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Roman Dirge (born April 29, 1972 , real name Roman Elliot ) is an American comic book artist and writer, illustrator and magician . He became known for his macabre, black-humored comics. His best known work is Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl .
Career
Dirge was already told during his school days that with his simple drawing style he would never make it to a professional draftsman. Hence, he decided to become a professional magician. But after a few years he turned back to drawing. His three-year-old cousin's scribble inspired him to write Lenore in 1992 . He worked on this idea and created his first comic. Initially, he had to borrow the $ 600 needed to print his comic from his business partner Mike Murphy to get the project off the ground.
His first comic appeared under the name Xenophobe . In addition, Lenore was printed in Black Market Magazine . Xenophobe published six self -published editions until Dan Vado of independent publisher Slave Labor Graphics noticed Dirge at the Alternative Press Expo in San Diego and signed him. This gave Roman Dirge the opportunity to professionally draw comics and have them marketed in large numbers.
In the meantime, Roman Dirge has made a name for himself in the US comics scene, which is also reflected in numerous guest works with comparable artists such as Serena Valentino. Dirge has already been nominated four times for the renowned Eisner Award for his works . He also worked on the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim . In February 2009, the first Lenore collection was published in German by UBooks . Further editions of the series are planned there.
style
Dirges comics are exclusively black and white. His drawings appear bizarre and simple, almost like those of a child. The look of Dirges Comics is comparable to that of the puppet films by Tim Burton or related comics such as Gloomcookie or Nightmares and Fairy Tales by Serena Valentino . Some of his works are written entirely in rhyme, like children's poems. However, his comics are not suitable for children. The actions are too gloomy, too macabre and too cynical and the visual representation is sometimes too brutal. In terms of content, his works deal with the atrocities of everyday life, which are depicted with a lot of black humor or are dark fairy tales. There are, for example, beings like dead girls, a vampire who has been turned into a doll as a punishment, a ghost who lives in a spider, a person who is turned into a pumpkin and is eaten, bed bugs that eat children or a reindeer, who is in love with a bee.
Others
- The stage name Dirge means lament or funeral song in German .
- Roman Dirge describes himself as a tattoo addict. He already owns 75.
- Dirge submitted his work to Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson in the early 1990s , who are said to have been enthusiastic about it. These created films like Nightmare Before Christmas , Corpse Bride and Edward Scissorhands , whose macabre style is comparable to Dirge's comics.
- Dirge is personal friends with Jhonen Vasquez , the creator of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and the Norwegian Lise Myhre, the creator of Nemi .
- There is an animated series of Lenore produced by Sony . Lenore is represented by Jessicka , from the Scarling music group . and Jack talked off to Jill .
- Dirge is a member of the alternative rock group Of Worlds Long Dead .
- The character Lenore is loosely based on a ballad by Gottfried August Bürger , which was later taken up again by Edgar Allan Poe . In it, the girl Lenore marries her lover Wilhelm, who fell in battle and has now returned dead.
Works
- Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl (ongoing)
- Lenore: Noogies (anthology of issues 1 - 4)
- Lenore: Wedgies (anthology of issues 5 - 8)
- Lenore: Cooties (anthology of issues 9-12 )
- The monsters in my tummy
- Something at the Window is Scratching -Children's Tales for Disturbed Children
- The Cat with a Really Big Head and and one other Story that isn't as Good
- The Haunted Mansion (ongoing)
- Open Jugular Cheesecake
- Peter the Pirate Squid (as an author)
- It ate Billy on Christmas (with Steven Daily, also author)
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| SURNAME | Dirge, Roman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book artist, illustrator, and magician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1972 |