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| Entschuldigung | Ben Graham Smith: I went in to schedule a haircut the other day. / Ben Graham Smith: I can't speak Czech, and the woman there could barely speak English. / Ben Graham Smith: She asked where I was from. When I said, "U.S.," she went, "Ah! Obama! We like Obama!" / Ben Graham Smith: Then before I... http://actionathena.com/2009/04/16/entschuldigung/ |
| Shit Just Got Political | If colleges are like mothers, protecting us from the real world, then Hampshire is a BIPOLAR POTHEAD BABY BOOMER! / Radical in her youth, her ideals have since mellowed into tame cliches.
/ Mother Hampshire: Radical...but sustainable...y'know? / Too busy with her own drama, her parenting skills are... http://actionathena.com/2009/04/17/shit-just-got-political/ |
| Rosenthalerstrasse as in Mitte as in Hipster Central | Rosenthalerstrasse... / [[Athena and a dude walk past one another.]] / [[They notice one another and express shock.] / Athena: I think I just met my hipster male counterpart. http://actionathena.com/2009/04/20/rosenthalerstrasse-as-in-mitte-as-in-hipster-central/ |
| Tryin' a Feel My Hump, Hump | Athena: I feel PRETTY today! / Dude with Child: Hey. I like your body. / Dude with Child: Hey, where you going? Let's get together. / Athena: Damnit, I knew I was gonna nip out in this. / Athena: I feel HOT tonight! / [[Athena dances with Sierra. A sketchy dude looks on greedily.]] / [[Sketchy... http://actionathena.com/2009/04/22/tryin-a-feel-my-hump-hump/ |
| Oops I Did It Again | Athena: I have a house for next year. / Athena: And a committee. / Athena: And a project I'm excited about. / Athena: And I can buy booze while doin' it! http://actionathena.com/2009/04/25/oops-i-did-it-again/ |
| Schneewittchen | Athena: There's a new poster up in the U-Bahn stations. / Athena: It's for a ballet. But who gives a fuck about THAT part? / Athena: I keep catching dudes staring at it, then looking away. / Athena: The best was this hipster in Mitte. He kept walking back to stare longingly--WOEFULLY. / Athena:... http://actionathena.com/2009/04/27/schneewittchen/ |
| The Last Straw | German Professor: So when did God have to give up some of his powers? / French Student: When Nietsche wrote that He died? / [[German Professor stops and thinks.]] / German Professor: That was the last straw. / German Professor: Cogito Ergo Sum. Descartes. http://actionathena.com/2009/04/29/the-last-straw/ |
| KUNST | Handmade Doll With Eyebrows: OMG!!! KUNST!!! UNGLAUBLICH!!! / Handmade Doll With Glasses: JA. KUNST IST MEIN LEBENSWERK. / Handmade Doll With Shawl: I'm wearing a pashmina. http://actionathena.com/2009/05/01/kunst/ |
| B-Flat | David Beecroft & His Band / Club B-Flat / Berlin / May 2, 2009 http://actionathena.com/2009/05/04/b-flat/ |
| February Vs. May | BERLIN: FEBRUARY
/ EIS CAFE / BERLIN: MAY
/ EIS CAFE http://actionathena.com/2009/05/06/february-vs-may/ |
| Hairy Dreams | Athena: I can't tell you how many of my dreams are about hair. / Athena: Many are about spontaneously cutting my hair--then feeling my stomach sink as i realize how long it will take to grow out again. / Athena: Or I pass a mirror and notice my hair's MUCH shorter than I'd thought. / Athena: Still... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/08/hairy-dreams/ |
| I Never Really Got Into Le Tigre | Peter G: I high school, one by one, all of my female friends came out. / Peter G: It was great. I was really into Le Tigre then, so I was like, I need some lesbian friends! / Peter: Some of them switched back eventually, of course. http://actionathena.com/2009/05/11/i-never-really-got-into-le-tigre/ |
| Poland Is Not Yet Lost | Athena: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah / [[Athena stretches her arms over her head and clasps one hand around a wrist.]]
/ Athena: blah blah blah blah blah blah / [[A homeless guy comes over and grabs Athena's clasped hands.]]
/ Homeless Guy: ha! / [[Athena looks up at him, pissed. Sierra... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/13/poland-is-not-yet-lost/ |
| Ponies n' Magic n' Sparkles | PMS:
/ I've never understood the stereotypes about PMS symptoms, becuase for me, it never happens that way at all. Rather... / It's as if the world turns up all its sounds and colors and smells.
/ Athena: Not to mention sense of touch! / Everything becomes so beautiful as to be slightly painful. / Babies,... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/15/ponies-n-magic-n-sparkles/ |
| Robot Sex Contest | [[Athena's entry into Jess Fink's contest for her comic Chester 5000 XYV.]] / [[Chester device illustrated: The Footsie. An attachable foot that's soft and squishy and squid-like.]] / [[Chest and Priscilla make eyes on a couch. Eventually Chester sticks the squid foot into Priscilla. An endless... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/18/robot-sex-contest/ |
| Stumbling | Peter G: So I was stumbling yesterday, and--
/ Ada: You were STUMBLING? / [[Peter glares at Ada.] / Peter G: I was stumbling, and it turns out there's a TERM for wind tunnels!
/ Athena: Is it "wind tunnel"? / [[Peter glares at Athena.]] / Peter G: NO. But I don't remember what it is. http://actionathena.com/2009/05/20/stumbling/ |
| Lifetime Television | Athena: So how do the rest of those Nena lyrics go, exactly? "Hast do etwas--" / Peter G: HAST DO ETWAS ZEIT FUR MICH! / Peter G: DANN SINGE ICH EIN LIED FUR DICH! / Ada: I was gonna say, you really shouldn't get him started on this song.
