About June 2024

Jul18
by on July 18, 2025 at 1:14 pm

ON SHARP A four panel comic, rendered in magenta and green. In the first panel, hands hold open a book titled "Ace Voices," by Eris Young. The narration begins, "Unexpected recognition arrives." In the second panel we zoom out to see Emily holding the book, reading, reacting with a small shock to its contents. The narration continues, "Like a mirror and a knife between the ribs." In the third panel, Emily sets the book down on the coffee table. The narration continues, "Because the logical fact of knowing you're not alone does not erase the feeling." In the last panel, Emily, now out walking the neighborhood, looks over her shoulder at a Pride flag hanging in a storefront window. The narration concludes, "But maybe with time the wound heals cleaner." -- ON BEAUTY A four panel comic, rendered in magenta and green. In the first panels, trees and power lines frame clouds in the sky. The narration begins, "I've been finding beauty in so much lately." In the second panel, a hand spreads sunscreen over an arm. The narration continues, "In the way sunscreen feels on my skin." In the third panel, sunflower stalks grow tall among the clouds. The narration continues, "In the bud of flowers not yet bloomed." In the final panel, Emily walks among the greenery, arms folded back behind her head, singing loudly to the song playing through her earbuds: Fresh Tattoo by the Mountain Goats. The music through her earbuds sings "legend on the shield in Greek" which Emily follows up with a loud sung "BA BA BAAAA!" The narration concludes, "In past joy rippling through time to become a present spark." -- ON TERRIBLE A four panel comic, rendered in magenta and green. In the first panel, Emily’s cartoon head is split into various pieces, like a paper doll cut out. The narration begins “I think I’ve lost the plot here just a bit. With autobio, I mean.” The second panel shows a cartoon bunny character, styled similarly to Emily. The narration continues “I mean christ, at least before I used to do my introspection through a thinly veiled cartoon bunny self insert.” In the third panel, there’s two more different bunny characters. The narration continues “and I took myself more seriously then! Talking about mental health like this!” In the fourth panel, Emily leans with her hand on her cheek. The narration concludes “I’ve been cringe since I ever held a pencil! I can’t out cringe my past self!” Emily chimes in with a final “so what the hell am I doing worrying about what I’m making now?” -- ON WORDS A four panel comic, rendered in magenta and green. In the first panel, Emily holds up a featureless flag, smiles at it warmly. The narration begins, "I still like the word queer for myself--like its vagueness and the way it withholds, asks what information you're entitled to." In the second panel, a silhouette of Emily contains most of the narration, which continues, "But lately it's nice to roll ace, asexual, a-spec around in my head, a word that feels like it's been there since the beginning." In the third panel, Emily returns a book to a Little Free Library. The narration continues, "And it may outgrow its usefulness one day." In the final panel, two hands reach out to frame a jewel, floating above both of the hands' palms and glowing. The narration concludes, "But right now, it reflects how precious friendship has felt in my heart, and how strange it's seemed when others have considered it a lesser status."