Action Athena is a webcomic and blog made by Athena Currier. It’s been updating three days a week (Mon/Wed/Fri) since March of 2008, when Athena was a student at Hampshire College. From there, it’s followed her to places like Berlin, Kraków, Istanbul, Winnipeg, and back home to Minnesota, where she currently resides.
In 2010, Action Athena was nominated for a Lulu Award (presented annually to honor women in comics) in the category of “Best New Talent.”
To learn more about Athena, you can read an interview with her here, here, or here. Plus there’s a video here and a podcast here. And you can order all of Athena’s books right here.
Feel free to keep in touch with Athena via twitter, tumblr, facebook, youtube, and email.
You can also check out the work Athena’s done for the following places:
The Daily Cross Hatch
From March 2009-October 2010, Athena wrote weekly comics news dispatches for The Daily Cross Hatch, plus a few other things, like an article about Indy Comic Book Week.
Broken Pencil Magazine
Since September 2008, Athena has been a regular contributor of comics to Broken Pencil, a Toronto-based magazine of zine culture and independent arts.
Sunoikisis
From January-March 2011, Athena did weekly comics for Sunoikisis.org. They were her contemporary take on the Goddess Athena myths, casting Athena as a recent college grad.
City Pages Comics Issues
Athena’s comics have appeared in the 2010 and 2011 City Pages Comics Issues. The issue’s 2010 theme was “Declaration of Independence.” The 2011 theme was “Life in the Future.”
MPLS.TV
Athena’s comics have appeared on the MPLS.TV website, the “online source for Minneapolis culture and creativity.”
The Sketchbook Project 2011
In 2011, Athena contributed a sketchbook to The Sketchbook Project. The sketchbook theme she she chose was “Revenge.” She filled her book with whiny cartoons about her barista job.
The Sketchbook Project 2012
In 2012, Athena contributed her second sketchbook to The Sketchbook Project. Her book’s theme was “Heroes & Villains.” The text she used came from a stranger’s planner, stolen from a Lost & Found box.