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Quick Sketchy Facts:
-Dr. Sketchy’s was founded in December 2005 by Molly Crabapple, an
illustrator and former artist’s model. Bored with the sterile classes
she had posed for, Molly started Dr. Sketchy’s on the basis of fair
pay for models and boozy, decadent fun for all
-Molly got the idea during college, when she worked as an artists’
model, and found the classes she posed for sterile and dull.
-There are 40 Dr. Sketchy’s around the world, in 9 countries and 4
continents, including NYC, Hollywood, London, Rome, Tokyo and
Melbourne
-Dr. Sketchy’s official companion volume, Dr. Sketchy’s Official Rainy
Day Colouring Book (by Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt), was
published by Sepulculture Books in December 2006. It’s one part
history of Dr. Sketchy’s, one part handbook ..ing your own, and
one part sexy activity book on acid, and has been praised by HOW
Design, Venus, Publisher’s Weekly and the LA Times, amongst other
places.
-In February and March 2007, Molly Crabapple toured America to bring
Dr. Sketchy’s to locales formerly lacking in Sketchiness
-Dr. Sketchy’s will be producing a 24-session run at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival in August 2007. Dr. Sketchy’s has been a part of the
Miss Exotic World Burlesque Festival in June 2007, and will be
launching its San Diego branch at the San Diego Comiccon
-Dr. Sketchy’s has received scads of national and international press,
from places like The New Yorker, The LA Times, The Washington Post,
The San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, BBC Radio, NPR
National Radio, Time Out New York, Time Out London, The Age
(Melbourne), The Sydney Morning Herald, The National Post (Canada),
Nikkei Trendy (Japan), The Boston Phoenix, and many more.
-Dr. Sketchy’s is releasing a 2008 pinup calender, and has an internet
radio show in the works. It also produces a series of retro-styled
YouTube comedy shorts.
-In October 2007, Dr. Sketchy’s will be presenting a gallery show in
New York City of the best art produced at Dr. Sketchy’s around the
world.
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