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My Lovely G and NYC Increasingly melodramatic revelations during a long day of travel: / Athena: Meeting 5 billion of Sarah's Vassar friends was overwhelming. / Athena: I'm afraid I'm more interesting in my comics or Sarah's stories than I am in person. / Athena: Mmm, greasy Chinese pastries. Junk food + Comic Books...
In Which Some Of You Are AWESOME TUESDAY: Couldn't fall asleep till 5:00 AM. / WEDNESDAY: Woke up at 11:00 AM. ZOMBIE. Vowed to give up caffeine for a time. / Lost it in a meeting. Whined to my mom. / Read "Locas II" in bed. Drifted off. Slept from 8:00 - 10:00 PM. / Talked to Drew and Chris and Lizz and Hannah from 10:00-midnight....
Freddy Freddy: GIRL. What are your secrets. / Athena: Um...I'm engaged. / Freddy: WHAT. / Chris Semple: She's lying. / Freddy: Good, you'd better be lying! / Freddy: I'm gonna go. / Chris Semple: Bye, be seeing you! / Athena: Fine, then I won't tell you my secrets! / Freddy: Girl, if I wanted to know your...
Let Him Eat Cake Nick Drozd: Oh, you wanna meet GIRLS?? Go to a HOLYOKE PARTY! / [Jean stands alone at a Holyoke party. There is a large banner that says, "Dress As Your Favorite Culture!" Jean is wearing a beret and turtleneck, and holding a piece of cake.]] / Holyoke Girl: A beret and a TURTLENECK? That's not...
Pick a Little, Talk a Little Athena: Minnesota! / Athena: Toilets! / Athena: Comics! / Athena: Vaginas! / Athena: Cats! / Athena: Me!
 
Autumn in Western Mass [[Over the course of four panels, a bird flies toward the sun.]] / [[Over the course of four more panels, a plane flies toward the moon.]]
Tireless Toil MONDAY: Athena works at Alumni Relations and attends her writing class. / TUESDAY: Athena attends her comics class. / WEDNESDAY: Athena attends a committee meeting. / THURSDAY: Athena tries working on her Div III... / FRIDAY: Athena tries working on her Div III... That bottle of beer looks pretty...
Vagina Jokes AN ODE TO JULIE DOUCET IN FIVE PANELS / Lady: GASP! / Lady: OH NO... / [[There is a ton of blood flowing from her vagina.]] / [[The Lady runs, with blood flowing behind her.]] / [[The Lady runs past a house and car and small figure.]] / [[The Lady has a tampon.]] / Lady: phew.
Athena's Div III Project [[In this comic, the words are sitting right in Athena's mouth.]] / Athena: JUST / Athena: ANOTHER / Athena: FRIDAY! / Athena: RIGHT?
Binaries [[The drawings in this comic are all of hands in various poses.]] / I wish / That I was better / At communicating my feelings to other people. / No, wait, actually, / I just wish I was better at / Knowing my own feelings.
 
Cinematic Genius HOW I FLIRT: / [[Athena looks at some cute dude. A heart appears above her head.]] / Cute Dude: ? / Athena: ! / Athena: Penis, Death, Expletive! / Cute Dude: heh heh? / [[A heart appears Athena's head. Cute Dude looks uneasy.]]
Hampshire You Are Lovely Cole Science Center, Harold Johnson Library, Robert Crown Center / Emily Dickinson Hall / Franklin Patterson Hall / Prescott
At The Junction WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT FOR THAT GIRL / SHE'S PISSED OFF ABOUT EVERYTHING AND SOMEDAY SHE'S GONNA WRITE A ROMAN A CLEF
Mad Men...And One Mad Woman Blonde: Okay. You can call me a slut. / Blonde: You can roll your eyes when I speak, then gossip about me with your friends. / Blonde: I've got an opinion on you too. / Blonde: You're a self-absorbed, self-righteous, impotent, whiny, woman-hater. You will never admit it, but I KNOW: I'm right. ...
I Got In. Sarah Currier: Oh Athena! Last night I dreamed that I found the PERFECT chair! / Sarah Currier: Ha ha. ALl of my dreams are about furniture and houses. / Sarah Currier: Oh! Except I ALSO had this dream that I was cheating on your dad! / Sarah Currier: And I didn't even LIKE the guy. And I felt...
 
