ARTIMOREAN MEANS MORE ART

Artimorean started in 2015 as a humble coloring book company with one simple goal - seek out coloring books that had previously been thought lost to time, return them to their former glory, and publish them under our umbrella.

Lucky for us, it was a success! It wasn't long before we had a dozen titles under our belt - Classics from the 1920s to the 1940s, like "The Merry Christmas Coloring Book," "The Peter Rabbit Easter Bunny Coloring Book for Kids," and "In the Candy Cane House," were instant hits.

Soon after, we found ourselves establishing our first office in 2017. Our collection grew to over 20 books, which allowed us to hire our first few employees! This was our first official team of three Book Scouts, as well as two restoration experts for our Vintage Book Restoration Team.

In 2020, we began to publish our own original books, including taking on new authors like J.R. Fleming, Angela Noseweasel, and more recently, Abraxas Abaralabrabraha.

Unfortunately, in 2022, we suffered a series of warehouse fires and office break-ins that caused serious setbacks.

Now, in 2024, we are working on new relationships with artist collectives, such as our partnership with Pretendo Entertainment System and Roganville Farms.

We are looking forward to the new challenges that 2025 bring.

Read our Newest Updates

Our Team

  • Angela Noseweasel

    Angela is an accomplished translator, specializing in Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Esperanto, Syril, Barut, Nineji-ut, Calcetine, multiple Ancient Languages, and Indus. She has been a lecturer, writer, and translation researcher for over twelve years. For those concerned, she is healing well after the alligator incident. The doctor says that her nose will be fully intact when they take off the bandages in March.

  • Craig Trahan

    Craig is our graphic design, photography, and marketing expert. Craig started working on our coloring books in 2017 and is now in charge of our internal operations. He thinks his profile photo is pretty slick, but we all can't help but notice how unnecessarily dramatic it is. I mean, just take a selfie, man!

  • Eric King

    Eric is our creative director and fearless leader. Artimorean is his vision and brainchild. He is a failed writer and comic book creator who recently converted to a new religion. He is also responsible for making the coffee and feeding the office cat.

  • Colin Earsburger

    Colin is a multitalented member of our Book Scout Team. He is an eagle eyed graphic designer and vintage material sourcing expert, hitting every abandoned arcade and gas station garage sale from Austin New Orleans looking for hidden gems. Colin likes to read books about the corn industry and adamantly denies being on the autism spectrum.

  • Fanny M. Bingwater

    Fanny is the newest member of our Book Scout Team. Based in Chicago, Fanny focuses on defunct toy companies and warehouse auctions to score new material. In her free time, she likes to make satanic symbols from sticks to hang in the woods and scare hitchikers. She also volunteers at the Humane Society.

  • Joseph Firkelforn

    Joseph Firkelforn is a lifelong graphic designer who started his career by writing his graffiti name (Big Stinker) on the Mayor's garden shed. He now works hard as the head of our Vintage Book Restoration Team. In his off time, he writes anarchist literature that he distributes for free to the unhoused population of downtown Austin.

  • Spindler

    Spindler is a superstar graphic designer, illustrator, and all-around master of visual media. Spindler is the second-in-command of the Vintage Book Restoration Team. Spindler is learning to bind their own books, hoping to one day take down Artimorean from the inside. Despite the name, Spindler does not enjoy knitting.

  • Jodi Blandersloot

    Jodi is the head of our Book Scout Team in Los Angeles. Jodi started her career as a hand model holding books for one of the largest book publishers in the area before striking out and starting her own hand modeling agency. Unfortunately, she was undercut by her protege and went bust. She learned a lot from the industry and uses that knowledge to scout rare vintage books. Jodi still hand models, but only as a hobby.

  • Tom

    Tom is the office cat. He does nothing but growl and piss on the Monstera. (art by Eric)

  • Abignail Poplar

    Abignail is an enthusiastic addition to our new internship program!  She is a recent Rutgers graduate in investigative journalism who loves to be outside, whether hiking, kayaking, or just laying in the grass. She got to put her foraging and survival skills to the test last March when she was lost for six days in Big Bend National Park.