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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 > People. / Athena: It would be such a waste for me to live in New York. I'd just hide inside, getting paler and weirder. / Athena: I seek out comics WHEREVER I GO. But especially when I'm overwhelmed. / Athena: OMG, Scott Pilgrim #5!! / Athena: I wish I was rich and had superpowers. Then I'd never have to depend on anyone. / Athena: Life is stupid. People are stupid. I can't handle either. http://actionathena.com/2009/10/19/my-lovely-g-and-nyc/ |
| 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. Sleeepy. / Slept from 12:00-8:30 AM. / THURSDAY: FIRE DRILL!!!
/ Then: Breakfast. / 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: slept.
/ It feels like just one shitty day that never ends. http://actionathena.com/2009/10/21/in-which-some-of-you-are-awesome/ |
| 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 secrets, I could just read your small one.* / mic = dropped. / Freddy: Have fun, be safe, I'll see you when I see you! / * Small One = Freddy's word for any small object. In this case, he was referring to my webcomic. http://actionathena.com/2009/10/23/freddy/ |
| 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 very creative. You should've just worn a striped shirt. / Jean: Hmm. Do you know a lot about French culture?
/ Holyoke Girl: Well, I think I know more than YOU! / Jean: Oh yeah? Where're you from?
/ Holyoke Girl: MONTREAL. / Jean: Huh. I'm from France. / Holyoke Girl: OH. Well, you guys BUTCHER the language. / Jean: Speak French. Right now. Go. / [[Holyoke Girl speaks French in a hideous, garbled accent that features hockey sticks and maple leaves.]] / Jean: Case in point. http://actionathena.com/2009/10/26/let-him-eat-cake/ |
| Pick a Little, Talk a Little | Athena: Minnesota! / Athena: Toilets! / Athena: Comics! / Athena: Vaginas! / Athena: Cats! / Athena: Me! http://actionathena.com/2009/10/28/pick-a-little-talk-a-little/ |
| 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.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/10/30/autumn-in-western-mass/ |
| 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 tasty, though. / SATURDAY: Athena gets DRUNK, YO. / SUNDAY: Athena goes back to working. http://actionathena.com/2009/11/02/tireless-toil/ |
| 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. http://actionathena.com/2009/11/04/vagina-jokes/ |
| 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? http://actionathena.com/2009/11/06/just-another-friday/ |
| 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. http://actionathena.com/2009/11/09/binaries/ |
| 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.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/11/11/cinematic-genius/ |
| Hampshire You Are Lovely | Cole Science Center, Harold Johnson Library, Robert Crown Center / Emily Dickinson Hall / Franklin Patterson Hall / Prescott http://actionathena.com/2009/11/13/hampshire-you-are-lovely/ |
| 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 http://actionathena.com/2009/11/16/at-the-junction/ |
| 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. And you're an asshole. http://actionathena.com/2009/11/18/mad-menand-one-mad-woman/ |
| 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 terrible knowing how much it would hurt dad. / Sarah Currier: But it was a really beautiful chair. http://actionathena.com/2009/11/20/i-got-in/ |
| 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) http://actionathena.com/2009/11/23/the-connecticut-river/ |
| 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! http://actionathena.com/2009/11/25/sweet-dee/ |
| 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 to Taylor Swift! / [[They stare at each other.]] / Lizz: We know. We've heard you. http://actionathena.com/2009/11/27/we-were-both-young/ |
| 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 to tell you this earlier, but--when you say "BYE" like that, you sound JUST like my mom's annoying friend. / Maria: Ha! You didn't have the HEART to TELL me? That's so great. Ha ha! / Maria: BYYYE!!! http://actionathena.com/2009/11/30/byyye/ |
| 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 saying "ach" and spitting out rage] http://actionathena.com/2009/12/02/rage-brownouts/ |
| 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.] http://actionathena.com/2009/12/04/our-state-fair-is-a-great-state-fair/ |
| 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 Sunday [Coffee mug] / Dec 14 Work study and Nell's class [Computer and smiling Nell] / Dec 15 Amherst Graphic Novel class. [Amherst professor looking serious] / Dec 16 Packing [Suitcase] / Dec 17 Leave Hampshire [Van] / Dec 18 Boston [Coffee mug] / Dec 19 To Minnesota [Airplane in flight] http://actionathena.com/2009/12/07/counting-down-the-hours/ |
| 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.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/12/09/my-left-hand/ |
| 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 I like, but lately it's been threatening to CONSUME me. / Athena: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE MY FEELINGS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY OWN FEELINGS. / Athena: If I did, I might have no need to make comics. The comics are a small scream of expression... / Athena: But it's like screaming into a void. http://actionathena.com/2009/12/11/anger-anger-danger-danger/ |
| 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 don't know how to communicate my feelings. I don't even know my own feelings. / If I did, I might have no need to make comics. The comics are a small scream of expression. / But it's like screaming into a void. http://actionathena.com/2009/12/11/anger-anger-danger-danger/#comments |
| 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 take issue with that. / Hannah: When I was in 5th grade, my family took a week-long trip to California. We returned home to discover that the cat had pooped and peed all over the house. / Hannah: THIS INCLUDED MY BED. The mattress was so foul, we had to throw it to the curb. The next day, I watched a man load it into his car, and drive away. / [[Athena gulps.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/12/14/used-furniture/ |
| 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. http://actionathena.com/2009/12/16/chris-has-been-too-busy-to-appear-in-my-comics/ |
| 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 FOR WILLIAM & THE MEN OF LAUREL AVE
/ PORTRAIT FOR HARVEY PEKAR'S 70th BIRTHDAY
/ 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS AND 10 500-WORD RESPONSES ON THE CLASS BLOG
/ 5-PAGE MIDTERM ESSAY
/ OBSESSIVELY CLEAN ROOM
/ 3 ORIGINAL SONGS
/ 16 DAILY CROSSHATCH DISPATCHES
/ 200 MINICOMICS (PERSONALLY CUT, FOLDED, STAPLED, AND STAMPED)
/ 4 HANDMADE DOLLS
/ 100 PAGES OF JOURNAL
/ 2 FULL SKETCHBOOKS
/ WONDER WOMAN COSTUME
/ 200 WEBSITE ADVERTISEMENTS
/ MANY BOOKS, RESPONSES, AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR NELL'S CLASS
/ PERSONAL BOOKS (COMICS AND NOVELS) (FOR DIV III AND FOR FUN)
/ 12-PAGE COMIC (FOR AMHERST FINAL)
/ 26-PAGE ISSUE OF MY MAGAZINE http://actionathena.com/2009/12/18/some-shit-ive-been-doing/ |
| 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. http://actionathena.com/2009/12/21/crows/ |
| 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 Streisand, Doris Day, Spinelli, Elaine Benes, Starlee Kine, Sandra Tsing Loh / 4) Erika Moen, Scarlett O?Hara, Lucille Bluth, Buffy Summers, Aline Kominsky Crumb, Josephine Baker, Annie Lennox / 5) Marge Gunderson, Sharon Mitchell, Annie Sprinkle, Julie Doucet, Gertrude Stein, Kristen Wiig, Julia Sweeney / 6) Margaret Cho, Alison Bechdel, Janeane Garofalo, Susan Sontag, Toni Morrison, Dorothy Parker, Mae West / 7) Joan Holloway, bell hooks, Miranda Hobbes, Betty Rizzo, Lindsay Weir/Kim Kelly, Sarah Vowell, Rosie the Riveter http://actionathena.com/2009/12/23/role-models/ |
| 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 http://actionathena.com/2009/12/25/happy-holidays/ |
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