Lise Myhre

• Born 1975-11-01

Lise Myhre is a Norwegian cartoonist. Her most famous cartoon is Nemi. Myhre started working as an illustrator from her teenage years, creating her first comic strips in 1996. These were published in various outlets, including the free newspaper Planetarium C, the Norwegian Mad, and Pyton. Her first comics were without recurring characters, before she created Anne And – a series that started as a tribute to Charlie Christensen’s Arne And (which is itself a parody of Donald Duck) – and the series M.P., which was published in Larson’s Gale Verden. In 1997, Nemi was born, initially as a random character in cartoons friendly mocking goth culture, and soon as the main character in the series Den sorte siden (also published in Larson’s Gale Verden). Nemi quickly became popular and debuted as a daily strip in Dagbladet in 1999. That same year, Lise Myhre won the Raptus Comic Festival’s debutant prize. In 2002, she received the Oslo City Art Prize for her “outstanding contribution to Oslo’s art scene.” Nemi got its own magazine in 2003. Since its launch, the magazine has been centered around a theme, with articles written by experts or others with an interest in the subject. It also includes various Norwegian and foreign backup comics in addition to Nemi strips.