Emily the Strange

Emily Strange ( Emily the Strange also ) is a cartoon character and a creation of the group cosmic debris that formed in 1993 by Rob Reger in Santa Cruz. Emily's artistic fathers Rob Reger and Buzz Parker.

First, T -shirts and other merchandising products were created with Emily designs, later comics were added. The drawings of the comics are printed in black and white with an additional spot color (red or pink ), the solid covers are designed with a gloss and embossing. Meanwhile, Emily received from Epiphone also own guitar with a specially dedicated to her painting.

Character description

Emily Strange is a 13 year old girl with long black hair, black dress, black tights, Mary Jane shoes and a pronounced straight face. She is in the company of their four black cats through life. Sabbath is a loner, Miles the fastest cat of the city, Nee- Chee, a nihilist and mystery is the leader of the group, which has a very close relationship with Emily.

Emily's world is bleak and pessimistic. It is nonconformist and has little contact with other people and also no need to change this situation. Due to the appearance of the figure, especially the typical 1950s hairstyle (such as Bettie Page ) and the girlish Mary- Jane shoes Emily articles are often counted for rockabilly fashion. The great demand for the garments meant that the original products of cosmic debris are difficult to obtain, often cheaper off-brand copies are offered.

The character of Emily Strange was used for advertising purposes illegal by both left-wing extremist groups as well as 2005 by the right-wing extremist " girl group " of camaraderie Gate in Berlin.

A similar character, which is, however, represented less aggressive, is the figure of Ruby Gloom.

With the participation of Mike Richardson, comic publisher and producer of films such as Hellboy, is a film adaptation of Emily the Strange in planning.

Criticism

The character Emily has very close resemblance to the character of Rosamond from the pitch nose - books by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. The people in charge of these books but have never seen money for their character.

Publication

So far, five volumes have appeared with the character. The first four were published in Germany by Verlag roller coaster, here under the titles Emily the Strange - Chairman of the Bored, Emily the Strange - The cover is WAY, Emily the Strange - Let there be darkness and Emily rocks. In addition, published in 2009 the novel The Missing days in which Emily Strange has lost his memory and tries to find out more about themselves and their origin. In fact folgenenen year under the title It is always strange published another novel. In this book Emily duplicates itself, which carries some consequences. A third novel, was published under the title Sinister times. In 2013, a film starring Chloë Moretz as Emily in theaters.

In July 2011, a video game published with the title Emily the Strage - Skate Range " for Mac OS X and Windows, which was later converted for iPhone and Android smartphones.