02/02/2024
Hark, Mother.
JOKE-OGRAPHY:
1. Emo Emi is a snarky teen who enjoys being edgy and showing her parents just how silly their Christian faith is. Unfortunately, she lacks enough philosophical depth to engage in theological debate. As such, her attacks are the strawest of men, but her dear mother puts up with them out of love.
2. The chosen verses are not nearly the edgiest quotes the Bible has to offer.
3. Emi asks her mother if these verses have challenged her faith, as if an out-of-context Bible quote is all it would take to shake someone to their foundation. Her mother says the verses are nothing compared to the constant spiritual battle she wages simply by being the mother of a teen.
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02/14/2024
The dark (chocolate) night of the soul.
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JOKE-OGRAPHY:
Traditionally, on Valentine's Day, couples buy each other gifts and sweets to show their love. Emo Emi, being chronically unlikable but also a chocoholic, has resorted to buying herself enough chocolate to put her into two consecutive comas. She's looking forward to those comas until her parents' darned RELIGION gets in the way. You see, this year, Valentine's Day falls on Ash Wednesday. For Christians, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting, which means no meats, and no sweets. In this cartoon, Emi vents to her friend, Olga, about how having all this chocolate and not being allowed to eat it is the absolute height of Christian suffering. Olga tries to chasten Emi by reminding her that some Christians suffer far worse fates than a day without chocolate -- some even die for their faith. However, in her delusional state of grief, Emi would much rather the death.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Oops, I've done it again. It's another "Tomics Resurrection" where I redraw a cartoon from a few years ago and, like God on the sixth day, take it from GOOD to VERY GOOD. This one is from 2018, the last time this same combination of holidays occurred. Back then, Emi's personality was still in flux. Now that she's become a more defined character (petulant pseudo-intellectual Christian-wanna-not-be), I had to adjust the dialogue a little, but I think I've kept the same spirit. Also, back in ye olde yeare ofe 2018e, I apparently didn't respect any semblance of character continuity, so Emi's shape and colors change drastically between the first and second panels. Must've been a rush job. Poor 2018 Tom. Such a child. Anyway, how do YOU think the new compares to the old?
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The band tanks we painted yesterday.
Relient K was done by a friend. I don't usually go for yellow stuff but she and I figured the design would match the laces on my docs. "Long Live the Rebels" is both a song and album by Disciple. Now I have merch to go see them in!
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what do u think sugurus music sounds like? like what genre is he into :D
oh he’s so dpr ian vibes 😵💫😵💫 more ballady and sad tho
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