/ Peter G: VON NEUN UND NEUNZIG LUFTBALONS! http://actionathena.com/2009/05/22/lifetime-television/ |
| Sharon Stone's Crotch | My Favorite Fellow Travelers of Last Week:
/ The subway musician who softly sang "Love Me Tender" while waiting for an U-Bahn. He had an unlit cigarette in his mouth. He wasn't playing for money then, but it was beautiful. When we got on the U-Bahn, he played "Just a Gigolo." I gave him a Euro. / The... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/25/sharon-stones-crotch/ |
| Whiiiine | About a month ago I was unlocking my door when I realized I had company.
/ Greyhound: WHINE / It was a beautiful, red/gold greyhound. / She smiled and wagged her tail for me, but left as soon as her owner called. / I was irrationally offended by her departure. / A week later, I had just sarted dinner... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/27/whiiiine/ |
| Dreamy Fabian | I had a dream that I had a new cat and I was shownig it to Phoebe. / Athena: But look, Phoebe, it's not really a cat, it's a magic cat, it's Fabian. / [[The cat becomes Fabian.]]
/ Phoebe: Oh! / Fabian: I'm embarrassed that I'm so small--that's why I felt more comfortable being a cat. / Athena: Oh,... http://actionathena.com/2009/05/29/dreamy-fabian/ |
| Berlin I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down | Athena: Wow, a spring evening in Alexanderplatz! I think I'll eat dinner here! / Athena [[getting a falafel]]: oh god so hungry haven't eaten all day. / Athena: oh here's a free bench, I'll sit here.
/ Off Screen: heh heh / German Delinquents: SNORT SNORT / Athena [[chewing]]: wait--was that directed... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/01/berlin-i-love-you-but-youre-bringing-me-down/ |
| Assholes For Everybody | Peter G: So do you really wanna hear the story of me getting my stent removed?
/ Athena: Yes! Now! / Peter G: So the nurse comes in and tells me to remove everything but my shirt. There was no hospital gown. / Peter G: Oh, and the pain pills they gave me? They're called "Retard Kapseln." Not kidding.
/ Subway... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/03/assholes-for-everybody/ |
| Four Jokers | Monday, 10:45 AM, U-7
/ [[Four dudes have painted their faces to look like the Joker.]] / Athena: So what's with the face paint? / Hat Dude: What do you mean?
/ Curly Dude: Yeah, this is just our skin tone. / Hat Dude [[getting in Athena's personal space]]: No no--you want to hear the real story? Okay. / Curly... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/06/four-jokers/ |
| I Guess Christian Had a Good Weekend Too | [[Athena whistles off screen.]] / [[Athena sits on the toilet and pees.]] / [[Athena stands and turns to flush.]] / Athena: DEAR LORD! / Athena: Did that come from ME? I thought I just PEED! / Athena: Nope. No, that is not mine. That is vomit. http://actionathena.com/2009/06/08/i-guess-christian-had-a-good-weekend-too/ |
| And Within Phoebe, A Lot Of Bullshit | When I try to look for "meaning" in my life, it gets a bit like those Russian stacking dolls. / There is the world. And within that, the U.S. And within that, Minnesota. And within that, Northfield. / An in Northfield, Phoebe.
/ Phoebe: Hey cunt, what's up? http://actionathena.com/2009/06/10/and-within-phoebe-a-lot-of-bullshit/ |
| Puke in the Toilet, Pee in a Cup | Athena: Yep, that's right, I woke up and the tub and toilet were torn out. No warning. / Athena: Yeah, well, I'm SICK and I'm BITCHY. I'll piss where I want. / Athena: Oh, hello Landlady's Fancy Goblet. / [[Athena pores piss from the goblet into a drain on her balcony.]] / LATER:
/ Christian: Atayna--you... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/12/puke-in-the-toilet-pee-in-a-cup/ |
| New Waters | This week, four men were released from Guantanamo, and sent to Bermuda.
/ NORTH ATLANTIC. CUBA. CARIBBEAN SEA. / There, they went swimming in the ocean--some for the first time in their lives.
/ NORTH ATLANTIC. BERMUDA. NORTH ATLANTIC. / I too went to the ocean this weekend--though I was too wussy... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/15/new-waters/ |
| Fucking Schildkr?te | DEAR DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR WHO HATES ME WITH A FIERY PASSION: / Obviously, we got off on the wrong foot. / You think I am an idiotic American. I think you are MEAN. / The washing machine was never well explained to me. I had been living in the apartment for a grand total of four days when the accident... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/17/fucking-schildkrote/ |
| Closing Remarks | Berlin's population is 3,400,000. Its area is 344 square miles. / For a point of comparison, consider that the five boroughs of New York hold 8,274,527 within 305 square miles. / Berlin is not dense. But it is large. / That's what happens when you erect a wall around a giant, largely unbuilt chunk... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/19/closing-remarks/ |
| A Regular Rapunzel | Maia: So would you say you're a pun SNOB?
/ Sarah Goldfeather: No! Well--yes. Like, I usually don't like puns about PUNS. / Sarah Goldfeather: Like, "I'm a regular RapPUNzel!" / Maia: ... / Sarah Goldfeather: That's just too easy! / Maia: Do you ever write down your puns? When they're reall good?
/ Sarah... http://actionathena.com/2009/06/22/a-regular-rapunzel/ |
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