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Table oF ConTenTs
Patient Zero by Thea Cheuk ................................................ 116
Malign by T. Weisenborn ................................................... 120
564 by Winston ............................................................... 125
Damn Daniel by Meghan Bright .......................................... 134
Monsters by Morgan Barnett .............................................. 135
Dinner Time by Karly Andersen ........................................... 142
ERror by Ian Crovella ........................................................ 146
5,000,000 by Rita Lin ....................................................... 157
Project Fluffy by Ellie Erhart ................................................ 160
My Dearest Patchouli by Angelica Kim 164
Malware Vaccine by Jamie Knierim 170
Raw Egg ASMR Mukbang Not Clickbait!!! by James Lee 174
Hensonitis by Sammy Newman 178
Clickbaited by Grace Rizzo ............................................... 182
Biter by Meg Rogers .......................................................... 187
Venus in Virgo by Casper Pham .......................................... 188
Lovesick by Haleigh Wilson ................................................ 195
Sundae Report by Lyn P. ..................................................... 202
Gate Keeper by Zhaoyi W. ................................................ 208
Remedy by Diansakhu Banton-Perry ..................................... 214
Fewterer by Susie Grady .................................................... 221
Piano Man by Erin Joo and Eric Vandermeer ........................ 228
Viable by Liz McCown ...................................................... 234
Villianitis by Emely Pascual ................................................. 241
Sick Days by Lauren Johnson .............................................. 247
Morgan Barnett
Editor-in-Chief
A Senior in Communication Arts and an animation nerd of the largest sort, Morgan loves creating illustrations to fulfill any kind of narrative vision. With ambitions such as creating graphic novels and animated features, as well as working in visual concept design, she’s always excited to discuss the industry, storytelling, or just talk your ear off about D&D.
Susie Grady
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Susie is a member of the Corvidae family and senior in the Communication Arts department here at VCUarts. They write stories about villains, lesbians, and sometimes both.
Sammy Newman
Secretary
Sammy is a VCUarts Junior who loves comics and illustration. Her life goal is to make funny books for kids. In her free time, you can find her in one of Richmond’s many coffee shops, enjoying an overpriced beverage and sometimes sketching cafe-goers but mostly just staring yearningly out the window.
James Lee
Treasurer
James is a senior in Communication Arts. He loves painting and is working towards a career in visual development. He can also be found ravaging sketchbooks with whimsical characters and environments.
Diansakhu Banton-Perry
Social Media Chair
Diansakhu is a Senior in Communication Art. She is a character designer and illustrator that loves comics, movies, and fashion. She is inspired by science fiction and fantasy themes, and working with human emotion and expressiveness in animation and illustration. She has growing aspirations of melding the two concepts in her own work by constantly drawing people and watching an insane amount of sci-fi on Netflix.
Uri Hamman
Staff Editor and Graphic Designer
Coming to the Real World™ in May 2019: Uri. A concept artist specializing in creature design, they aim to break into the game industry and leave their mark.
Alex Hwee
Senior Editor
Alex is a senior in Communication Arts concentrating on illustration and concept art. She is currently focusing on the retelling of old lore and modernizing Chinese mythology to create stories centered around reevaluating and subverting traditional structures. When she’s not doing art she’s scheming, dreaming, and fighting a pipeline.
Evan McGrady
Staff Editor
Evan is a junior in Commarts with a minor in Craft who loves making comics, creating illustration, and crafting things. He has been with Emanata since he was a freshmen and loves making comics.
Casper Pham
Staff Editor
Casper Pham is an artist who lives their life in many places at once (Vietnam, the US, and the deep, deep cosmos). They are most passionate about creating and designing fictional environments in which grand romance and drama may one day take place.
Emely Pascual
Staff Editor
Emely is a senior at VCU, majoring in Communication Arts who loves bunnies, reading comics, and embroidering while watching anime. In her natural habitat you’ll probably find her riding her bike, getting at swol af the gym, or staying up to ungodly hours drawing. She’s developing her own comic in her free time and is geared toward doing illustration.
Trinh Tran
Staff Editor
Trinh is a senior in Communication Arts who focuses on storytelling through character designs and marine illustrations. Coffee, novels, and comics are her little doses of happiness during her spare time.
Erin Joo
Staff Editor
Erin is a self proclaimed dragon keeper majoring in Communication Arts. She loves a good story in any form of media and aspires to bring her own to life someday. When she’s not drawing, you can most likely spot her trying to convince someone to get a ukulele of their own.
Lindsay Hart
Staff Editor
Lindsay is a junior in the Communication Arts program with an interest in illustration and the alternative comics scene. In her free time she enjoys caring for houseplants and watching movies
Joey Wang
Staff Editor
Joey is a senior in VCU’s Communication Arts major, as well as a strategy games nerd, who loves Steampunk, Cyberpunk and DND-like fantasy stories.