The Connecticut River THE CONNECTICUT RIVER: / VT, NH, MA, CT, RI / White River Junction (Center for Cartoon Studies!!) / Turners Falls (where my Grandma was born) / Northampton / Springfield (where my dad was born) / Hartford (where I fly in) / Middletown (where my dad went to college)
Sweet Dee Athena: I'm sorry, I'm sorry-- / Athena: I mean, it's a great show--GREAT. I've seen every episode! / Athena: But why do they always have to make her "The Girl"? / Athena: Why is the joke with her just that...they dismiss her? / Athena: SWEET DEE'S FUNNY TOO!
We Were Both Young Athena: We were both young when I first saw you! / Lizz: Ha ha! It's funny that you like all that girly romantic stuff. It doesn't exactly reflect on your actual relationships. / Athena: I knoooow--but--but I LOVE it! Sometimes--okay, sometimes I sit at my desk working on comics and singing along...
BYYYE! Athena: And then he was like, "If I would out this door, this is your LAST CHANCE!" And I was like, BYYYE! / Maria: Ha Ha Ha, that's great. BYYYE! Ha ha BYYYE! / Maria: Ha ha BYYYE! / Maria: BYYYE! / Maria: BYYYE! / Maria: Ha Ha BYYYE! / Maria: BYYYE!! / Nat: Oh man, I didn't have the heart...
Rage Brownouts I've been so mad lately. [Angry Athena looking to left] / I get these...not rage blackouts...rage brownouts. [Athena with grimace. Looking to right] / The rage sits in my stomach [Word RAGE written on abdomen] / And my heart [Word RAGE written on chest] / I wish I knew how to spit it out [Athena...
 
Our State Fair is a Great State Fair Pow [Fist hitting Athena in head] / Jesus fuckin [Athena looking towards where fist came from] / Pow! [Fist hitting Athena in face] / Feh [Fist held up in definance.]
Counting Down the Hours Dec 8 Amherst Graphic Novel class. [Amherst professor looking serious] / Dec 9 Committee meeting. [Two Hampshire professors smiling] / Dec 10 Christmas Channukwanza RohatsuYule [Christmas wreath] / Dec 11 Wingstock [Box of chicken nuggets with sauce] / Dec 12 Saturday [Bottle of whiskey] / Dec 13...
My Left Hand MY POOR ACHIN' LEFT HAND! / [[Athena's left hand holds a pencil.]] / [[Athena's left hand holds a guitar neck.]] / [[Athena's left hand holds a vibrator.]]
Anger Anger Danger Danger Athena: I have been SO ANGRY lately. / Athena: PARANOID and ANXIOUS too. / Athena: It's making me physically sick. / Athena: I don't know how to let go of anything. / Athena: Sadness pushes itself OUT of you, via tears. / Athena: Anger just sits inside. / Athena: It makes me feel STRONG, which...
Anger Anger Danger Danger I have been so angry lately. / Paranoid and anxious, too. / It's making me physically sick. / I don't know how to let go of anything. / Sadness pushes itself out of you via tears. / Anger just sits inside. / It makes me feel strong which I like, but lately it's been threatening to consume me. / I...
Used Furniture Athena: This is a pretty sweet used chair that Chris has. / Hannah: I am very suspicious of used furniture. / Athena: HA! Two years ago, I spent the entire summer sleeping on a mattress I found on a curb... It had a big, mysterious stain, too. / Hannah: ! / Hannah: Athena, let me tell you why I...
 
Chris Has Been Too Busy To Appear In My Comics Athena [[to Nick Drozd and Jean]]: GENTLEMEN. / Athena: See that? / [[Chris is on the couch smooching with a lady.]] / Athena: Chris already had sex with a different woman earlier this evening. / Athena: Yep.
Some Shit I've Been Doing SOME THING I DID OVER THE LAST 3 1/2 MOTHS (FALL 2009) / 45 ACTION ATHENA COMICS (and accompanying blog entries) / 2 BROKEN PENCIL COMICS / 18 BLOG AVATARS / 6-PAGE COMIC FOR THE CENTER OF CARTOON STUDIES APPLICATION / 4-PAGE ESSAY FOR CCS APPLICATION / 10-PAGE ILLUSTRATED LETTER FOR PHOEBE / 1-PAGE LETTERS...
Crows [[Athena, Lizz, and Hannah watch some horror movie that has crows in it.]] / Hannah: !!! I want a pet crow. / Hannah: My aunt had a pet crow. / Hannah: Not the crazy one; the homeless one.
Role Models Row by Row: / 1) Tina Fey, Daria Morgendorffer, Hopey Glass/Maggie Chascarillo, Kat Stratford, Girl, Joan Crawford, Lisa Simpson / 2) Rebecca Doppelmeyer/Enid Coleslaw, Rebecca Doppelmeyer/Enid Coleslaw, Alice Kim, Linda Hamilton, Julia Wertz, Franka Potente, Michelle Yeoh / 3) Beatrix Kiddo, Barbra...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ACTION ATHENA / Left to Right, approximately: Mickey, Casey, Dad, Sam J, Mom, William, Phoebe, Chris Schodt, Ian, Me, Becca, Sarah Goldfeather, Maia, Chris Semple, Lizz, Maria, Jonah, Nate, Hannah, Kate, Jean, CrazyPants, Tabitha
 

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