emily kardamis 🌻

@corruptedgem.bsky.social

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artist, button wizard, merry prankster. she/her, pronounced “car-day-miss.” — comic: http://steamedveggiescomic.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/corruptedgem portfolio: http://emilykardamis.com

a screenshot of ao3 that reads "1-20 of 36 works in tom and jerry: the movie (movie 1992)"
A poster for the Hello from the Magic Tavern 10 Year Tour: Arnie, Usidore and Chunt stand upon a cliff with waves crashing from the ocean below, bathed in the golden hues of sunset. A crow flies by above the title of the podcast.
A photo of a switch 2 screen showing Kirby air riders, specifically the city trial start screen showing Rick the hamster with a cowboy hat on
A screenshot of Aqua Teen Hunger Force captioned “I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this”
A meme image of a dog being blown by a big gust of wind. The text is partially overlayed with changes, and reads “that internet PSA I saw wasn’t lying, that SSRI can completely screw up my heat tolerance”
An illustration of Vera Vixen, drawn as a bipedal fox with a v neck shirt and satchel with papers flying out of it, and Lenore, a raven, dashing through a forested field at night.
A four panel comic rendered in yellow and blue. In the first panel, Emily stands before a torii gate, dwarfed by its large arches. The narration begins, “I don’t know. Every cartoonist makes diary comics about their trips to Japan.” In the second panel, in a steamy restaurant, Emily sits next to her friend Onsta, as they both eat meat off of skewers. Emily melts as she chews, saying “oh my godddddd onsta this meat is so GOOD” to which Onsta replies, “I know, I know!” The narration continues, “I don’t think I have much to say that’s all that novel.” In the third panel, Emily and her parents stand by a display case in the Nintendo Museum. She excitedly points to a floppy disc in the case, labeled “Time Twist for the Famicom Disk System,” as she says to her parents, “omg omg mom, dad, look at this!” Her parents look entertained if a little chagrined and are labeled “have been listening to me infodump this whole trip.” The narration continue, “I had fun. I’m glad to have spent this time with my parents too.” In the fourth panel, Emily looks out the window of an airplane at the wing of the aircraft and the Haneda airport. She smiles softly, and is labeled “person who’s about to get zero sleep on a 12 hr flight.” The narration concludes, “it doesn’t have to be much more than that, I think.”
A Patreon app screenshot showing an uptick of 39 visits for a total of 71 visits, which is weird
Panel 5: Rocky shoves Grace out of frame unceremoniously, knocking his glasses off in the process with a "Ok now Grace leave." Grace objects, laughing, with a 'aw come on, dude!"
Panel 2: Rocky is much closer to the viewer, waving his front arms excitedly. He says "Grace tell Rocky all about zine! Rocky excited about Earth art!"
A title card that reads "Thinkin' 'Bout Little Guys, vol. 2, oops! all rocky"
An illustration for an actual play podcast, Monsterhearts: Lone Canyon. Four characters stand in a circle on a concrete sidewalk, by the worn down signage for Lone Canyon Municipal College. Each character casts a shadow that signifies their game “skin”, or trope they play: the Serpentine, The Witch, the Hollow, and the Infernal. The scene is lit by the golden light of a setting sun.
A picture from tomodachi life showing gold ship, me, Ryland Grace from Project Hail Mary and Baron Ragoon from Magic Tavern just lying on the ground in a room styled like a classroom
A photo of a screen in Tomodachi life showing Mii Eva Stratt saying “A pro, huh? Well, when it comes to putting Ryan Gosling in space, I’m the captain of the all-star team.”
A screenshot of a push notification from Patreon that reads “try new features early, join 2k other creators who already have access…” except there’s also HTML code in the text because Patreon is good at being a website
A photo of the inside of a movie theater showing a cup in a drink holder and a tray of nachos on a lap as the pre roll plays.
A four panel comic, rendered in blue and yellow. In the first panel, Emily walks down the sidewalk, stretching her arms out and laughing. She looks relaxed and happy, and it looks like that is a relief. The narration begins, “grasp onto the small things that keep you alive.” In the second panel, we see Emily in a movie theater, carrying nachos and a drink as she tries to find her seat among the rows, saying to herself “uh, L5, L5…” The narration continues, “life rafts as the tumult in your head threatens to capsize you.” In the third panel, we see the movie screen with the seats now in silhouette: a frame from Project Hail Mary, where Ryland Grace tearfully embraces Rocky in his ball after he’s injured. The narration continues “hope is still there, glistening through the dark.” In the fourth panel, we cut back to Emily, now with a sweatshirt drapes over her shoulders, curled up in the theater seat, and crying while smiling. The narration concludes, “for you. For all of us.”
