Wake up from the mundane with A Rude Awakening: Art and merch crafted in Queens.

A colorful layered art piece featuring two faces with black hair, orange eyes, and gray skin, with a rainbow-colored pattern dividing the faces. The background is a blurred, colorful scene with white doodles and abstract elements.
Collection of fantasy-themed stickers on a dark background, including a dragon, an elf with a sword, a swan, a wizard, a goblin with a sword in its head, a crow, a spider, and various leaves, with a central sticker that reads 'Desire corrupts the heart'.
A comic strip showing a person in bed asking an elder, who is lying down, if they can play some music. The elder agrees, and the person thanks them. The elder then has a laptop with the words 'My ten-year-old laptop' written on it, and the person is playing music from it, with musical notes floating in the room.
Book titled 'The Big List of Pleasurable Activities', illustrated by Jensine Eckwall, with a drawing of a cute creature sitting and smiling, placed on a dark, colorful, shiny surface.

Meet the Artists

  • Alex Krokus portrait

    Alex Krokus

    several raccoons in a man suit

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  • A cartoon drawing of a smiling person with glasses, earrings, black hair, and a lime green sweater, set against a blue background with a white squiggly line overhead.

    Jensine Eckwall

    small type goblin

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  • Kenny Wroten Portrait

    Kenny Wroten

    a wizard i found in a hedge

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  • Lily Padula portrait

    Lily Padula

    baba yaga from Long Island

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  • Vreni Stollberger portrait

    Vreni Stollberger

    swamp thing

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  • A cartoon drawing of a happy girl with curly hair, earrings, and a blue top, surrounded by two blue hearts on a green background.

    Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

    living deliciously

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