Emily The Strange: Rock, Death, Fake, Revenge & Alone

Emily the Strange (Dark Horse Comics Book single issues) #4-8

by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, Buzz Parker (Artist)

Whoever it was that told you not to talk to strangers needs to have a talk with Emily... Emily the Strange, that is. Emily knows that nothing is better than talking with strangers. In fact, the stranger the better! But that's Emily for you - she's the thirteen-year-old queen of the cultural underground, and she's too busy making up her own rules to follow anyone else's. That's how we've come up with so many insanely inspired ideas for the stories you'll find in Dark Horse's Emily the Strange Volume 2. This big, bizarre book collects the five most recent issues of Dark Horse's best-selling Emily the Strange comics, so you won't miss a single strange moment from the Rock issue, the Death issue, the Fake issue, the Revenge issue, or the Alone issue! We've all got issues, man. Isn't it time you dealt with at least these five?

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Music

152 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 2009

About the author

Reger's friend Nathan Carrico designed Emily in 1991 for a skateboard company in Santa Cruz, where Cosmic Debris was born. In his Santa Cruz garage (and later an artist warehouse in San Francisco) Reger created the designs, and with Matt Reed brought them into the fashion world by creating t-shirt designs that captured the essence of this mysterious young girl with 4 black cats. Since then, Cosmic Debris has grown into a multi-million dollar firm with dozens of employees.

Cosmic Debris has most recently moved its operations to Berkeley, California, and plans to open an Emily retail store there soon. With the momentum of mainstream success, several comics about Emily have also been made. Key creative people over the years (designers, graphic artists, illustrators), who have worked with Reger's Cosmic Debris design house are Buzz Parker, Brian Brooks, Grace Fontaine, Liz Baca, Noel Tolentino, Fawn Gehweiler, Jessica Gruner, Adele Pedersen and Nicomi "Nix" Turner. Rob Reger remains the key creative force behind the brand, and Buzz Parker is the key illustrator for the comic books and website.

Reviews

[Leann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars because I love the Emily aesthetic and the artwork, but there really isn’t much to read here.

[Marta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Emily the Strange vol. 2: Rock, Death, Fake, Revenge, Alone (2009)

Mi è piaciuto meno del primo. Graficamente sempre molto bello, ma frammentario e inconcludente. Non ci sono gli annunci, che erano la cosa più divertente dell'altro.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

More awesome strangeness from the world's strangest little girl.

[Nausicaa °.*･｡ﾟ · Rating 3 out of 5]

J'étais déjà convaincue avant de lire la bd, j'adore le personnage d'Emily the strange et l'univers autour. Je pense que j'aurais encore plus apprécié la BD si je l'avais lue étant ado. Mais j'ai quand même bien aimé la lecture, ça m'a fait marrer.
Par contre les lettres rouges sur fond noir, c'est trèèèèès peu lisible, faut forcer un peu les yeux

[Barbi Faye (The Book Fae) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This issue had a lot of rock and roll references, trippy artwork, several different stories. I loved all of the different pop culture references and illustrations; I am a big fan of Emily to begin with. I wish she was still relevant today... her merch was so cute. I love her attitude and her four kitties!!!

[Emma Valieu · Rating 1 out of 5]

Il n'est plus vraiment utile de présenter Emily the Strange, l'icône des lolita goth.

Le premier tome à être édité en France était franchement sympathique, l'univers sombre, cynique mais drôle de la petite était parfaitement bien représenté.

Ce tome signe presque son arrêt de mort... Je me suis ennuyée à mourir (contrairement au premier tome intitulé "Morte d'Ennui"... Strange, isn't it ?). Les dessins sont parfois grossiers et désagréables, certains scénarios n'ont même parfois ni queues ni têtes. ça sent gros la pompe à fric tout ça.

Bref, à moins de vouloir compléter la collection, il n'est vraiment pas indispensable.

[Pernille · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not a Emily Strange fan. She's boring.

[Ava · Rating 5 out of 5]

This had a surprising amount of references to amazing hardcore bands!! I was extremely impressed and it brought a smile to my face. Rock on Emily!!

[Bookwyrmgyrl]

Wow! This graphic novel was so BUSY, and so dark with its red and black tones, that I just couldn't get into it. Didn't finish it.

[Josep A. Rivero · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quizás la puntuación no es del todo justa. Fue el resultado de un calentón online sin saber realmente que estaba comprando de ahí mi pequeña decepción... tengo dos más de la serie, espero que mejore.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the illustration of this and the humor from the cats.