Ida Larmo
O'boy
My Nutty Comic Diary

«Hello! My name is Kim. I’m turning eleven soon! No, my name is Ida. But if I had to choose, I would have been a boy. They have cooler bikes, and don’t create as much drama.»
Growing up, author Ida Larmo drew a cartoon diary from her life as a boy-crazy, drawing-crazy and O’boy chocolate milk-crazy girl. Now these uncontrollably funny,
embarrassing and delightfully uncensored diaries have been given new life in this standalone graphic novel for kids / youth.
And what a life! Join Ida in the tumultuous and confusing years between child and teenager with her first summer camp experience, first boyfriend... and first boob! Not to mention boyfriend lists, clothing crises, nude photos in the barn and scary kidnappers!
O’boy is a book about friendship, drawing, the urge to explore, insecurity, everyday school life, puberty, teachers, intrigues and falling in love – told through a child’s eyes. A charm offensive!
Awards:
The Sproing Award for Best Norwegian Comic 2024 by The Norwegian Comics Association
Included in the BRAW AMAZING BOOKSHELF! - Bologna Ragazzi Award 2026

Ida Larmo

Ida Larmo
Øyvind Arvola

Ida Larmo (b. 1981) is a Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer. She has successively written and drawn three graphic novels, which have received wide acclaim and won several awards.
With the documentary graphic novel Rigel –Echo of Injustice, published by Strand in 2022, Larmo won the prestigious Brage Prize inthe category “Open Class: Non-fiction for Children and Young People”. She was also awarded the Pondus Prize and the Ministry of Culture’s Professional Book Prize for Children and Young People.
In the spring of 2024, Strand published her witty graphic memoir, O’boy – My Nutty Comic Diary, which was honored with the Best Norwegian Comic Award by The Norwegian Comics Forum.
She is currently working on the documentary graphic novel Samson – An Executioner’s Life, to be published by Strand in Autumn 2026.

Rights sold to

Denmark

Other titles

Bow & Arrow
Rigel – Echo of Injustice

Foreign rights

Strand forlag
[email protected]
www.strandforlag.no

Awards

BRAW AMAZING BOOKSHELF! - Bologna Ragazzi Award 2026
Sproing Award for Best Norwegian Comic 2024 by The Norwegian Comics Association

Edited September 09, 2026 by Strand forlag