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Lenore
Lenore #1
The comic tells of the unlife and adventures of the titular character and her similarly odd (if not odder) friends. The story takes place in a small town called Nevermore (taking its name from the same poem as Lenore's namesake "The Raven") and the surrounding wilderness where Lenore's mansion and a nearby graveyard is situated.
The primary focus of the graphic novel is dark humor, with many of the stories having twist endings. Common themes are the reinvention of children's songs, games, and nursery rhymes to something more macabre, and subverting all sorts of pop culture icons and cultural figures in to topics of dark comedy. In one story, for instance, Lenore accidentally kills the Easter Bunny. Lenore's actions often result in the death or injury to those around her and in various forms of chaos. Lenore is a character who's a mystery. She often thinks she is doing good and occasionally shows good intentions. Although in recent issues it should be noted that the character has shown a change in personality. When she is asked of what her dream is, she replies that it's to rule the world. To further question this, it should also be mentioned that whenever Lenore gets really upset or angry, she can be very violent and often takes her anger out on whoever made her angry even if it's one of her friends. This results in most of her friends (all for except Mr. Gosh) being very fearful of her. She can also be spiteful. All of this results in Lenore being an enigma due to her at times thinking that she's doing good with meaning to do good and at other times wanting to do something that's more along the lines of being evil.
The comic also featured various onetime side stories (One of these stories, Samurai Sloth, is set to star in his own series) and occasionally guest strips from other artists (with Jhonen Vasquez being the most frequent). A recurring comic strip called "Things Involving Me" tells about the author's life and experience in an exaggerated, semi-autobiographical manner.
The primary focus of the graphic novel is dark humor, with many of the stories having twist endings. Common themes are the reinvention of children's songs, games, and nursery rhymes to something more macabre, and subverting all sorts of pop culture icons and cultural figures in to topics of dark comedy. In one story, for instance, Lenore accidentally kills the Easter Bunny. Lenore's actions often result in the death or injury to those around her and in various forms of chaos. Lenore is a character who's a mystery. She often thinks she is doing good and occasionally shows good intentions. Although in recent issues it should be noted that the character has shown a change in personality. When she is asked of what her dream is, she replies that it's to rule the world. To further question this, it should also be mentioned that whenever Lenore gets really upset or angry, she can be very violent and often takes her anger out on whoever made her angry even if it's one of her friends. This results in most of her friends (all for except Mr. Gosh) being very fearful of her. She can also be spiteful. All of this results in Lenore being an enigma due to her at times thinking that she's doing good with meaning to do good and at other times wanting to do something that's more along the lines of being evil.
The comic also featured various onetime side stories (One of these stories, Samurai Sloth, is set to star in his own series) and occasionally guest strips from other artists (with Jhonen Vasquez being the most frequent). A recurring comic strip called "Things Involving Me" tells about the author's life and experience in an exaggerated, semi-autobiographical manner.
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First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Roman Dirge
86 books397 followersRoman Dirge (born on April 29, 1972) is an artist and magician, and the creator of the Lenore comic-book series; he currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Told by his art teachers that he would never make it as an artist due to his crude style, he quit art and became a full-time magician. After a few years, his passion for art overtook him and he created the comic about Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl for Xenophobe magazine. The comic strips were later seen by Dan Vado, president of Slave Labor
Told by his art teachers that he would never make it as an artist due to his crude style, he quit art and became a full-time magician. After a few years, his passion for art overtook him and he created the comic about Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl for Xenophobe magazine. The comic strips were later seen by Dan Vado, president of Slave Labor
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January 25, 2015
Nice to know that Johnny the Homicidal Maniac inspired Lenore. It looks like. It's the same type of humor but with a more innocent outcome that makes it irresistibly creepy.
June 2, 2022
Great, wonderful, hilarious...loved it. Great artwork imo and awesome dark humor. Definitely reading more Lenore...you too Edgar Allen Poe...
June 26, 2017
Las comiquitas que uno veía de chiquito aaaaaaaaah.
March 20, 2019
Brillante!
June 1, 2020
Just hilarious! Well worth the read!
October 8, 2021
Did I just spend almost $40 to get this collection? Yes. Yes, I did. How am I just now discovering Lenore?
October 9, 2021
The first issue of Lenore: Noogies, by Roman Dirge
Cute zombie girl, bad taste, satire, comical.
Cute zombie girl, bad taste, satire, comical.
November 13, 2023
This was a creepy lil graphic novel. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I think I may check out the next few issues of this series.
December 3, 2023
a very nice start to a series. the art is sometimes sloppy but that's totally okay (im not an artist, i cannot do better.) the dark humor is nice and i love the fact that its grown a cult following.
January 3, 2020
It was good! Didn’t realize this is the first issue of the third volume. (It’s been four years since volume 2?!?!) I hope that Roman Dirge won’t take another 4 years to make volume 3. I’ll wait until the 3rd volume comes out. The longer the book, the more I’ll read of Lenore.
April 29, 2018
I forgot how much I loved these.
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