Review: Drawing Blood
Drawing Blood is Molly Crabapple’s memoir. It is keenly and carefully observed. Each simple sentence amplifies the sentence before it. Each captures a sharp observation about the world. Molly herself is part of the world. Some of the sentences describe her, inside and out. Some describe her world, unique and diverting. Some describe the how each affects the other.
Molly Crabapple is a peerless visual artist. Drawing Blood is an illustrated manuscript that features her work. She draws incredibly dense scenes of metaphorical power. She draws clear, simple sketches of people exploited and manipulative. She captures beautiful places in the throes of revolution. Her art hurls the viewer’s heart from their rib cage and electrifies their brain.
These two forces meet and combine throughout Drawing Blood. Each alone is remarkable, but when combined their power is unrelenting.
A must.