A cropped screenshot of a calendar event that reads “project Hail Mary screening (yes, again)”
Two panels from One Piece: Zolo says “we’ll be able to go when we die, right? Or close enough.” in reference to Skypiea. Usopp replies “zolo…you think you’re gonna make it into heaven?”
A series of four panel comics. In the first panel, Emily stands with her hands on her hips, glowing with sparkles radiating from her. The narration begins: “I felt like I did a pretty good job at keeping myself afloat this winter.” Emily says a quiet “haha yaaaay.” In the second panel, a large sphere looms over Emily, casting a shadow. The narration continues, “and as if to prove me wrong, seasonal depression walloped intimate this month, the with haphazard turn of the season.” Emily gives another quiet “haha yaaay.” In the third panel, Emily attempts to pull herself out from under the sphere which is now on top of her. The narration continues, “(or, maybe just normal depression? Eh, the details aren’t important.)” Emily, from under the rock, lets out a feeble “haha yaaay.” In the fourth panel, we see repeated frames of a figure pushing a rock up a hill, repeating more and more and getting smaller and smaller down the panel. The narration continues, “I’ve written so much about these waves, these highs and lows, and I’ve certainly used this imagery before, this allusion to Greek myth—“
A doodle of a gundam shooting the words “war is bad” over the head of a woman w short hair and glasses. The woman looks at a Haro by the Gundam and goes “wow!! A little guy”
An illustration of pochita from chainsaw man
An illustration of Haro from mobile suit Gundam
title text that reads “thinkin bout little guys volume 1”
A comic in black, white and screentone, titled “Cool Teen Mothman buys a Present.” In the first panel, Cool Teen Morhman, a bean with scrawny legs, wings, big eyes and a baseball cap turned backwards, trots down a field following a sign that reads “this way to the market.” In the second panel, CTM holds a calendar and looks panicked. The narration reads “uh oh! It’s Mothmama’s birthday tomorrow!” In the third panel, CTM stands in the market, surrounded by booths. The narration continues: “maybe some of Cool Teen Mothman’s friends can help?” Four more panels. In the first panel, CTM talks to the Lake Erie Monster, a Nessie looking creature, who holds out a hand made plushie, which CTM looks interested in. The narration reads, “this seems more like cool teen mothman’s thing.” In the second panel, CTM talks to the Tsuchinoko, who holds out a necklace. The narration continues, “Mothmama already has a necklace.” In the third panel, CTM talks to the Fresno Nightcrawler about a hat. The narration reads “has mothmama ever worn a hat?” In the fourth panel, CTM talks to Bigfoot, who holds out a candle. CTM wildly waves his wings in distress. The narration reads “definitely not that!”
A bust illustration of Kyoichiro Kaga from The Final Curtain by Keigo Higashino: he stands in profile, dark hair slightly disheveled with tired eyes but a determined look. Over him floats a worn paper with writing on it: a list of bridges in the Nihonbash neighborhood of Tokyo.
A photo of a woman behind a table with a sunflower tablecloth, with many comics and items set up on it.
An image reading “I’m tabling at Alley Chats Micro Con @ Sketchbook Brewing Co, 4901 Main St Skokie IL March 14 12-4pm” with a cartoon of a woman with short brown hair, big glasses, and a blue hoodie, who motions to the words and says “come on by!”
A screenshot from Umamusume of Matikanetannhauser
A four panel comic rendered in blue and yellow. In the first panel, Emily sits on the couch, hands resting on her stomach. She looks concerned as darkness closes in around her, but stares straight ahead. The narration begins, “ok, 5 things you can see, 4 things you can h— or— no, ok, wait.” In the second panel, we zoom in on Emily’s hands. The narration continues “just focus on your body, the rise and fall of your chest while breathing.” In the third panel, we see Emily in silhouette, floating in an empty space as ripples emanate from her hands and feet. She closes her eyes contentedly. The narration continues, “focus on how you can feel your arms, your legs, your feet, just your existence in space.” In the fourth panel, we once again see Emily on the couch, slouching down a little and staring at the ceiling. The narration concludes “everything else can come after that” as Emily says out loud “I should stop looking at my phone for a bit.”
