Emi Gennis is a cartoonist and illustrator from the Midwest. Her often macabre historical and true crime comics have appeared in several publications, including Symbolia, Bitch Magazine, and The Hairpin. Emi is the editor of Unknown Origins and Untimely Ends (Hic & Hoc 2013), an anthology of nonfiction mystery comics. She currently resides in southeastern Kansas, where she teaches art at Pittsburg State University.