Em Cartoons Blog

As a bunch of you have spotted Em has bid a sad farewell to The Sun. A big thanks to the team there, who have been fantastic to work with over the past three months. Em will continue to appear on this site and should hopefully be back in print soon too. If you can’t wait until then and fancy some goth-fun, Misery Loves Company has just been released and is looking good. Also, this book kind of smells a bit like toasted sesame oil, so just in case the thought of a goth-collection doesn’t inspire you, it may still appeal to the food fanatic in you. http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3229

I’ve had the chance to work on some very cool and exciting projects lately. One of them involved collaborating with Green London, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to make London a healthier place by giving some excellent tips on recycling. Check out my contribution at: http://www.greenlondon.net/content/green-evening-maria-smedstad As you may already have spotted I’ve also done a one-off special for Gothology’s second book, 'Misery Loves Company', which will be published in the spring. You can see a sneak preview on this site: http://www.emcartoons.com/november-2009/gothology As well as the above I’m thrilled to be joining the team at Scan Magazine with a bi-monthly column about the trials and triumphs of life in the UK as a Swede. My first column is in this month’s issue and will be all about carpets. http://www.scanmagazine.co.uk/

Apologies for the sporadic and sparse uploading of strips this past week! Things are a bit crazy at the moment. The strips that feature in The Sun will be uploaded with a 48-hour delay from now on, but there should be other treats more frequently on the site for you. Thanks for your patience! x

Em will make her Sun debut this Tuesday 22/09. Hope to see you there!

Yes, it's true - Em will be packing her little messily drawn bags and move to The Sun for two days a week. And to those of you who have asked - no, she will not be on page three. I will as mentioned also keep her on here and will work my arse off to get this book that I have promised you for so long to happen.

As most of you know, thelondonpaper is closing. I would like to thank the whole team at thelondonpaper who have been an absolute pleasure to work with. Thelondonpaper has provided Em with a wonderful home for the past 3 ears. I also want to thank all you guys who’ve been picking up the paper (or possibly scraping it off the tube floor) during this time. You have been the best readers I could have wished for and I hope to have you along for whatever adventure comes next! I aim to find a new home for Em as soon as is humanly possible. In the meantime I will keep the strip running here, so stay tuned!

For any Scandi readers out there - Em will guest feature in Nemi magazine in Sweden, issues 3-6. (For longer if you guys like it.) Very exciting! I for one can't wait to see how it translates into Swedish. Let me know your thoughts.

Woo hoo, all up and running! Hope you approve.  x

 

Sorry this is taking so long to kick into shape!

Until this site is good to go you can check out the daily strips at the e-paper version of thelondonpaper at;

http://thelondonepaper.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

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Maria and Em

Hello! What do you think of the new site we're building? A huge thanks to David at DX2 design www.dx2design.co.uk for using his web magic and making it all happen. Many thanks also to all of you for writing in with great suggestions, I'm very excited to announce that I will now start uploading the strips daily. As per usual, because it's me, this will happen at a highly unpredictable rate, usually in the middle of the night, maybe some days I will even forget all together. So my final thanks for the day (night) will go to all of you for your great and kind patience. X x Maria and Em