Ncuti Gatwa and Sharon D Clarke in National Theater’s production of The Importance of being Earnest: Sharon D Clarke wears a gorgeous bright yellow gown and Ncuti Gatwa wears a floral patterned suit
A photo of two gunpla, a master grade char’s zaku and a chibi charzaku-kun
A four panel comic rendered in blue and yellow. In the first panel, hands hold a Gunpla sprue and snippers, clipping off a small circle disk from the sprue. The narration begins, “it’s funny to think about how this—leisure, enjoying hobbies—was a self imposed luxury for me for so long.” In the second panel, Emily, holding a bookmark in her mouth, flips through pages of a large hardcover book. The narration continues, “only a reward, never recognized as a need.” In the third panel, Emily lies on the couch under a comforter, glasses off, yawning widely and a Pompompurin plush tucked in the crook of her elbow. The narration continues, “I know the trade off is that I move slower now—“ In the fourth panel, Emily sits playing a game on her Steam Deck (Dead by Daylight), earbuds in and laughing with her friends over a call, represented by a speech bubble with their portraits scattered in it. The narration concludes, “but I think my life feels fuller as a result.”
An illustration of a woman with pale skin, dark shoulder length hair tied back with a pink bandana, wearing a blue shirt and holding a book. She looks at the viewer with a warm smile and a wink.
An illustration of Moominpappa reading to Sniff, Moomintroll, and Snufkin.
The bespoke pompompurin warmies plush now in my home
Hourly comics for 6 pm, 7 pm, 8 pm, and 9 pm to whenever. In the 6 pm comic, we see Haru Urara from Umamusume to designate an Umamusume break. In the 7 pm comic, Emily has dinner: a salad with tofu and broccoli. In the 8 pm comic, Emily builds a small Haro kit while on the phone and catching up with her mom. In the 9 pm comic, she goes to bed (but really, plays picross until an indeterminate time.)
hourly comics for 11am-2pm and 3pm, depicting lunch and tacos, and book store adventures
Hourly comics from 7 am to 9 am, depicting waking up, having breakfast, picking up a friend for an adventure to the Gundam store
A photo of an iPad on a lap and a big plush Haro from Gundam nestled in all cute and cozy
A four panel comic rendered in yellow and blue. In the first panel, Emily sits at her desk at the office, holding up her phone and playing a podcast episode: The Worst Gift Ever Given by Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. The narration begins, “I’ve been getting back into reading/watching/listening to horror.” In the second panel, Emily is back home and sits on her couch, back to the camera and focused on the tv in front of her, which is playing a YouTube video about the horror game Clock Tower. The narration continues, “it’s a kind of escapism for me right now.” In the third panel, Emily is dressed like Jennifer Simpson from Clock Tower being confronted by the Scissorman. Her glasses are broken and she looks in horror at her off panel attacker. The narration continues, “there’s something weirdly comforting about an unknowable evil, beyond our human understanding.” In the fourth panel, we cut back to Emily on her couch, eating Cup Noodle and looking at the phone that sits next to her, going off with alerts about ICE in different states. The narration concludes “it somehow makes sense to feel helpless against a cosmic entity or monster—versus the helplessness against very fathomable, very human evil.”
distressed rowlet
A four panel comic rendered in yellow and blue. In the first panel, a hand holds a tablet pen and draws on a surface, lining up with the narration. The narration begins, “I finish a comic about the day Alex Pretti was murdered and open Instagram to see that DHS agents have shot someone in Arizona.” In the second panel, we see a close up of Emily’s face, her eye in her glasses looking down at an unseen screen. The narration continues, “I open the news to see that the Doomsday Clock is now 85 second to midnight.” In the third panel, Emily floats in the middle of a dark panel in the fetal position, hands clasped to her face. Around her, the narration reads, “I think of childhood nightmares of the world ending, of the nothingness of death, of the fear of nonexistence, of being forgotten, of the billions of years in the future when the sun will expand and destroy the earth and none of it will have mattered and—“ In the fourth panel, we see Emily at her desk, clutching a mug with steam rising from it. The narration concludes, “I make hot chocolate before I have a full blown panic attack at work.” Emily thinks to herself, “warm means I’m still alive.”
A four panel comic rendered in yellow and blue. In the first panel, Emily attempts to take a selfie with a group of friends at a restaurant booth. Everyone attempts to crowd into frame, while Matt near the end asks “Emily do you want me to take the picture?” She abashedly replies “yes sorry my arms are short.” The narration frames the scene as being January 18th, and begins: “good times with friends.” In the second panel, Emily sits at home at her office desk, in front of her laptop. It’s January 24th, and her laptop screen is a social media feed with posts reading “ICE has shot another bystander in MN” and other similar posts. Emily looks on in horror. The narration reads, “contrasted with horrific acts carried out with tremendous cruelty.” In the third panel, Emily sits on her couch, wrapped up in a blanket and on her phone. She has several tabs open: her budgeting spreadsheet, mutual aid networks in Minnesota, social media feeds for doomscrolling. She looks up and to the left as her door buzzer goes off. The narration reads, “but it’s true that action is the antidote to despair—“ In the fourth panel, Emily embraces her friend, Em, who has arrived to hang out. Emily says “hi friend. today sucks.” and Em replies with a similarly exhausted “yeah.” The narration concludes, “and when despair won’t abate, we can at least give it welcome company.”
