This September 19 sees the release of Roman Dirge’s THE BLOODY BEST OF LENORE – a selection of Lenore’s funniest and most manically silly adventures collected together for the first time in a special hardcover edition! Celebrating 25 glorious years of Lenore: The Cute little Dead Girl, this fantastic collection comes with a brand-new cover by creator Roman Dirge, and includes a stunning embossed 4-D cover!Eisner-winning Roman Dirge created the black comedy comic character Lenore in 1992 for the San Diego alternative magazine Xenophobe, and the character of Lenore has since become a publishing phenomenon with comic books and graphic novels, and even animation, with Sony creating 26 flash-animated shorts of Lenore for their website, ScreenBlast. Inspired by the poem “Lenore” by Edgar Allan Poe, Dirge’s Lenore comics books has garnered a passionate fanbase over the years as well as celebrity fans including Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and Rosario Dawson (Sin City).
“I love Lenore!” – Rosario Dawson
“I like the way Roman Dirge draws stuff” – Neil Gaiman
The Bloody Best of Lenore (HC, 176pp, $39.99,
ISBN: 9781785863042) collects fan-favourite stories by creator Roman Dirge, including stories like; Ragamuffin – the first appearance of Ragamuffin, the vampiric monster trapped in the body of a cute lil’ doll!; The Fugly Ducking – in Lenore’s twist on the classic tale, Lenore encounters a duckling who dreams about being a swan;Â The Macabre Mortimer Fledge – the shocking secret of Lenore’s rebirth is revealed in ‘The Macabre Malevolence Of Mortimer Fledge’This collection also comes wit a special bonus material section “Lenore & Friends” which features never before seen art material, and also includes an afterword written by Roman Dirge. Watch this video to flick through the book!
THE BLOODY BEST OF LENORE
Writer/Artist: Roman Dirge
HC, 176pp, $34.99
Publisher: Titan Comics
On sale: September 19, 2017
ISBN: 9781785863042
Celebrate 25 glorious years of Lenore (The Cute little Dead Girl) with Roman Dirge’s The Bloody Best of Lenore – a selection of Lenore’s funniest and most manically silly adventures collected together for the first time in a special hardcover edition!
Comes with a brand-new cover illustrated by Eisner-winning Roman Dirge and includes a stunning embossed 4-D cover!
Collects fan-favourite stories: Babysitting, Ragamuffin, The Fugly Duckling, and The Macabre Mortimer Fledge! Plus, includes special bonus material section “Lenore & Friends” which features never before seen art material, and also includes an foreword written by Roman Dirge.