Cute Clip Art Edgar Allen Poe Raven Lenore on Cemetary Fence
| Lenore | |
|---|---|
 Original encompass of issue ane (1998) | |
| Created by | Roman Dirge |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Slave Labor Graphics, Titan Books |
| Schedule | Yearly |
| Formats | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Macabre, Nighttime comedy |
| Publication date | February 1998 – July 2007 July 2009 -present |
| Primary character(due south) | Lenore, Ragamuffin, Pooty |
Lenore, The Beautiful Little Dead Girl is a blackness comedy comic serial created by Roman Dirge, inspired by the poem "Lenore" by Edgar Allan Poe. Lenore has appeared in several comic books by Dirge. From 1998 to 2007, she featured in her ain series published by Slave Labor Graphics. 20-half dozen wink-animated shorts were also produced for Sony'southward ScreenBlast website in 2002. In July 2009, a new comic series started, at present published by Titan Books and called Lenore Volume II. Previous bug were made into colored edition merchandise paperback called Lenore Volume I, which is separated into three books.
On 31 July 2013, Lenore Book II #viii was released, marking the start of a plotline that continued for six issues.
Plot outline [edit]
The comic tells of the unlife and adventures of the title character and her similarly odd (if non odder) friends. The story takes identify in a small town called Nevermore[one] (taking its name from "The Raven", another of Poe's poems) and the surrounding wilderness where Lenore's mansion and a nearby graveyard[2] are situated.
The primary focus of the graphic novel is dark humour, with many of the stories having twist endings. Common themes are the reinvention of children's songs, games, and nursery rhymes to something more macabre, and subverting all sorts of pop culture icons and cultural figures into topics of nighttime comedy. In 1 story, for instance, Lenore accidentally kills the Easter Bunny.[3] Lenore's actions frequently outcome in the death or injury to those around her and in various forms of chaos. Lenore is a character who is a mystery. She often thinks she is doing good and occasionally shows proficient intentions, although in recent[ when? ] issues the character has shown a change in personality. When she is asked of what her dream is, she replies that it is to rule the world. To farther question this, it should also be mentioned that whenever Lenore gets actually upset or aroused, she can be very trigger-happy and frequently takes her anger out on whoever made her angry even if it is 1 of her friends. This results in well-nigh of her friends (except for Mr. Gosh) beingness very fearful of her. She can also exist spiteful. All of this results in Lenore being an enigma due to her at times thinking that she is doing expert with a meaning to benefit and at other times wanting to do something more than along the lines of beingness evil.
The comic likewise featured various old side stories (one of these characters, Samurai Sloth, is set to star in his own series) and occasionally guest strips from other artists (with Jhonen Vasquez being the most frequent[4] [5]). A recurring comic strip chosen "Things Involving Me" tells nigh the writer'south life and experience in an exaggerated, semiautobiographical manner.
Animated shorts [edit]
A series of 2-4 minute shorts was created for Sony's website ScreenBlast. Whatsoever other website distributing these is doing so without Sony's permission, although Dirge has given permission for people to distribute them every bit they come across fit.[6]
All films begin with a line from Edgar Allan Poe'southward Lenore: "A chant for her the doubly dead in that she died then young". "Dirge" also happens to exist the pseudonymous surname of Lenore's creator.
Movie plans [edit]
Plans were made for the making of a Lenore characteristic film by Sony Family Amusement.[7] A script was written, but information technology was not approved past Dirge. The contract has expired.
At his console at the 2011 Comic Con, Roman Dirge announced that Neil Gaiman has agreed to serve equally an executive producer for a CGI pic adaptation.[8] [ needs update ]
Lenore by Titan Books [edit]
Lenore Book I [edit]
Lenore Volume I consists of iii hardcover graphic novels that include 12 issues of the original Lenore Series originally published by Slave Labor Graphics simply in full color: Noogies (Issues 1-4), Wedgies (Problems five-8) and Cooties (Bug 9-12). These 3 volumes were previously bachelor every bit merchandise paperbacks published by Slave Labor Graphics with illustrations in blackness & white.
Lenore Volume 2 [edit]
Titan Magazines released a new line of Lenore comics in total color that started with a new #1 in 2009 and continues to exist published upwards to the nowadays. They also continue with their hardcover graphic novels line: "Swirlies" (which includes the extremely rare Vol. 1 #thirteen from the original series, also in total color, plus Vol. ii issues #i-3), "Purple Nurples" (Vol. 2 problems #4-7) and "Pink Bellies" (Vol. 2 problems #viii-11).
Characters [edit]
From left to right: Taxidermy, Muffin Monster, Ragamuffin, and Mr. Gosh, waiting for Lenore to rise from the dead.
Lenore Lynchfast [edit]
Lenore is a 10-twelvemonth-old undead girl who lives in a mansion with her other creepy friends. She died of pneumonia at the beginning of the 20th century, outcome #fourteen had more of her origin revealed.[9]
Her character has developed from beingness a somewhat malicious character in the early comics, hurting people out of spite or revenge, to a well-significant merely dim character who kills people past "accident", stemming from the fact that Lenore is generally unaware of her surroundings, besides as the fact that she is expressionless. Lenore says she loves animals (especially cats), but she constantly kills all her pets.
Later on, she reverts to her old cocky and starts hurting those around her with total intentions on what she is doing, as it can be seen in issue #9, when she insults Beggar and calls him all kinds of names and in effect #13 where she declares that her dream is to take over the world. Sometimes, she appears to enjoy others' misfortune, since she smiles when she hurts or kills them, and is often depicted as quite trigger-happy, especially when she is unhappy almost something or when she is angry.