An illustration of a beaver in the style of an Animal Crossing villager: he is dressed with a hard hat and hi vis vest, holding a bundle of sticks in one paw and a clipboard in the other as he smiles toward the viewer.
An illustration of two men, one standing tall with short dark hair and dressed in a pressed shirt, khakis, and a red apron with a name tag that reads “Shiba.” He smiles and clasps his hands together, looking toward the viewer. The other man crouches slightly, looking mischievous, with longer dark hair bound in a loose bun. He is wearing a green jumpsuit with the arms rolled up, showing off built forearms and bandaged hands. Above the illustration are the words “thank you for shopping at Tenderness” in red.
A four panel comic rendered in yellow and blue. In the first panel, we see Emily in profile, mouth wide open as she sings, her speech bubble flowing into the second panel. She has both hands on the steering wheel of her car. The narration begins, “my voice hoarse from an evening with friends, and technically it’s around 1 am—“ In the second panel, we see Emily’s speech bubble, reading in large capitals, “I AM GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR IF IT KILL ME!” The narration continues, “but rituals must be observed.” In the third panel, we zoom out to see Emily’s car on the road, alone. She continues to belt out: “AND IT ALMOST KILLED ME!” The narration continues, “a lone car on quiet Chicago streets.” In the fourth panel, we zoom back into the car. Emily lets out a strained cough and remarks “went a little too hard.” The narration concludes: “a promise I’ll make as many times as I can.”
A screenshot of the track list for Bitter Melon Farm by the Mountain Goats listing The Sign as “written by: god, written by [channeled through]: Ace of base, written by [uncredited]: Jonas joker berggren”
A photo of a segment from This Year: A Book of Days by John Darnielle, reading “ The chorus refers to Odin Sphere, a game whose intricate plot can fairly be described as "convoluted" but features an arc in which a character finds himself in the netherworld, transformed into a rabbit. One of the game's mechanics is that characters can pick vegetables from the ground—“
A screenshot from Prof Layton and the Unwound Future of Layton on the ground, beaten up. A photoshopped Santa hat is on his head and the text box has been edited to read “my injuries were so jolly, I was Christmas for a month. I was lucky to be alive.”
A four panel comic rendered in bright yellow and blue. In the first panel, Emily drives a sedan on the road and is seen in profile. From the car she lets out a big “SNIFFLE.” The streetlight changes to green in the background. The narration begins, “I hold myself as an expert on crying in the car.” A disclaimer on the panel reads, “I am aware this is not a safe thing to endorse, but yell at people who make videos while driving before being mad that I’m a crybaby.” In the second panel, we see Emily in the car talking on the phone via Bluetooth with her friend Luke, who peeks over Emily’s speech bubble. Emily says, “I’m just so proud of you dude, it’s clear how much happier you are—“ The narration continues, “at least lately, it’s been for good things.” In the third panel, we see a different angle of Emily driving, a different moment in time. Tears stream down her face and she wipes some away, but she doesn’t take her eyes off the road. Music plays from the radio: “Just Like Christmas” by Low. The lyrics read “you said it was like Christmas but you were wrong, it wasn’t like Christmas at all.” The narration reads, “or the simple overflowing of feelings, too big to be held by the body.” In the fourth panel, we see a more recovered Emily, still driving. The narration concludes, “it’s just nice, I guess. To see this thing I was prone to as a celebration rather than a shame.” Emily concludes the comic by saying “I will pull this car over if one of these songs is White Wine in the Sun tho.” A secondary bubble coming from the radio identifies the podcast playing as No Skip Christmas.
A photo of Legends of Localization Book 2: Earthbound, by Cylde Mandelin
A photo of a woman behind a comic show table. She’s wearing plaid, a “defend trans futures shirt”, has short brown hair and glasses, and is smiling broadly. The table has various comics and stickers on it.
The promo poster for Genghis Con, showing a partying crow and a flaming circus in the background. The show information is listed, “Sunday, November 30th 2025 11am to 5pm, The Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression”
In the fourth panel, Cool Teen Mothman perks up as the narration asks, “Are you having fun though?”