Emily the Strange: Rock Issue

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

by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, Cosmic Debris

For those about to rock... here's the comic book you'll need when you get there! Rob Reger and Buzz Parker (the creative monsterminds behind Emily the Strange) turn it up to eleven on Emily the The Rock Issue. Join Emily as she journeys through the "herstory" of rock, stage dives, lights her guitar on fire, plays piano with her teeth, spends an afternoon in Traffic School with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs... and that's just the beginning!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy, Humor, Fiction, Teen

48 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2015

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

[EmilyP · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet little comic with a funny story and a poster included.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute, bizarre and very, very random. Emily is what Wednesday Addams would grow up to be in high school, which is just f'ing awesome. The comic book kind of reminds me of a goth/rocker version of a skit show, like In Living Color or the non-sucky years of SNL.

[Cupof Tea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the art. I have always been a sucker for the stickers and stationery of this brand.

My favourite parts were the double spreads of more concept art, such as the collage of old comic book adds. The storylines/writing were hard to follow and not very interesting though.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emily rocks out. Short collection with a goth/rock theme.

Fans of Emily the Strange will like this.

[areej · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will never grow out of 'emily's' phase. never.

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The puns are awesome as are all the musical references. And she's still our Emily up to her strange bad ways.

[Norman Howe]

Fantasy