Launched in 2002 as an online comic, Athena Voltaire became one of the most talked about and critically acclaimed series on the Internet. Industry praise included an Eisner Award Nomination for Best Digital Comic in 2005 and the 2007 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award for series artist Steve Bryant. It has since gone on to be published by Ape Entertainment in two, full-color collections – The Collected Webcomics and Flight of the Falcon. After collaborator Paul Daly left the series, Bryant produced the Athena Voltaire half of the 2009 Black Coat/Athena Voltaire One-Shot (Ape Entertainment), working solo. Westfield’s Master of Disaster, Josh Crawley, talked with Bryant about his exciting upcoming plans for Athena Voltaire, including his interesting way of funding the project.

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by Josh Crawley

Making comics isn’t always easy. Making comics doesn’t just end once they’ve been made. There’s printing, advertising, distribution, and following up on each and every one of those; repeatedly. Giant multinational corporations have it easier, but some people don’t want to give up control of those comics to someone else.

Sometimes personal work has to be shelved for corporate jobs that pay the bills.

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