Have you ordered your Athenaeum Five Year Zine yet?! Art by @hirosemary.bsky.social and @tilliewalden.

To celebrate our five years in business, we have opened Athenaeum Gives for another round! Athenaeum Gives is a $1500 award for up-and-coming cartoonists. Applications are due by Monday, August 17th. Please share with anyone that you think would be a good fit!

Today it the day, folks! The Athenaeum Five Year Zine is now available for preorder! This has been many years in the making and is a true labor of love. The Athenaeum Five Years Zine 70 plus full color pages celebrating indie/alt comics, creators, and collectors.

Today it the day, folks! The Athenaeum Five Year Zine is now available for preorder! This has been many years in the making and is a true labor of love. The Athenaeum Five Years Zine 70 plus full color pages celebrating indie/alt comics, creators, and collectors.

It is Athenaeum's five year anniversary month!! This photo was a big moment for our original art group.

I love this Rook & Rose Fantasy Oracle Deck Illustration by @blueludebar.com. We have a number of them available!

We have a few new @noahvscomics originals available! There are some really fun ones with this latest small art drop.

Listen folks, we just added some fabulous @cashbrowns.bsky.social Nancy originals! These are quite popular, so you better take a look soon.

Eisner award winning @nicolegoux.bsky.social has drawn some of the most beautiful commissions in Athenaeum history! Here is a sample of a few of my favorites.

I am so incredibly proud of @nicolegoux.bsky.social for her HUGE Eisner win last night. Nicole has long been one of my very favorite cartoonists and it is great to see her get the attention that she deserves. Consider supporting Nicole by taking a look at some of our gorgeous illustrations.

"It doesn't hurt that I got a crafting buddy out of making this book." - Nicole Goux thanks Mariko Tamaki while accepting for This Place Kills Me for Best Publication for Teens. #EisnerAwards #SDCC

"Thank you for saying ‘yes’ — now kids also understand comics" - Raina Telegemeier to Scott McCloud. #EisnerAwards #SDCC

It is a Friday miracle! We have added a small number of new @matthewgallison.bsky.social originals to the site. Go look at their beauty!

Athenaeum Comic Art is the now of indie/alt/literary comics. We have some fun annoucements coming soon...

Did you know that @nicolegoux.bsky.social is a special guest at Comic Con!? Here is a beautiful Nicole illustration that we are including in the Athenaeum Five Year Zine. We have a bunch of other illustrations available!

Are you all ready for the Athenaeum Five Year Zine!? It is almost 70 pages and includes an interview with @cashbrowns.bsky.social, a never before seen @tilliewalden On a Sunbeam mini story, beautiful art by @edhunsinger and @natepowell.bsky.social , and so much more! Preorders will go up very soon!

This is the VERY last day to check out the Athenaeum Comic Gallery at @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social! We wanted to have a time available for the locals who might have been avoiding art fair;) Come check us out from 10 to 8pm! It has been a blast the last few days (minus the smoke)!

It was great getting to hang out with some fun people at the Athenaeum Gallery Show at @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social today! We are open for one more day. Don't miss out!

This is YOUR chance to see a massive @matthewgallison.bsky.social original in real life! At the Athenaeum Gallery Show with @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social , we have Matt's gorgeous Creature from the Black Lagoon @mondonews poster art on display from July 16 to July 19 during the hours of 10am to 8pm

Wanna see some amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social originals in real life!? Come check out this one and others at the Athenaeum Gallery Show at @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social this Thursday through Sunday 10am to 8pm! Somehow this Wonder Woman illustration is still available....

Wanna see some brand new @noahvscomics original art before it goes on the website? Come to our Athenaeum Gallery Show at @vaultofmidnight starting on Thursday! We are there Thursday through Sunday 10 to 8pm. Don't miss out on this chance to see some amazing original comic art in Ann Arbor!

Thanks to @easterlyart.com for the amazing drawing of Deborah and myself!

Athenaeum Comic Art@athenaeumcomicart.bsky.social · 3w ago

First, come check out our gallery show next week @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social Thursday-Sunday 10am to 8pm! We would love to see you. As many of you know, I get excited by new projects and just kind of throw myself into them.

First, come check out our gallery show next week @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social Thursday-Sunday 10am to 8pm! We would love to see you. As many of you know, I get excited by new projects and just kind of throw myself into them.

Have you ever wanted to see @alisonbechdel.bsky.social originals in real life!? Come check out the Athenaeum Gallery Show at @vaultofmidnight! Our reception starts at 7pm tomorrow night. We will have refreshments and light snacks. Don't miss out on a rare comic art in real life!

Um. Why aren't you at George Hagenauer's annual comics garage sale!? Check my post from yesterday for the details!

I love this gorgeous @_leelai original from my favorite book of last year, Cannon! We have a number of pages available for your walls. Be one of the cool kids and support an artist that you love!

The most important day of the year!!!

Megan Hagenauer@mhagenauer.bsky.social · 4w ago

📚📖 My dad, George Hagenauer, will be doing his ANNUAL GARAGE SALE this weekend of Comics, Pulps, Graphic novels and a little art When: Friday July 10 4pm-8pm Saturday day July 11 9 am-4pm Where: Our garage: 2191 Harding Ave Ypsilanti 48197 (not far from US 94 and Hewitt) What: 🧵

📚📖 My dad, George Hagenauer, will be doing his ANNUAL GARAGE SALE this weekend of Comics, Pulps, Graphic novels and a little art When: Friday July 10 4pm-8pm Saturday day July 11 9 am-4pm Where: Our garage: 2191 Harding Ave Ypsilanti 48197 (not far from US 94 and Hewitt) What: 🧵

Megan Hagenauer@mhagenauer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Background: 📖🦸🦹 My dad (George Hagenauer) has been collecting & dealing comic books, pulp-magazines, and related art for >50 yrs. He was part of the team that started the Chicago ComicCon in the 1970's. :) Here's an article about him from the Detroit Book Fest: detroitbookfest.com/george-hagen...

This Saturday, Jully 11th at 7pm ET is the opening reception for the Athenaeum Comic Art Gallery show at @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social! Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Please feel free to share! We would love to have lots of folks check out the show.

原爆ドーム, the ‘Atomic Bomb Dome’ in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park. May the hate-mongers who have seized control of our world be put in check before we repeat the catastrophic mistakes of our past.