''Em'' is a

cartoon strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st c ...

written by Maria Smedstad, which depicts the life of a young woman and her friends living in London. It was first published in

thelondonpaper ''The London Paper'' (stylised as ''thelondonpaper'') was a free daily newspaper, published by NI Free Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International (who also own the companies that publish '' The Sun'' and ''The Times''). It was available fr ...

on 30 October 2006, and appeared daily until the paper's demise on 18 September 2009. It was then published in The Sun (newspaper) until January 2010. The strip has continued to be published online through Maria Smedstad's website, and in

Nemi Nemi is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome (central Italy), in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is northwest of Velletri and about southeast of Rome. The town's name derives from the Lat ...

's Norwegian and Swedish comic book, and since January 2012 has been published daily in Scandinavian paper, Aftonbladet. The same cartoon style has been used by Maria in her illustrations for Reb Williams' book, website and blo
Grow Your Own Cows
and also on a website supporting green initiatives in London. http://emcartoonsenespanol.wordpress.com/

References

British comic strips 2006 comics debuts Gag-a-day comics Slice of life comics Comics set in London {{UK-comics-stub