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em @tbm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

4/4 Thanks for reading!

The voice of the sexton, the chink of the spade,
Sound merrily under the willow's dank shade.

(Image of a 1800s graveyard)

They are carnival notes, and I travel with glee
To learn what the churchyard has given to me.

(Worm's eye view from inside a grave, looking up as dirt is shoveled in)

Oh! the worm, the rich worm, has a noble domain,
For where monarchs are voiceless I revel and reign;
I delve at my ease and regale where I may;
None dispute with the worm in his will or his way.
The high and the bright for my feasting must fall--
Youth, Beauty, and Manhood, I prey on ye all:
The Prince and the peasant, the despot and slave;
All, all must bow down to the worm and the grave.

(A two page spread full of skeletons laying in different poses)

em @tbm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

3/4

And the slime of my trailing discovers my home,
'Mid the pillars of Tyre and the temples of Rome.

(Image of a cross section of the earth, showing ruins in different layers)

I am sacredly sheltered and daintily fed
Where the velvet bedecks, and the white lawn is spread;

(Image of a white sheet over a body)

I may feast undisturbed, I may dwell and carouse
On the sweetest of lips and the smoothest of brows.

(Image of a skull with worms crawling on it)

em @tbm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

2/4

Your eyes may be flashing in pleasure and pride,
'Neath the crown of a Queen or the wreath of a bride;
Your lips may be fresh and your cheeks may be fair--
Let a few years pass over, and I shall be there.

(Image of a bride, but the parts of her behind her veil are a skeleton)

Cities of splendour, where palace and gate,
Where the marble of strength and the purple of state;

(Image of an ancient Roman city)

Where the mart and arena, the olive and vine,
Once flourished in glory; oh! are ye not mine?

(Image of a dead Roman in a toga with a dead laurel wreath)

Go look for famed Carthage, and I shall be found
In the desolate ruin and weed-covered mound;

(Ruins at Carthage, looking out from a stone arch)

em @tbm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I made a comic of my favorite poem, Song of the Worm by Eliza Cook. 1/3

The worm, the rich worm, has a noble domain
In the field that is stored with its millions of slain;

(Image of an 1800s battlefield)

The charnel-grounds widen, to me they belong,
With the vaults of the sepulchre, sculptured and strong.

(Image of a charnel house full of skulls)

The tower of ages in fragments is laid,
Moss grows on the stones, and I lurk in its shade;
And the hand of the giant and heart of the brave
Must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave.

(Image of fallen Roman pillars)

Daughters of earth, if I happen to meet
Your bloom-plucking fingers and sod-treading feet--
Oh! turn not away with the shriek of disgust
From the thing you must mate with in darkness and dust.

(Image of 2 girls startled by seeing a worm in the grass)

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

6/6 Thanks for reading!

Maya is back in front of the grocery store, looking reluctant to go inside. She sighs. Another person comes up next to her and says, “I hate shopping here too. It’s so overwhelming, it takes me forever.”

Maya looks happier and says, “I know, right?” The comic ends.

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

5/6 (I can't count)

Back in the produce section to get new bananas, Maya says, “Okay, let’s get this over with before I go crazy.” Panels show her putting cereal and other items in her cart, with cereal mascots in the background.

At the self check out, the machine says, “Unexpected item in bagging area.”

Maya says, “No there isn’t!”

“Help is on the way.”

“Ugh…”

A staff member Maya went to school with comes over to help. “Hi – Oh, Maya!”

“Steve! Hey! I haven’t seen you since graduation!”

“Yeah, it’s been a while!”

Steve scans his badge on the self check out machine. Maya says, “I saw Jessica today, actually.”

“Oh yeah, she comes in here all the time. Can you believe her son is two already?”

“What? I just saw him, he was a baby!”

“Haha. Time flies, huh?” They wave goodbye to each other.

Maya bursts through the door of her apartment. “I’m back!”

“Hi! Thank you so much.” Her boyfriend looks through the groceries. “Did you get the milk?”

Maya realizes she did.

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

4/5

She pushes away the ads and has arrived at the bread aisle, which towers over her. “How am I supposed to pick?”

