Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (April 2007): Andrea Grant
Posted by Dr. Macenstein on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 · 30 Comments
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Welcome to Macenstein’s“Mac Chick of the Month”. Each month we feature a different die-hard, Mac-loving girl who is (almost) as well designed as the Apple products they love. This month we present you with the lovely Andrea Grant, a fashion model and Camel Cigarette girl who also happens to be a comic book author, in addition to being an Apple fan.
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| Andrea Grant is the creator of the striking new urban mythology comic book series ‘Andrea Grant’s MINX’ and the founder of Copious Amounts Press (www.copiousamounts.com). She also plays the lead character of Minx.
 Refreshingly original, MINX merges Native American mythology with clever contemporary fantasy, taking elements from the popular super-hero genre and creatively combining it with aspects from more intellectually challenging, autobiographical types of graphic novels.
Also known as ‘The Pin-Up Poet’ because of her background as a fashion model (most famously as a Camel Cigarettes girl), Grant has had more than 150 articles, poems and photographs published internationally in arts journals. She has already been the subject of three national documentaries.
Grant has several books slated for release this year including a collection of her poetry and photos as part of the ‘Pin-Up Poet’ series, a haunting memoir about leaving a repressed religious upbringing to find her voice as an artist, a collaborative retelling of the Grimm Fairytales with acclaimed Seattle pop-artist Justin Hampton and the curation of a book of portraits of comic book icons shot by award-winning photographer Ken Thurlbeck.
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About Andrea Grant:
- Location: New York City
- Age: 26
- Occupation: Writer/Multimedia Artist
- My First Apple product: 20 GB iPod
- Favorite Apple Gear: 30 GB Video iPod
- Favorite non-Apple Gear: MDA Pocket PC
- Favorite TV show: Twin Peaks, Entourage, X Files, The Tudors
- Favorite Movies: Sin City, Virgin Suicides, Eve’s Bayou, Smoke Signals, Purple Rain, Dark City, Blade Runner, Casablanca
- Favorite Music: PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Editors, Siouxie & the Banshees, The Smiths, Portishead, The Cure, The Organ, Tom Waits, Nina Simone, Heart, Pat Benatar, White Stripes, Pixies, Patti Smith, Alice in Chains, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Bill Withers, Joni Mitchell, Tupac, Leonard Cohen, She Wants Revenge
- Hobbies: Staying up all night to work on the computer, making collages, taking photos. Reading books
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| “I bought my first iPod when I moved to New York in 2004 with the intention of drowning out the din of the city.” says Andrea. “I’ve never looked back. I am obsessed with music, and I need to hear it playing constantly in order to think and create. Music calms and inspires me, and sings me to sleep. My iPod goes everywhere: to photo shoots, on the subway train, in taxis, on long walks. |
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| “I just got a new video iPod, and it’s so cool to be able to watch video footage of my interviews, store photos and back up information on my contacts. I always listen to ‘The Art of War’ audio book when I need to prepare for battle in the business world. I also like to listen to all the rough cuts of my spoken word recordings so that when I go into the studio I can clearly communicate edits to producers. I always had a PC laptop, but I made the switch to Apple because I want to learn how to edit my own art video as the next thing. I cannot wait to take classes at the Apple store and geek out!†|
To see more of Andrea Grant, check out the following links!
www.copiousamounts.com
or Visit Her www.andreagrant.com
Photo Credits
www.nieshastudio.com
www.lovephotography.org
Make-Up Art
www.dawndesantis.com
www.cynrose.com
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woah! that glasses shot does it for me! very cute.
mixel, yes, something very angelina jolie about those lips!
I need a cigarette. 🙂
A super hot lady that writes comic books and loves all things apple?
Soak it in fellas, it will never get any better than this!
She’s a triple threat!
I’m sure there’s some sort of joke involving Camel and “Hump”, but I can’t find it… very pretty girl, btw.
I met this girl once at Comic-Con in NY, she was super nice and she is a GIANT. Like 6 feet tall plus heels! And in costume.
very nice!
I got 2 words for Ms. Grant: “Oooh La La!”
Great job, once again, Dr. Macenstein! LOL!
she’s hot. I like the Matrixy outfit. Lots of different looks here, very cool.
I will give her as manhy pro cares for free as she likes. just come to the sherway a p p l e store. im prob gonna get fired just for saying apple.
that’s one cool freaky deaky chic. The costumes are a nice touch……
Marry me!
nice rack
She’s hot!
She’s H-O-T-T!
I shouldn’t have seen her, I think my life is never the same anymore, although I don’t usually like a person unless I see them personally, I have to say I wish if I have had a chance to meet her in real, just to have a chance to try.
Tell me that there is something wrong with her? She can’t be everything?!
very very hot 🙂
She makes me want to work really hard and give her all my money.
Okay, this is it. I’m super-cereal now. I’m in love… period… no questions asked. First, duhhhhh – she is über-hot! Second, she loves The Smiths and PJ Harvey. Third, did I mention she’s hawt? Fourth – she is a hawt Smiths-lovin’ geekette.
P.S. She can were that “Matrix” style outfit anytime, especially to bed!
*drooling and wetting da panties*
Oh please let me hope someday those fine breasts are going to feed my twins which you…please
That is just sick. Would you still hope that if she had more clothes on?
Hum…Are those Chow-Chows? Interesting…..
smokin’
ducking bullets fired for bad cliche usage.
She is everything…met her in Dreamtime.
I yet have to see a Mac product… yeah yeah she has iPods, but no Mac? She even owns a “MDA Pocket PC” (shivers). While very cute indeed, she’s no “Mac Chic of the month”… “iPod chick of the month” at best.
u r so pretty.
I think I just soiled my iPod…
are you trying to promote intelligent design with “almost as well designed”. I guess if you mean the collective design of billions of humans over thousands of years…..
I think if they used her for Apple advertising they would get a lot more apple customers LOL. She is gorgeous and an honor to be a Apple Fan just like us. 🙂