Lenore, Vol. 2: Wedgies (Issues 5-8) (v. 2) [Paperback]

Roman Dirge (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

Lenore is our favorite little dead girl! Part humor, part pathos, Lenore's travails are a combination of cuteness and creepiness that we're sure you'll find appealing. "Wedgies! collects issues #5-8 of the "Lenore comic book series and includes a bonus section in full color.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

With her pale face, huge eyes, skull barrettes, lack of a pulse, and propensity for senseless violence, Lenore could be the next full-fledged, merchandise-ready goth-girl icon. This compendium collects four comics, though there’s no through line anywhere. Rather, each issue is a hodgepodge of stories, poems, twisted fables, and tattoo designs. The jokes are pretty sick and swerve between genius (the taxidermied chipmunk who bemoans his missing back half until Lenore jams a pair of Barbie legs onto it) and the uncomfortably cruel (“Kittie #53” involves the relatively straightforward drowning of a cat). What keeps it afloat—for the right reader, of course—is Lenore’s obliviousness to wrongdoing. When she engages in “13 hours of gnome slaughter,” it’s only because she was overcaffeinated. It’s all a lot funnier and cuter than it sounds, which is a credit to Dirge’s ability to inject personality into his morbid mix of pale colors and black humor. Interestingly, Dirge’s occasional autobiographical intrusions (“Things Involving Me”) steal the show. --Daniel Kraus --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

"Through Lenore, roman reminds us that what lurks inside this reanimated ragamuffin is what lurks in...us all..." -- Nivek Ogre, from the introduction

Lenore does all the things the voices in my head want me to do. -- Jessicka, Jack Off Jill

Roman Dirge has the best imagintation this side of Tim Burton. -- Caroline Thompson, writer, Nightmare before Christmas

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: SLG Publishing; 3rd edition (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943151317
• ISBN-13: 978-0943151311
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lenore - the cutest little dead girl ever, May 1, 2001

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"julsp" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lenore, Vol. 2: Wedgies (Issues 5-8) (v. 2) (Paperback)

This is a collection of Roman Dirge's Lenore comic 5-8. If you enjoyed volume1: noogies, then you are sure to enjoy this. To those who haven't read the first volume, I recommend it if you enjoy dark humor. This is one of the funniest comics i've ever read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delciously cute and macabre in the same small package, September 13, 2001

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Robert Kaylor (Spring Valley, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lenore, Vol. 2: Wedgies (Issues 5-8) (v. 2) (Paperback)

I feel as if there has been a good amount of morbid, demented, and just plain odd comics to tied me over with for a while. Lenore is one of the better ones, the series is about a cute little dead girl, and her viewpoints on things...a bit different but still in the same style as Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. If you like things such as this you might try reading either the Sandman series, or perhaps the goth inspired Gloom Cookie, both are incredibly great in their own rights :)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best comic ever!, September 8, 2001

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Aurora Grabill (MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lenore, Vol. 2: Wedgies (Issues 5-8) (v. 2) (Paperback)

Who ever thought that someone could write so much about a cute little dead girl? I hope Dirge writes more! Anyway, for those of you who know Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, it's sort of in that style. The major difference is the easy to understand part; Johnny likes to go on really deep rants that are hard to follow, but Lenore is simply cute with a morbid sense of humor. She is such a role model, except for the cat killing. That's bad.