Stjernestøv og løgner

Nemi #2

by Lise Myhre

Nemi bok 2 fortsetter med årene 2000 og 2001, da Nemiserien virkelig begynte å ta av. Med med historiene Slem pike, Fri og grusom og et vell av morsomme striper.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics, Young Adult, Comic Strips, Comic Book

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Norwegian 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.

Reviews

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love it, but it has a lot of repeated jokes inside!!! Weird!!

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dissapointed by the number of duplicate cartoons in this book. Teach me to buy the first edition print run. Hope they fix that for the people who buy it after me.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super yas. Nemi is my queen.

[Trip · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second (translated) volume of the adventures of a Norwegian goth/metal/fantasy/slacker chick who snarks at modern culture and anything else that crosses her path, originally published in Norwegian newspapers. This volume was slightly marred by the repetition of a few strips, but on the other hand, I quite liked some of the full-page pieces.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good, so sweet. Funny thing though, the book had several printing flaws in which panels and even whole pages were reproduced. Weird.

[Aless · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 2, 2nd round of excellence.
No other comic could be so perfect for me.

[S.L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

More classic Nemi, shame a few of the strips are repeated from vol1 or earlier in this same volume, but still great

[Inger-Johanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jeg har likt Nemi ganske godt så lenge jeg har kjent serien, men noen ganger liker jeg nok tegnestilen litt bedre enn selve budskapene i hver stripe. Og så blir det litt mye med alle samlet i en bok, så det ville vært bedre å lese den litt over tid, sånn en stripe om dagen eller noe.

[Malene Erika Kristensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Den havde så ikke en dyt med halloween at gøre, meget misvisende forside. Til gengæld så var der en julehistorie i den. Den lave karakter skyldes at min humor og bogens slet ikke matcher hinanden.

[Grim · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING

[Vegan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fun volume. Best part was seeing the artist inside a comic strip but worst was there was about 3 repeats from volume 1 in here which is lax.

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

nemi is the goth antisocial girl you didn't know you needed

[Helena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oikein voimaannuttavaa lukemista viikonloppuaamuun!

[Dave Riley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought when I first started to read this that the comics were talking heads set pieces. I wondered how this woman could generate several volumes of Nemi-speak and be 'popular' outside her g home base of Norway...

But when you get intio it all these 3 or 4 panel sit coms are really inventive and enticing. This is great stuff if you allow it to register with your mindset.

Its' not so much the character on Nemi per se that draws me in, so much as the situational options Myhre sets up.

The whole roller coaster business of I-care/I don't care/ I care/Stuff it!/Stuff you! is really managed so well in these comics.

It's almost seamless.

Great reading for when you are annoyed.

So is Nemi.

[Eva Lavrikova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Je až neuveriteľné, koľko rôznych žánrov, foriem a štýlov sa dá nájsť vo svete komixov. A čo sa týka vtipných krátkych stripov, je nórska Lise Myhre majsterka. Jej Nemi je čarovná krásnym, úprimne sebeckým spôsobom. V množstve stripov sa človek nájde - a tam, kde sa nenájde, si aspoň praje, aby bola Nemi skutočný človek, jemu blízky. Nemi je totiž podmanivo obľúbiteľná, napriek tomu (alebo práve preto?), že sa o to vôbec, ale vôbec nesnaží.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

how did i not know about this comic strip?
Nemi is an beautiful, unrepentant, college age goth chick in norway (the translator has apparently moved the strip to england).
the last strip i loved this much was when i discovered "unshelved" about five years ago.

perfect for a strangers in paradise fan. complete w/an intro by tori amos

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nemi is awesome!

[Suvi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nemi can never disappoint. It's always hilarious, sarcastic and of course gorgeous art!

[Reija · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Nemi, kaikki on tähtipölyä ja valheita!
Ei maailma ole sellainen tai tälläinen - sitä vain valitsee millaisin silmin sitä katselee -
ja sinä olet valinnut sinun omasi!!

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[Carsten Scholz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very amusing. I would love to find more Nemi!

[Sarah M · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.25/5 stars (85%)

[Thomas Stroemquist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nemi is a very likable character, but the story ideas for the comic started to wear thinner even in the second album.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully Dark!