Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 1: Week in Hell (Art of Molly Crabapple Vol 1) [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

As I live in the bleary abyss of cornfields and woodlands of the midwest, I first became aware of the lovely Miss Molly Crabapple (and her equally lovely work) through the Twitterverse. In fact, you can (and should), follow her yourself @mollycrabapple
Being a lifelong comic fan and following several people in that field, I was scanning my twitter feed late one night and saw a retweet by none other than Mr. Warren F***ing Ellis. It was then that I became aware of a project called Week in Hell, by a tiny and hauntingly beautiful NYC artist named Molly Crabapple. After reading a bit about the project and scanning through her previous tweets, I was hooked. I followed the project via twitter and preordered the first volume through my LCS. (that's Local Comic Shop to all you non-geeks out there)
As I understand it this is the first of a Three Volume set to be published through IDW Publishing, of which the second volume Devil in the Details, is currently available for preorder. So, when you purchase this volume, and I urge you to do so, go ahead and preorder volume 2 as well!
Week in Hell is an acid trip from your sophomore year in college, an all night Absinthe infused soiree with dear friends and an explosion of non-traditional art on 278 feet of paper....covering the walls of a NYC hotel room. Molly takes her unique and engaging style (as well as her sanity, I believe) to the limits within the confines of those walls and the results are phenomenal! There's only so much I can put to words about this book, and The Artiste Extraordinaire herself. You really need to experience it for yourself. I only wish I would have gotten the chance to see the room from the inside. This book will leave you wanting the same. My copy of The Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 1: Week in Hell sits proudly on my bookcase with the good company of H.R. Giger, Frank Frazetta, Clive Barker, Ben Templesmith, Dave Stevens and many others.

For unknown reasons.. I am literally pulled into mollys work. This book is great showing her creative process and ideas from her surrondings. She initially set it up as a kickstart and it got over funded for this project. This is the result of it. Luckily enough, I made it to a book signing of hers and got an autograped copy. Recommend this book to anyone who wants to look at the world from an artists eyes...

I must say that having recently become an admirer of Molly Crabapple's provocative, delightful and totally engaging art work I was astonished to see that no one has written a review of Week In Hell... until now. This wild excursion into Molly's psyche consists of her deciding at the ripe old age of 28 to spend about 1 week in a NYC hotel room and do nothing but draw whatever came into her mind (and into her room), including some rather remarkable folks on all the walls (and TV) of that hotel room. Lest you be afraid that that would be vandalism or some form of interiorized Graffiti, Molly was kind enough to actually spare the walls of the room directly and secretly brought in enough drawing paper to cover all the walls (over 270 square feet!). She worked nonstop over 14 hours daily (except when she needed a shot of single malt whiskey, Champagne or Absinthe) and photographed this event in every possible way so that her art work could be well displayed in this concise but beautifully rendered little book. You will be amazed at the remarkable detail, vivid imagery, incredibly funny comments and you will just smile at every page. There will be a few pages that will have you open your mouth in astonishment as well. It is that good! Simply spend a few bucks and get something (this little book) that will give you street cred as an admirer of contemporary fine art in a unique way. It will be well worth it. No, I am not the printer of the book!