Thursday, December 15, 2022

Watching Comics: Athenaeum Comic Art

 One of many great finds on Twitter over the last three years was Athenaeum Comic Art, which is basically a one person operation getting original art from an amazing array of alternative cartoonists into the hands of their followers. 

As an introduction here's a lengthy discussion between founder Sean Watkins and patron Loading the Canon:


The tables are turned when Sean interviews graphic novelist Jonathan Hill (Odessa, Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy), a high energy wide-ranging discussion:


The Athenaeum Comic YouTube channel is invaluable for the videos of Sean going through individual artist's shipments of original art:

Remy Boydell




Shawn Daley




A.C. Esguerra




Nate Garcia



Jonathan Hill




Josh Pettinger




Rosemary Valero-O'Connell




Noah Van Sciver




Sophie Yanow


All these artists are high quality but I was really blown away by the vibrant colors on the Remy Boydell, Shawn Daley, and A.C. Esguerra pages. (Shawn Daley's pages are on sale this month!)

Here's the unbelievable line-up of artists you can get original art from through Athenaeum Comic Art:



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