Lenore: Wedgies (Color Edition) (Lenore: Cute Little Dead Girl) [Hardcover]

Roman Dirge (Author)

Book Description

Series: Lenore: Cute Little Dead Girl | Publication Date: May 18, 2010

Return to the dark, surreal world of Lenore, the cute little dead girl with a knack for unintentional mayhem and occasional wanton destruction in this second instalment, beautifully and painstakingly coloured by Roman Dirge himself.

Editorial Reviews

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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

Review

"* "Sweet and strange and slightly discomforting... An unholy union between Tim Burton and Dr. Seuss." - Los Angeles Times"

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books (May 18, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1848562713
• ISBN-13: 978-1848562714
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.6 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,896 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.