Next Dr. Sketchy’s is this Monday with Viola Van Wilde!
If you make one Dr. Sketchy’s, this is it.
We’ve blown so much money on this thing there’s no way in hell we’re going to make a profit, and we just plain don’t care. It’s going to be crazy.
Join us at the Windup Space on Oct. 25. As always, doors open at 6 and drawing starts at 7–and seriously, show up early to get a good seat. Flex your creative muscles by joining in our crazy drawing contests, and you just might win prizes from Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books!
$8 cover, 18+ to draw, 21+ to drink, and no photography, please.
Not only that, but if you come in costume, you get $1 off your cover!
AND Russell will be running his new drink promotion where each person through the door gets 3 tickets for $1 off an alcoholic drink or get a non-alcoholic drink(soda, juice, whatever) for just $1.50!
Oh, and there’s going to be some blood. A lot of it.
Zna Queene rocked—and from what we hear, a couple folks now have a new favorite band. I must have posted the LAZERBITCH music video for “Coquette” in twenty places, and made at least six or seven people at the door watch it on my iPhone while I was doing door stuff, but here it is one last time. Watch the entire video, and you’ll even see the Windup Space at the end.
By the way, they have a free iPhone app with a lot of their music on it, so if you’ve got an iPhone, you should check it out.
The first contest of the evening was the opposite hand contest, where right-handed folks draw with their left, left-handed folks draw with their right, and ambidextrous folks probably aren’t out drawing anyway cause I hear they get all the girls/boys. Anyway. The two winners got mystery shots from Russell, and honestly, I don’t even think Russell knew what he made this time.
For the first ten minute pose of the evening, we’d started out intending on having a “random noun” contest, but it somehow turned into a “best incorporation of Futurama” game since the prize was a Kidrobot vinyl Futurama toy from Atomic Books in Hampden. Honestly folks, if you go to Dr. Sketchy’s, you’ll like Atomic Books. We went there for years before we did Dr. Sketchy’s—actually, in Alexis’s case, for over a decade, since way back when it was still in Mt. Vernon—and will go there for years after. They recently got top independent comic book store in the country from Flavorwire. No kidding.
Brian Dugan
Stewart White
Brian Dugan
John Brewer
With that, we took a short drink/smoke/tinkle break before we started up the 20 minute poses. The first contest was, I don’t know, another random noun? God, I hope that’s how we got to “Meatloaf”. Maybe it was his birthday. I’m not going to look it up since the whole thing ended up being somewhat traumatic. The contest was the best visualization of what a Meatloaf & LAZERBITCH video would look like. Russell picked out what appeared to be a nice Meatloaf ballad for inspiration—and, well—the damn thing just wouldn’t end. I think it literally went on for 20 minutes.
It was horrible. Alexis was near tears. The only redeeming moment, which was missed by most of the audience, was when Russell would try to distract himself from the pain by running down the bar, practicing his jazz hands.
Normally at Dr. Sketchy’s we don’t attempt to murder you, but, well, errrr . . . sorry. We can guarantee we will NEVER play Meatloaf again.
Next session it’s going to be the entire soundtrack of High School Musical 4.
Where was I? Oh, yeah. We had two winners for this contest again, this time for two packs each of tinted Fabriano Tiziano drawing paper from Artist & Craftsman Supply, which is just down the street from the Windup at the corner of Howard & North. They’re open till 8 on Mondays, so if you’re rushing from work to Dr. Sketchy’s and are missing art supplies, it doesn’t get more convenient than that.
(BTW, we just realized that Stewart White has some kick-ass watercolor sketches from past Dr. Sketchy’s sessions up for sale on his site—check them out under the “Figures” section.)
Many thanks to Zna Queene of LAZERBITCH for providing inspiration to fill everyone’s drawing pads on Monday; special thanks as well to our sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books. Thank you also to the best bartender in Baltimore, Russell of the Windup Space; thanks to Jeff, whose snazzy photos you see above; and, of course, to Alexis for manning the mike in between poses and Meatloaf aural attacks.
Our next session is Monday, October 11th with Paco Fish of Sticky Buns Burlesque! Doors at 6, start at 7!
(photo of Paco Fish courtesy of Twilight Images by Melody Smith, www.twilightimages.net)
If you missed Marla Meringue last session after a month break to catch up on your chores, re-evaluate your life goals, watch football, or restock your art supplies—well, you obviously didn’t re-evaluate your life goals in a very sane manner. And if you missed her to watch the Ravens, we bet you’ll be kicking yourself after seeing these photos for choosing to watch a bunch of guys running around in spandex over this cutie.
As always, we started with one and two minute poses.
Five minute poses were up next, with the first being the opposite hand contest—we didn’t get any drawings sent in this time for that one, so we’ll just move on to more pretty pictures of Marla. (The two winners got mystery shots from Russell of the Windup Space, btw.)
The second contest of the evening was ye old random noun contest and someone shouted out Mark Twain, so that’s what we went with.
Brian Dugan
By coincidence, it happened to be the birthday of Molly Crabapple, our illustrious founder. Marla Meringue and our own Alexis also had their birthdays recently, so we had a birthday-themed contest. Each winner (there were two) won a giant sketch pad from Artist & Craftsman Supply which is just across the street on the corner of Howard & North.
Brian Dugan
(Brian didn’t know what Molly Crabapple looks like, so just in case this ever comes up again, here’s a picture of her. 🙂 )
Ben Karnow
Since it was the anniversary of Super Mario Brothers, the third contest was the best incorporation of Mario and his crew. The prize was So Good for Little Bunnies by Brandie Milne from Baby Tattoo Books.
Brian Dugan
John Brewer
Mike Hasson
Thanks to Marla Meringue for an amazing night! If you want to see more Marla, she’s performing October 7 at Gallery 788. Not only that, but she and the rest of Sticky Buns Burlesque (including Paco Fish, Roma Mafia, and Nicolette Le Faye) will be performing at the Windup Space for All Sinners Night on October 30, with Gunwife Gone, The Bellevederes, Voodoo Pharmacology, & Duck Force. Thanks also to our generous sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books for donating prizes for everyone to win, Russell of the Windup Space for slinging booze and songs (did you know he won Citypaper’s Best Bartender and Windup won best Multipurpose Player?), Jeff for all the amazing photos you see above, and of course Alexis for being our gracious host.
The next Dr. Sketchy’s is Monday, September 27 (TOMORROW!), 7 o’clock, at the Windup Space with Zna.Queene of LAZERBITCH!
And here’s that awesome LAZERBITCH video again, in case you’re asking, “Who’s that?”
Doors at 6, start at 7. If you want a good seat, you better show up earlier rather than later.
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