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| Something Gives | Last week I worked Thursday + Friday mornings, 5:30 as usual, but I had Saturday off. / I thought...that I could do SOMETHING Friday night. Stay up AS LATE AS I WANTED. / But I hadn't anticipated my own exhaustion.
/ Athena: ZZZ / I'm good for the 6 hours of my shift, but after that...
/ Athena: ZZZ... http://actionathena.com/2010/08/13/something-gives/ |
| Milk Run | I had this dream where I was running a half marathon through some brightly-lit warehouse. / Every time a runner finished a lap, they had to drink a large glass of milk. / I was frustrated: through I had the energy and desire to keep running, with each lap I grew warier of that next damn glass of milk. / During... http://actionathena.com/2010/08/16/milk-run/ |
| MIX WEEKEND! | MIX is UPON US! http://actionathena.com/2010/08/20/mix-weekend/ |
| Name Droppings | AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INDIE XPO AFTER-PARTY. ALTERED ESTHETICS. AUGUST 21, 2010. / Athena: Jason watched my booth for awhile today so that I could go to the John Porcellino panel.
/ [[Present: Kevin Cannon, Britt c.h., Jason, Lars Martinson.]] / Athena: Danno called him a "booth beard." Like instead... http://actionathena.com/2010/08/23/name-droppings/ |
| Nap Or No Nap | The bosses are on vacation.
/ Athena has to be at work at 5:30.
/ Gus has to be at work at 5:00.
/ Abby has to be at work at 4:00. / Athena: How do you guys DO this?
/ Gus: Eh... / Gus: Sometimes I take a nap...but then I can't fall asleep at night till really late...so then I'm really tired the next day.... http://actionathena.com/2010/08/25/nap-or-no-nap/ |
| Traveler | Athena: Traveler, MOVE! / Athena: No, MOVE! TURN AROUND!
/ Traveler: CLOMP CLOMP / Athena: You weirdo! Why are you just BACKING UP?
/ Traveler: CLOMP / Athena: Mom, we own TWO stupid dogs now! http://actionathena.com/2010/08/27/traveler/ |
| MIXsters | At the September 2010 Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy. Diamond's Coffee Shoppe. / Ryan Dow: So--okay-- Were there any hipsters at MIX?
/ [[Ryan Dow had a booth at MIX.]] / [[Danno Klonowski and Athena look at Ryan in alarm.]] / [[Everyone else in the room laughs uproariously at Ryan.]]
/ Danno:... http://actionathena.com/2010/09/08/mixsters/ |
| Two | Ian & Mike have left Laurel Ave for Larcy-Holmes. FRIDAY, SEPT 3, 2010. / The Living Room
/ Athena: Jesus Christ, this place is HUGE!
/ Ian: Yep!
/ Athena: The ceilings are like, TWICE as high as at Laurel!
/ Ian: Yep. / Mike's Room
/ Ian: Who's this in this I.D. photo?
/ Mike Barthman: That's Jason in... http://actionathena.com/2010/09/10/two/ |
| September Wishes | Wishes / An apartment in NE Minneapolis... / ...with cheap rent.
/ Athena: Only 300/month plus utilities?! / Just a short bike ride's distance from a job... / ...and Jason! / Paid off college loans.
/ Athena: Take it, then git!
/ [[She hands a sack of money to Mother Hampshire.]] / Normal work hours.
/ [[Alarm... http://actionathena.com/2010/09/13/september-wishes/ |
| A Calendar, Kind Of | SUNDAY
/ 5:30am-11:30am Blue Monday
/ Draw comics
/ In bed by 9:00pm / MONDAY
/ 5:30am-11:30am Blue Monday
/ To Do list
/ In bed by 9:00pm / TUESDAY
/ 5:30am-11:30am Blue Monday
/ Draw comics
/ In bed by 9:00pm / WEDNESDAY
/ 5:30am-11:30am
/ SHUDDER SHUDDER SO TIRED
/ 7:00pm-1:00am Library / THURSDAY
/ SLEEP... http://actionathena.com/2010/09/17/a-calendar-kind-of/ |
| Exhausting Fantasies | When I got bored and pissed off during high school classes, I'd picture a huge dragon bursting forth from my mouth, coating the classroom in flames. / In college, when I was stressed and anxious, I would picture dozens of knives slicing me into pieces. / These days, exhausted and uncertain, I just... http://actionathena.com/2010/09/20/exhausting-fantasies/ |
| Mop(p)ing | DRAWN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 / I'm wearing a sweater that may once have belonged to one of Goldfeather's ex-boyfriends. / Yesterday at the Open Book cafe I had a great conversation with Sarah Morean (whose last name I was mispronouncing for way too long--this is one problem with discovering... http://actionathena.com/2010/09/22/mopping/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/09/24/briefly-without-bluehost/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/09/24/briefly-without-bluehost/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/09/27/cartoonist-camping/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/09/27/cartoonist-camping/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/09/29/jasons-birthday/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/09/29/jasons-birthday/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/01/people-against-dan/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/01/people-against-dan/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Seven Hour Comic Day | The Geek Report went great, and hey, it looks like I'll be 15 minutes early to 24 Hour Comic Day! / Um...why won't the key turn? / Angry Athena: 15 minutes later: BANG BANG BANG! / 50 minutes later than that: Athena reading comic with arrow pointing to it "Good comic, though". (Waiting for AAA) / AAA... http://actionathena.com/2010/10/04/seven-hour-comic-day/ |
| Detective/Reporter/Lawyer | Three Jobs I PROBABLY wouldn't like but TOTALLY glamorize in my head:
/ (Athena: mmm mmmm) / DETECTIVE, REPORTER, & LAWYER / DETECTIVE is an obvious one, so heavily coated in the sex and mystery of noir. / I love the idea of being able to find information, no matter how well hidden, in order to get... http://actionathena.com/2010/10/06/detectivereporterlawyer/ |
| Because It's Fight Club | At the Carleton Library Reserves Desk. Fall 2010. / Reserves Dan: And since this is on Closed Reserves, you can only check it out for 3 hours.
/ Girl Student: Oh, really? / Girl Student: Hmm, I wonder how long it is--
/ Reserves Dan and Boy Student: A HUNDRED AND FORTY MINUTES. / Girl Student: Ha ha!... http://actionathena.com/2010/10/08/because-its-fight-club/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/11/gbm-girl-mornings/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/11/gbm-girl-mornings/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/13/the-hounds/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/13/the-hounds/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/15/the-vagina-times/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/15/the-vagina-times/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/18/a-pretty-small-bug/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/18/a-pretty-small-bug/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| In Retrospect, I Was Never Much Fun | My biggest fear about graduating from college was that the demands of a job would leave no time for comics and other creative projects.
/ Athena (holding coffee drink and library book, thinking): Where is the third hand for my pencil? / While it has been a HUGE relief to discover that I still have time... http://actionathena.com/2010/10/20/in-retrospect-i-was-never-much-fun/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/22/athena-and-the-money/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/22/athena-and-the-money/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/25/this-ones-for-cathy/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/25/this-ones-for-cathy/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/27/im-rubber-youre-glue/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/27/im-rubber-youre-glue/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/10/29/athena-and-the-lesbians/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/10/29/athena-and-the-lesbians/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/11/03/further-adventures-of-the-most-morbid-woman-alive/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/11/03/further-adventures-of-the-most-morbid-woman-alive/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2010/11/05/its-not-you-its-facebook/#comments">http://actionathena.com/2010/11/05/its-not-you-its-facebook/#comments | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
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