Emily the Strange Graphic Novels

Series · 4 books · 2001-2006

By Cosmic Debris, Rob Reger

Books in series

Emily the Strange

2001

Emily may be odd, but she always gets even! Meet Emily, the peculiar soul with long black hair, a wit of fire, and a posse of slightly sinister black cats. Famous for her barbed commentary and independent spirit, this rebel-child in black has spawned an Internet and merchandising phenomenon (Emily's Web site gets 35,000 hits per month!). Emily the Strange, her first book, captures the quintessential Emily, featuring her most beloved quips and a host of new ones. Anarchist, heroine, survivor, this little girl with a big personality appeals to the odd child in us all.

Emily's Secret Book of Strange

2003

The secret life of Emily the Strange is quite a bit more strange than was previously understood. Uncover the truth behind her mysterious world in this recently discovered volume, Emily's Secret Book of Strange, the revealing companion to the best-selling Emily the Strange. Enter, if you dare, the house that Emily built. Decipher the secret language of the Emily Strange Morose Code. Learn little known facts, like what's developing in Emily's darkroom. In the same graphic style, with the same high production values, and featuring all new art, Emily's Secret Book of Strange is an irresistible sequel for Emily fans everywhere.

Emily's Good Nightmares

2005

A bona fide anti-hero of international fame, Emily's first two books have taken the world by dark-and-stormy might with more than 130,000 copies of the US editions sold, plus editions in 5 different languages. Now, Emily invites her brooding devotees to come even closer with a trip deep into her psyche in Emily's Good Nightmares. The same winning format and highly designed package featuring ghostly varnish effects on the page, a revealing die-cut, and a frightening new production trick involving Emily's worst nightmare (the color pink) lure fans into the intriguing dominion of Emily's dreamlife. Witness her favorite nocturnal imaginings, some scary, some spooky, some significant, and some just plain old strange.

Emily's Seeing Is Deceiving

2006

Emily's strange and sullen subculture of one continues to win the rebellious hearts and minds of millions of fans the world around. Now 13 years old, our defiant heroine has a major motion picture in the works, a quarterly comic book, and has made her mark on strange and best-selling merchandise from candy to couture, guitars to lip gloss. Despite her decidedly antisocial tendencies, Emily is more popular than ever. Her books and gift titles have collectively sold over half a million copies, and she is published in 5 languages. In this, her 4th book, Emily the Strange Seeing Is Deceiving, Emily challenges her dark devotees to see things her way. The same engaging format features fantastic production quality with ghostly spot varnish tricks plus eye-popping die-cuts. A brand new gift line will publish simultaneously, including some amazing new materials, such as vinyl and stitching. Fans, new and old, won't believe their eyes when they get a closer look at Emily's optical delusions.

Authors

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.