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Nemi #9
Du kommer ikke til å angre
153 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Lise Myhre
345 books140 followersNorwegian cartoonist. Her most famous cartoon is Nemi.
After a short study of graphical design at the Santa Monica College of Art in California, Lise Myhre started her career as an artist, earning money illustrating CD covers and t-shirts. She also participated in cartoon competitions and started giving contributions to Larsons Gale Verden, the Norwegian version of Gary Larson's magazine The Far Side ("M.P." in 1996).
From 1997, Myhre was given her own page in Larsons Gale Verden, "Den svarte siden" (English: the Black Side/Page), and this developed into Nemi. From 1999, Nemi was a guest cartoon in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, and from 2000 as a regular. The first Nemi album was published the summer 2000, and it was a great success. Since Myhre changed publisher, from Bladkompaniet to Egmont, in January 2003, there is a new Nemi magazine published every 6 weeks.
Nemi, with a circulation of more than 70,000 copies, is now one the two most popular cartoons in Norway, next to Pondus.
Nemi is today published in approximately 60 different newspapers, magazines and websites in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, England and Scotland. Amongst these, the Metro (in England, Scotland and Ireland), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), Ilta-Sanomat (Finland) and Dagbladet (Norway) are the biggest.
Lise Myhre has also illustrated poems by Edgar Allan Poe and André Bjerke.
She is married to musician ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnæs), and they have a son, Storm, born 2007.
After a short study of graphical design at the Santa Monica College of Art in California, Lise Myhre started her career as an artist, earning money illustrating CD covers and t-shirts. She also participated in cartoon competitions and started giving contributions to Larsons Gale Verden, the Norwegian version of Gary Larson's magazine The Far Side ("M.P." in 1996).
From 1997, Myhre was given her own page in Larsons Gale Verden, "Den svarte siden" (English: the Black Side/Page), and this developed into Nemi. From 1999, Nemi was a guest cartoon in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, and from 2000 as a regular. The first Nemi album was published the summer 2000, and it was a great success. Since Myhre changed publisher, from Bladkompaniet to Egmont, in January 2003, there is a new Nemi magazine published every 6 weeks.
Nemi, with a circulation of more than 70,000 copies, is now one the two most popular cartoons in Norway, next to Pondus.
Nemi is today published in approximately 60 different newspapers, magazines and websites in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, England and Scotland. Amongst these, the Metro (in England, Scotland and Ireland), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), Ilta-Sanomat (Finland) and Dagbladet (Norway) are the biggest.
Lise Myhre has also illustrated poems by Edgar Allan Poe and André Bjerke.
She is married to musician ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnæs), and they have a son, Storm, born 2007.
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May 21, 2014
Nemi never disappoints!
February 20, 2024
Jævla bra!
April 2, 2014
OK, so this is a tough call. There is much to like about the comic strip Nemi. First and foremost it contains a strong female lead character and often has a feminist message, while still being funny. That and the fact that it's been around since 1997, which is impressive as producing a daily comic strip is hard, hard work, and is published all over the world means that it reaches many readers and is an important comic strip by now.
Still, there is something in the drawings that, after what, 16-17 years, makes me cringe a bit. Compared to, say, Lina Neidestam's Zelda, where the art went from crude to excellent in a few years, Nemi still looks much the same as it did when it was introduced. A minor quibble, but it influences my reading of the strip. Looking at the cover illustrations which are also included in the book, it is clear that Myhre can draw much better, so maybe it's the speed with which the strips has to be delivered that hampers the art.
Reading Nemi in this collected format also makes me realize that some of the comics, and especially the longer ones, are a bit too wordy for my taste, making me skip pages. This might partly be due to the fact that the comics are reproduced in a smaller format here than in daily newspapers or in the Nemi comic book.
Still, there is something in the drawings that, after what, 16-17 years, makes me cringe a bit. Compared to, say, Lina Neidestam's Zelda, where the art went from crude to excellent in a few years, Nemi still looks much the same as it did when it was introduced. A minor quibble, but it influences my reading of the strip. Looking at the cover illustrations which are also included in the book, it is clear that Myhre can draw much better, so maybe it's the speed with which the strips has to be delivered that hampers the art.
Reading Nemi in this collected format also makes me realize that some of the comics, and especially the longer ones, are a bit too wordy for my taste, making me skip pages. This might partly be due to the fact that the comics are reproduced in a smaller format here than in daily newspapers or in the Nemi comic book.
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