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Drawing of Suzanne Forbes by Kristen Haas Curtis and of Miz K by Suzanne Forbes Feb 1 2018

The drawers, drawn! AKA, women cartoonists unite and rule!

Last weekend my friends were performing in my neighborhood, just a couple blocks from my home. At a cool place I didn’t know about, an art gallery/music venue called Art Stalker!

We don’t get much punk rock here in the Far West, ya know, so it was a big deal!

It was my first chance to catch an official gig of Baron Anastis and the Erinyes. Friend and muse Rah Hell is the drummer, veteran Berlin rocker Joe Sparkle is on guitar and Baron Anastis, punk titan of West Berlin, is the frontman and songwriter.

(You can see my drawings from when I went to a rehearsal at their Sekrit Mystery Rehearsal Space here. )

To my delight, I also got to IRL meet Rah’s bestie, Switzerland-based American cartoonist Kristen Haas Curtis. Kristen is known as Miz K in the independent comics world, and she is a marvelous talent. I had been enjoying her warm and deft diary comics for a while, and was intrigued to see her at work in the wild.

Miz K and I settled down together to share a drawing table – she was doing Hourly Comics Day, which I didn’t even know was a thing!

It turns out it is, and damn, no way would I be able to do that. Would you look at this??

Hourly Comics by Kristen Haas Curtis AKA Miz K Feb 1 2018

It was so nice to have a drawing buddy at a gig and the show was great. They played some of their terrific glampunk originals and some covers including a deliciously corroded cover of “Pure Morning” and a rollicking “Commando”. Everyone had a good time!

Afterwards we took a taxi since Rah and Miz K were transporting drums, and they dropped me off at my door like a fancy person. And then I read Kristen’s lovely comic done in collab with her daughter Bee, Princess Wolf and her Life of Darkness, which is really wonderful and if you have kids or like comics, check it out right here, I HIGHLY recommend it!

Follow Kristen on Instagram, see her previous hourly comics here, and follow Baron and the Erinyes here!

Thanks a million, million to my beloved Patrons on Patreon, who make it possible for me to show up and document events like this!

Viva Lamore at Dr Sketchys by Suzanne Forbes Jan 28 2018

I was super excited for this session of Dr. Sketchy’s Berlin!

There’s nothing I love like too much, and Broken Baroque is such a gorgeous theme. As always, LalaVox and Le Pustra did it up right. Above is the marvelous Viva Lamore as Mistress Overdone. She looked both beautiful and deliciously wicked! She is such an amazing performer, and her gestures are incredibly expressive. I brought my new pastels and drew with them!

Evilyn Frantic at Dr Sketchys Berlin by Suzanne Forbes 1 minute drawing Jan 28 2018

I had been wanting to draw Evilyn Frantic for a long time, since I saw her in the street last year, introduced myself and told her I wanted to draw her picture.

This one-minute sketch was my first chance, more to follow as I clean up and finish up the pastel mess I made!

Edited June 23 2020:

dr sketchys victorian spiritualism by maren michaelis-303

LalaVox and Suzanne Forbes at Dr Sketchys Berlin Victorian Spiritualism by Maren Michaelis.

Bonus stuff: here is a picture of me and LalaVox by photographer Maren Michaelis from the last Dr. Sketchy’s Berlin, “Victorian Spiritualism“. The setting of Ballhaus Berlin is so exquisite.

Also bonus: here is a drawing of Viva Lamore jumping out of a Campbell’s soup can, from the Sunday Slips New Year’s Extravaganza! She is wearing a handmade bra fashioned after the 1940s Schiaparelli design! How amazing is that?

If you’re interested in a similar design, last year there was a hand print bra and panty set made for the Bettie Page line by Playful Promises, the queer, trans, gender-fluid-, sex-worker-, body positivity- and diversity-embracing lingerie company.

Viva Lamore jumping out of a Campbells Soup Can by Suzanne Forbes Dec 31 2017

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Baron Anastis and the Erinyes and a new drawing buddy, Miz K!

The drawers, drawn! AKA, women cartoonists unite and rule!

We don’t get much punk rock here in the Far West, ya know, so it was a big deal!

Miz K and I settled down together to share a drawing table – she was doing Hourly Comics Day, which I didn’t even know was a thing!

Thanks a million, million to my beloved Patrons on Patreon, who make it possible for me to show up and document events like this!

Dr. Sketchy’s Berlin “Broken Baroque”!

I was super excited for this session of Dr. Sketchy’s Berlin!

I always try and draw hostess LalaVox, as she brings her A game to her look every time. Like this ship-in-head!

I had been wanting to draw Evilyn Frantic for a long time, since I saw her in the street last year, introduced myself and told her I wanted to draw her picture.

Thanks so very much to my Patrons on Patreon whose financial support makes it possible for me to go to events like this. You are the best.

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