emi gennis

This brand name has sent me to an early grave 💀

Scene report: the Finnish children are also saying "skibidi ohio"

Honestly these numbers feel embarrassingly low, c'mon fam we can do better

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!

Shout out to the Finnish teens watching Powerpuff Girls on their phone at this bus stop

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

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

HOLY FUCK IT'S HAPPENING

A soundtrack of charming woodland songbirds being piped into the bathrooms at the Helsinki airport. So far this country is extremely and whimsically on brand 👍✔️

I know this logically and yet still perform the skincare rituals, as they oddly still give me comfort? Not unlike any number of religious rituals meant to soothe the ever present anxiety of our inevitable demise.

BECOME A CARTOONIST, THEY SAID.

IT'LL BE FUN, THEY SAID.

The spirograph guy from The Simpsons quietly working at his desk

Everything: [horrific]
Me:

Just when you thought Sluggo couldn't possibly be more lit

Heartbreaking that the SPX vending machine no longer has animal crackers in it 💔

New @spitballcomic.bsky.social just dropped!!

Come get it at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social table J14!

me: "ugh why am i so slow at drawing"

also me: "hm what if i put this character in a cable knit sweater"

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Very excited to announce that I will be spending October & November in northern Finland for the International Comics Residency at the Liminka School of Arts and Oulu Comics Center! Looking forward to making new friends and learning more about Finnish comics!!