look particularly sinister,

while Molly looked positively beatific. So you see this is a magical warehouse that reveals the true nature of one's soul.

For our final contest, artists were challenged to create the most Japanese drawing they could.

This entry, featuring Hello Kitty and the rickshaw also inexplicably featured Emperor Ming from Flash Gordon. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the film serials, television series, or comic books, suffice it to say that Ming the Merciless is not Japanese and has never been portrayed by a Japanese actor and no official adaptation of Flash Gordon has been produced in Japan. Interestingly enough, there was also a Chinese Emperor named Ming during the Han dynasty who was famous for having absolutely nothing to do with Japan.

Lascivious tentacles, on the other hand, are possibly the most Japanese thing you could include in your art. However, points must be deducted because none of the tentacles are actually penetrating her. This artist could take a tip from the following entry:

This entry, with the mushroom cloud in the background, demonstrates that at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, we do not believe there is such a thing as taking things too far.

The prize for this contest was the aptly titled book, Beyond Ultraman

Thus was evil vanquished and good sexy. Thank you to Molly, John, Melissa, Foley, Tim, Justin, Dolcy, and all of the good people at Kaiju Big Battel.