Gim Mouth Girl

April 20, 2022Nancy Ahn

handwritten text: "One of my favorite Korean staple foods is gim: sheets of dried seaweed Commonly served as a banchan at family style meals - seasoned, toasted, and cut into little rectangles-" over floating drawings of gim

text continues: "-it's perfect for wrapping around rice and other foods, and then eating in one crispy, umami-filled bite" over drawing of chopsticks holding a wad of rice wrapped in gim

text: "As a kid, I often ate gim on its own, crunching down one piece after another like they were potato chips" over a drawing of young Nancy, head thrown back in ecstasy as she munches on gim

text: At around age 5, I started mimicking the chic way I saw smokers on TV hold cigarettes..." over drawing of Nancy watching an Audrey Hepburn-like figure on a television set

text: "by feeding gim into one side of my mouth, brushing each piece along my cheek before it reached my lips." over drawing of a smug young Nancy holding a piece of gim to her mouth like a cigarette

text: "This irritated the surrounding skin so badly I eventually had to retire this bit. Unfortunately, not in time for picture day" over more floating drawings of gim

Actual pre-K class photo of Nancy with visible gim-related scabs by her mouth

Walking with My Mom and Her Friend

May 6, 2021Nancy Ahn

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Baby’s first comic in Korean!

COVID-19 Quarantine Comics

March 16, 2020Nancy Ahn

Week 1:

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Week 2:

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Week 3:

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Week who-even-knows-anymore

but also: Mother’s Day!

or as I’m calling it:

Asian Mother’s Day.

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된장

February 11, 2020Nancy Ahn

I'm rebranding!

December 30, 2019Nancy Ahn

Man with a Van Earring poster by Nancy Ahn (@nancyahnline)

I’m using this dumb joke that’s been rolling around in the ol’ noggin to announce that I’m rebranding FROM @kissthegook TO @nancyahnline! Why, you may ask?

My old handle was created more with the intention of blogging (!) about Korean food, which is now outdated on several fronts.
I want to really lean into my specialty with drawing/line work and I guess this may help with SEO? lol idk
I’m hoping this new bit of wordplay will help more people learn how to pronounce my last name. (Get it? Ahn, like on, as in online? Where you’re reading this right now??!)

Please follow me at @nancyahnline to see when it’s offish!

First Time

December 7, 2019Nancy Ahn

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AKA the first time I remember feeling embarrassed, AKA the first time I made up an overly complicated (though technically not INcorrect) rule, AKA the last time I spoke up in kindergarten …

when “how’ve you been?” is a loaded question

October 2, 2019Nancy Ahn

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