Rob Reger

Jessica Gruner

Brian Brooks

Buzz Parker

Collects the first three issues of the comic book series based on the cult icon Emily the Strange, or Emily Strange, a thirteen-year-old girl who has a rather dark outlook on life.

Lost, Dark & Bored

Emily the Strange 1

Emily is . . . 

1. A mad scientist
2. A cat lover
3. A mural painter 
4. A golem builder
5. A virtuo-spastic guitarist
6. A wicked skater
7. A wily troublemaker
8. A poltergeist tamer
9. A mystery solver
10. A master prankster
11. An eXtreme procrastinator
12. A happy loner 
13. A unique individual

. . . and now there are two of her.

Stranger and Stranger (Emily the Strange #2)

Sarah Sammis

In my mind, Emily the Strange is a young Abby Sciuto in that she's a mad scientist Goth with her own code of ethics that may or may not align with everyone else. In Emily the Strange: The Lost Days, Emily has to rediscover herself and her strengths and weaknesses. By the second book, Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner and illustrated by Buzz Parer, Emily has her memory restored so we get to see more of what she might really be like.

But there's a twist. While it might seem that the title is a play on the "'Curiouser and curiouser' said Alice" from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the title is more literal than literary. See, Emily has duplicated herself. But not it seems her twin is out to get her and her mother is no help at all, deciding to keep both daughters.

One Emily spends her time making a secret sanctuary (with help from a strange neighbor boy) in an abandoned bit of the city sewer. The other Emily meanwhile is honing her mad skateboarding skills and pulling pranks. All of their exploits are captured in diary form. There's just one problem... it's not always easy to tell which Emily is writing.

Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger is a book I had to re-read long parts of. This was a good thing. It was fun to track down the subtle changes in each Emily and figure out which one was writing.

While the setting is new there is a similar mixture of odd ball characters to round out this hybrid graphic novel. Emily's mother, while not a mad scientist, is just as delightfully odd as her daughter(s). There's also the boy in the sewer, and the dangerous next door neighbor who has her own agenda.

lost days

The Lost Days (Emily the Strange #1)

Constanza Catalán 

I think it’s okey, but the fact that the first have is kinda boring and just so long did not help. you don’t know what’s happening until the end, but it keeps you intrigued. so I would only recommend it if you have a lot of spare time and are looking for kinda of teen angst.

13 Elements you will find in the first Emily the Strange novel: 1. Mystery 2. A beautiful golem 3. Souped-up slingshots 4. Four black cats 5. Amnesia 6. Calamity Poker 7. Angry ponies 8. A shady truant officer 9. Top-13 lists 10. A sandstorm generator 11. Doppelgängers 12. A secret mission 13. Earwigs Emily the Strange: 13 years old. Able to leap tall buildings, probably, if she felt like it. More likely to be napping with her four black cats; or cobbling together a particle accelerator out of lint, lentils, and safety pins; or rocking out on drums/ guitar/saxophone/zither; or painting a swirling feral sewer mural; or forcing someone to say "swirling feral sewer mural" 13 times fast . . . and pointing and laughing.

Emily the Strange: The Lost Days

Zoe Smolen

Who knew a clothing character could make for such a fun book?! I've been a fan of Emily the Strange since I was in middle school, but never knew she had books until a few weeks ago. I checked them out on a whim, and this was was actually quite good. The story started a little slow for me, but once it picked up I found it go be a great read! The element of mystery was the perfect amount, the illustrations make it fun, and the story is slightly spooky, but mostly a blast to read! It's definitely a must read for anyone who is a fan of the character!

Emily the strange.

Luisina Rivoira

Sadly I ended up not enjoying this at all. I've read most of the Emily the Strange novels and I was expecting something similar, or at least a coherent story. Instead these are a million mini stories all put into one comic book that really make no sense and have no point. Very disappointed.

Emily the Strange 1 Lost, Dark & Bored

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