She looks at different loaves. “Honey wheat? Whole wheat? Whole grain? 9 grain? Whatever, this is fine!” She picks a loaf and throws it in the cart.

Maya now passes a candy display. “Wait, Easter candy? It can’t be almost April…” She sees a friend. “Nao! Hi!”

“Maya! What have you been up to?”

“Oh, not much. How about you?”

“I’m moving this summer! Nick and I are buying a house in Florida.”

Maya says, “What! That’s exciting.”

“Yeah, and I’ve been working on my second book. Did you get a chance to read the first?”

“Ah, I haven’t had time yet…”

“Oh, I’d put those bananas back if I were you, they’re really brown.” Nao points at the bananas which are once again overripe.

Maya yells, “AGAIN?!”

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

3/5

The woman says, “I gotta go, I’m in a hurry. But I wouldn’t buy those if I were you. They’re about to go bad.” She points to the bananas in Maya’s cart, which have already turned brown.

“Huh? How…” Maya swaps the old bananas with fresh ones.

Maya struggles through a very crowded aisle, bumping into people as she moves her cart. “Excuse me! Ope – sorry! ‘Scuse me. You’re fine!”

She passes a cookie display in the bakery section. “Saint Patrick’s Day already? Wasn’t it just New Year’s?” She puts some deli items in her cart.

Maya drives her cart through several aisles, becoming increasingly bombarded by sale signs and ads.

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

2/5

She opens her eyes and sees the huge interior of the store full of shoppers.

In the produce section, she runs into a woman she knows with a baby in the cart.
“Maya, is that you?”

“Jessica? Wow, you had your kid already? Congrats!”

“Thank you! This is Brycen, he’s already 6 months.”

Maya waves at the baby. “Hi Brycen!”

The woman says, “What about you? You married yet?”

“Ah, not yet…”

“You gotta get on that, girl! We’re getting old!”

“Ha…”

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Here’s a comic I made last year called Self Check Out! 1/5

The cover of a self published comic, with the title “Self Check Out” in linocut and a grocery ad flyer for the cover paper.

A girl named Maya stands in front of a grocery superstore looking worried.

Earlier in the day, Maya’s boyfriend asks, “Hey Maya, could you run to the store for me? I have a meeting today.”

“Ugh, I hate shopping, it takes me forever.”

“I’ll make curry tonight if you do.” He hands her a shopping list.

“Yay, okay!”

Back in front of the store, she looks at her list and back at the entrance of the store, which looks like a vortex. She steps inside.

em @tbm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Forgot I drew this one too. #Hades2

Melinoe and Toula from Hades 2 go fishing

em @tbm.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Finally got to the epilogue of #Hades2. I like the helpful kitty 😌

A cat familiar sleeps in the foreground as the main character of Hades 2 gets beat up by a boss

em @tbm.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Some marker drawings for a Joshua Tree zine I'm making!

Marker drawings of a barrel cactus and a rock formation

Marker drawings of prickly pear cactus, a joshua tree, and a chuckwalla

em @tbm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Caught up on #Deltarune. I like it. Not a spoiler, just a theory.

A comic of younger Kris from Deltarune. They’re standing in a dark room wearing a headband with horns on it. Suddenly the floor crumbles and they fall into the dark world, losing their headband. In the last panel Ralsei is offering to help Kris up from the ground, and his horns are the same color as Kris’s headband.

em @tbm.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This year's #hourlycomicsday !

10 am cruelly awoken by spouse with a smoothie.
11 am indoor farmer’s market.
12 pm give my poor car his ear medicine.
1 pm lunch at applebees because Alex has never been.
2 pm recycle some cans for $7.10.

3 pm play solitaire on my phone.
4 pm nap because I slept badly.
6 pm Alex cooks an ancient roman stew.
7 pm talk to my friend Speck while we draw hourlies.
8 pm eat the Puls Cum Iure Oenococti, pork porridge with wine sauce.
9 pm watch tv. That’s all from me today!

em @tbm.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

A #lesmiserables comic featuring Marius meeting the Amis de l'ABC

em @tbm.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

My zines for the Pittsburgh zine fair tomorrow!