Roman Dirge
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| Roman Dirge | |
 Roman Dirge at ComicCon 2007. Photo: Comiquero.com |
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| Born | April 29, 1972 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | artist and magician |
| Notable works | Lenore |
Roman 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.
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[edit] Life and comics
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 Graphics.
He has also written books such as "Something At The Window Is Scratching", "The Monsters In My Tummy","The Cat With A Really Big Head: And One Other Story That Isn't As Good" and has done work for "The Haunted Mansion" comics.
He has over 75 tattoos.
[edit] Animation
26 Episodes of a Lenore Animation were created for Sony's website ScreenBlast, these are no longer available, Dirge has given permission for people to distribute them as they see fit, though any website distributing these is doing so without Sony's permission.
The original voice of Lenore was supposed to be Jessicka from the rock bands Scarling. and Jack Off Jill, but she was unable to do so.
Roman Dirge wrote for (his friend, and fellow Slave Labor Graphics artist) Jhonen Vasquez's Invader ZIM, and on the back of the second Invader ZIM DVD it says "Made with 100% more Dirge" with a picture of him on it, Invader Zim style.
[edit] Music
Dirge was in a band during high school named Of Worlds Long Dead.
Dirge is friends with Jessicka and provided original art for Scarling's tour posters in 2003, he was a guest at her wedding to Scarling. guitarist Christian Hejnal.[1]
Dirge provided the cover, booklet and CD art for the 2001 album Welt by ohGr.
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Lenore
- Something At The Window Is Scratching
- The Monsters In My Tummy
- The Cat With A Really Big Head: And One Other Story That Isn't As Good
- Peter The Pirate Squid (Writer, Art by Steven Daily)
- It Ate Billy On Christmas (Writer, artist, paintings by Steven Daily)
- The Haunted Mansion (Art covers and stories)
[edit] References
- ^ "This bride definitely wears black"Los Angeles Times Oct 28, 2007
[edit] External links
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| NAME | Roman Dirge |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Roman Dirge is an artist and magician, and the creator of the Lenore comic-book series. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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