Nemi (comic strip)

Nemi Montoya is the Oslo main character of the eponymous comic book series of the Norwegian artist Lise Myhre.

Figures

• Nemi is a Metal girl who wants to be neither grown up, nor reasonable or normal, the school has thrown, revered Alice Cooper and heavy music (Heavy and Black Metal ) and to in her unconventional life from job to job, man man, and from pub to pub lurches. Childlike but sarcastic, chaotic and philosophical, she comments on the world from their own point of view. Its distinguishing features include long, black hair, white skin and an uncontrollable passion for chocolate.

• Cyan is Nemis best friend. Due to their names she wears her hair cyan. She is much more down to earth than Nemi and goes eg a regular job after. Never judges Nemis escapades, but also occasionally tries, talking to her conscience or her back on the floor of the facts. It aims to establish long -term relationships and is therefore in the course of the comic either dating or single, but not promiscuous. Previously, she had two boyfriends, Tim and Leo.

• Grim 's boyfriend since 2010 Nemis. With his appearance Nemis ended promiscuous phase. It embodies their ideal image of a man: muscular, masculine traits, long black hair, dressed in black. He endures Nemis extravaganzas with stoic calm. Overall, however, his character is flat and weak.

• Ophelia was relatively new to the comic. She is an artist, overweight and maintains an extremely unhealthy lifestyle - are indicated, inter alia, Drug use and bulimia. Your are many sayings put into the mouth, for the Nemi since their committed relationship is not qualified and would not be fit to Cyan's character. She has several negative traits V.A. lack of self-reflection - she complains regularly behaviors in other people that it lays well on the day itself.

Content and concept

Most strips consist of up to four images are where represented by speech bubbles and subscribed acts splinter from the curious life of the main character and her Umfelde. Typical is the major theme and genre diversity, ranging from nonsense humor about aphorisms like events to romantic nature considerations.

In the original, as well as in the German translation the action takes place in Oslo, whereas she was transferred to the English edition to London.

Publication

Nemi comics in several Norwegian and Swedish newspapers, an English daily newspaper and in the German music magazine Orcus. In Norway, a regular comic magazine appears. In Germany, the Nemi comic books have been published in two about 144 pages thick hardcover volumes from the publisher UBooks 2006 and 2008. First, more German books were not planned because the sales figures in Germany were not high enough. In February 2013, a third volume appeared in UBooks / U-Line but under the title " Nemi 3: Nemi Wants to Know ," which contains 137 pages about 300 comic strips.