emi gennis

@imemi

Cartoonist. Associate Professor of Comics & Narrative Practice at @CCADedu. I make comics about dead people. 💀💀💀 [she/they]

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emi gennis@imemi· 3d

Today in Women's Health: I got a Rx with directions to "insert into vagina, as close to the cervix as possible" prior to my IUD placement appt. However, you may recognize this as Not A Suppository. Doctors really got me out here fashioning a makeshift insertion device from just *whatever* I guess

Just two regular-ass looking compressed powder tablets with the score in the middle and everything, no insertion device, not at all designed for this

emi gennis@imemi· 10d

CAN ANYONE FROM GREECE CONFIRM THIS?? I very much want this to be true

u/ki11ua: "Older generations in Greece would call it simply 'Mickey Mouse.'"

emi gennis@imemi· 10d

Stumbled on this two year old reddit thread of people sharing the word for "comics" in their language. Some of these are so delightful. I really love Brazil's "stories in squares" for some reason? It's just yeah, that's what that is actually www.reddit.com/r/graphicnov...

u/theodewitt: "In Brazil we say HQ = Histórias emi quadrinhos (stories in squares)"

u/strng: "In Ukraine we say 'maliopys': written in drawings."

deleted user: "in turkish it is called 'çizgiroman'. Çizgi means line and roman means novel. It is rare using but çizgi also means drawing if used as an adjective."

emi gennis@imemi· 13d

see also: this article I found years ago while doing research for a piece in Then It Was Dark anthology. "GIVES OUT A STORY ON IT" like yeah man, we know! we're reading it right now!!

scan of a 1920s American newspaper. the article pictured has four layers of headlines before the body of the article begins, as follows: "WOMAN ASSERTS SHE GOT MEDIUM ON SPOOK WIRE" // "Asserts She Heard Call of Spirit of Man Who Killed Himself" // "GIVES OUT OF STORY ON IT" // "Says Suicide Was Neither Wise Nor Right But Will Be of Great Value."

emi gennis@imemi· 16d

lmao bumble, i promise you do not want me to give more detail

Screenshot of a Bumble prompt starting with "The world would be a better place with more" with the word "guillotines" typed in as the response. Below, an AI feedback feature suggests "add a bit more detail"

emi gennis@imemi· 20d

aside from the obvious, I would argue Pierre also does not belong on this list

Screenshot of a list from a baby names website titled "Long Boy Names That Start With P," including the names Jean, Pierre, Prudencio, Philander, Prometheus, Pendleton, Patterson, and Philippos. Keen-eyed readers will note the name "Jean" is neither long nor begins with the letter P.

emi gennis@imemi· 27d

gas prices got me fucked up

photo of a gas station sign that has a damaged digital screen, rendering the price illegible

emi gennis@imemi· Jul 12

Hey Columbus! See you TONIGHT at Kafé Kerouac at 7:30pm! We've got a whole bunch of cartoonists reading their work with live improvised music accompaniment from Prestidigitation 🎶

emi gennis@imemi· Jul 9

Good thing I occasionally check my spam inbox, wouldn't want to have missed any hot new drops

The subject line of a spam email suggesting the recipient "Pre-Order the Latest from Robert Louis Stevenson," a novelist who died in 1894.

emi gennis@imemi· Jul 6

the pitch of a Torah that can be "easily understood" feels counterintuitive to judiasm's whole deal

emi gennis@imemi· Jun 24

I choose to believe this, and following this logic, that every comic I publish is an act of defiance against God

emi gennis@imemi· Jun 6

Hey Columbus, Ohio! This is TONIGHT! Come join us for live comics readings and the debut screenings of two short films!

Saturday, June 6 @7pm, 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, Ohio. FREE SHOW.

Yes, my performance will involve video footage of me drinking urine, no I will not be drinking urine at the show.

emi gennis@imemi· May 28

This home has historic charm as well as some unique renovations ...oh, and a sarcophagus? ...with a landline telephone mounted in it? yeah, ok sure www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

emi gennis@imemi· May 25

Absolutely brutal suggestion for products related to a YA graphic novel on Amazon, this is bullying lol

Customers who viewed this item also viewed two other YA graphic novels and a skincare product for acne treatment

emi gennis@imemi· Apr 28

Charlatan by Pope Brock is perhaps a little bit a bummer because of parallels to current politics, but ultimately it's a wild and fun romp. Absolutely batshit story about a 1930s medical conman.

emi gennis@imemi· Apr 19

Still loling at this graphic from a presentation my student gave last week about how to flat for comics

An altered screen shot of the Mean Girls (2004) burn book in which the checked "anti-alias" box from Photoshop is described as "the nastiest skank bitch" and "a fugly slut"

emi gennis@imemi· Apr 5

tfw you're dying horribly on an expedition that you realize you could easily have just not embarked upon

emi gennis@imemi· Jan 8

One that has stuck with me happened a few years ago here in Columbus. Joey Haynes was a 16yo kid, shot in front of his mom and grandmother INSIDE A COURTROOM while appearing for a juvenile court hearing.

emi gennis@imemi· Nov 29

Extremely charmed by this Finnish pharmacy logo.

emi gennis@imemi· Nov 20

Thank you, Finnish readers!!! Honored to be in the Top 5 best-selling books of last month at Finland's premier comic shop!

emi gennis@imemi· Nov 11

✨THIS WEEKEND✨ I will be hosting a live comics reading event at the Sarajakuvafestivaaliklubi, with performances by me and several other talented cartoonists. Saturday night of the Oulu Comics Festival, 8pm @ Snooker Time Bar. Free entry. See you there??

emi gennis@imemi· Nov 5

This youtube thumbnail has caused me psychic damage. THEY WOJAKED MOOMIN 💀 Wojak Moomin feels spiritually wrong.

emi gennis@imemi· Oct 12

Really feel like we're burying the lede here

emi gennis@imemi· Oct 12

Finnish pizza report: curious to hear Sicily's response on this

emi gennis@imemi· Oct 10

Hey Oulu!! Come out and say hi at my exhibition opening at the Oulu Comics Center, tonight at 6pm!

emi gennis@imemi· Oct 7

This brand name has sent me to an early grave 💀

emi gennis@imemi· Oct 4

NEW: Finnish language edition of The Plunge!! Huge thanks to Harri Filppa for translation, and to the Oulu Comics Center & Zum Teufel for publishing it. Official release this weekend at the Oulu Book Fair!

emi gennis@imemi· Oct 1

The existence of this hat has provided me a crucial data point in identifying overlaps between Finnish and American cultures

emi gennis@imemi· Sep 30

Everyone else is going about their evening because this is just REGULAR for them, meanwhile I am standing in the footpath, mouth agape, literally crying

emi gennis@imemi· Sep 30

HOLY FUCK IT'S HAPPENING