09/03/2026
Emily the Strange has crept into the shop!
19-year-old me would cry knowing we now have a shop carrying the very character and book that inspired me in so many ways.
I loved everything about Emily. She reminded me that it was okay to be strange. The book itself is also an incredible work of graphic art. The illustrations are deceptively simple, but so impactful. The pages play with matte and gloss finishes that give the black-on-black graphics a depth you really have to see in person to appreciate. I would get lost in all those nuances.
This book was one of the first things that made me really appreciate graphic art and understand how much you can communicate through a colors, simple shapes, and typography. It inspired me to pursue graphic art of my own, and Emily’s cat posse was actually the primary inspiration behind Spooky Cat’s logo.
It feels incredible to have Emily the Strange sitting on the shelves of my own shop when so much of my younger self was inspired by her. Come rediscover and fall in love Emily again, a girl who plays by her own rules and searches to be lost.
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