Lenore usually does and says things that practise not make sense near of the time, resulting in the annoyance of her level-headed companion, Beggar, who considers her a dimwit, calling her "special in the head". Nevertheless, despite all that, whether she is actually dumbo or she acts stupidly on purpose, merely to torment Ragamuffin for fun, is unclear, considering at times she is shown to be quite intelligent-such equally in Vol. 2 issue #2, when she verbosely presents Mr. Gosh with various examples of "things she loves more than than him" which are quite revolting but quite witty all the same.
Later on she is taken past Death to the Underworld, she escapes from there and returns to the living globe, with Ragamuffin's help, who unburies her. She has two big, black wings, gained after her render from Hell. Apparently, she can let others see her wings only if she desires to.
In consequence #ix, she tries to tell Ragamuffin that he is her best friend, but she is interrupted past him, when he sprays a substance on her face to kill the worm that eats from her forehead.
Lenore gives Beggar a Valentine's Day souvenir in the bonus comic from Vol. 2 issue #2, where he accepts it until he realizes what she has given him as a Valentine's Day card is, in fact, a 'nard'.
In the later issues[ specify ], information technology is revealed that Lenore'southward concluding proper name is Lynchfast.
Information technology is unknown if she has parents or not. Given that she is over a century dead, her nascence parents would take also perished, but the fashion the priest talks to her in "Lil Ballerina" suggests that he may exist a father figure to her.
It is also unclear what blazon of undead she is. She generally appears zombie-like, just she has small pointed canines like a vampire. Given the fact that she gained wings, she may likely exist function-demon.
In the drawing, she has a Southern accent.
Beggar [edit]
Ragamuffin can at first sight look like a rag doll with worms for hair and polyester filling, but he has a very interesting background story and personality. Ragamuffin was a 400-year-old (every bit mentioned in consequence #13) vampire who fed upon the flesh of the living. One nighttime he attacked a young woman and ate her, but unfortunately, her sister, who happened to be a powerful witch, witnessed the scene. The witch cursed him and transformed him into a doll. A drop of Lenore'south claret somewhen returned him to consciousness, simply since her blood was mixed with embalming fluid the expletive was only partially lifted: he volition never cease to be a doll. (He was briefly reverted into his original trunk at the terminate of result #11, merely returned to his rag doll form in the terminal frame of outcome #12).
Ragamuffin is a little unsure of some of Lenore's crazier ideas and is oddly enough the occasional voice of reason in the comic. Even so, every bit shown in the later comics, Ragamuffin is loyal to Lenore, oft joining her plans in the wink-blithe cartoons. He is oft infuriated by her dimwitted beliefs, only he goes along with her in the end. One example is in consequence #13, when Lenore says that he is her trivial kid (or "baby", as she calls him) and, after many protests, he gives upward and lets her put a infant bottle into his oral cavity. In dissimilarity to the barbarous, savage nature of his original vampire form, he seems quite interested in somewhat more than humanlike activities as a ragged doll, though he does non admit it (he persistently denies it and tries to change the topic when Lenore accuses him of break-dancing in parachute pants in Vol. two issue #1).
Ragamuffin becomes very protective of Lenore and, in event #12, when he is reverted into a vampire, he remains by her side and tries to defend her from the Nazi zombies that ascended from Hell. In the same outcome, Ragamuffin threatens Mr. Gosh, when he disturbs Lenore, and makes him eat his ain bowels. Also in Vol. ii issue #1, Ragamuffin brutally murders Mortimer Fledge, who tries to become revenge on Lenore for quite unintentionally ruining his life. Beggar seems worried when Lenore gets sick, takes her to a doctor and he is really devastated when she dies for the second time in Lenore's last (Part 2). These actions imply the fact that he views himself as her parental effigy, or at least as her guardian. The supposition is validated by Pooty Applewater's letter of the alphabet, in issue #xiii, in which he tells Lenore that he cannot get out her with the Puff-Puff Midget, who calls himself Beggar, to protect her. In consequence #9, when Lenore falls briefly for Mr. Gosh (when his mask is removed) and shoves Ragamuffin abroad, he seems hurt and tells her he has feelings.
A new game based on Beggar has been made,[ten] in which he plays the role of Lenore's rescuer. All the same the game had been pulled from the App Shop as it was establish to have a lot of glitches.
In the original, animated serial, he is voiced past Roman Dirge, the titular author of the comics. Chant hopes to continue as the voice of Beggar in the Lenore movie.
Pooty Applewater [edit]
Pooty Applewater made his first appearance in issue #nine every bit a bounty hunter sent to bring Lenore dorsum to the underworld. Lenore convinced him to let her stay and he became 1 of her friends, playing a part in the battles that followed. He has a small-scale, bucket-similar head and carries a trident. In #13 Pooty suddenly vanished leaving a annotation that informed Lenore and Ragamuffin that his ex-wife wanted child support and that he would be fleeing to Norway or Mexico. But, 2 bug later, he re-appeared in Issue iii, Book 2, and has stayed with Lenore and Ragamuffin as a permanent resident since.
Since this, Pooty and Beggar'south 'buddy-hate' relationship has only begun to increase. At times, they lend each other a hand when they need one, (such as when they worked together to hibernate the Bloody Birthday clowns in outcome #6 Volume ii, or when Ragamuffin helped Pooty pull a splinter out of his donkey in Outcome #eight Volume 2), only they also can betray each other in small ways at the same time, and weakly fence like an old married couple. (Like when Pooty asked to accept a picture with Ragamuffin, and fabricated him look completely ridiculous past drawing and writing things to make fun of him in the background, or when Ragamuffin 'agreed' to tell Lenore how her parents actually left her and were killed by Taxidermy, only instead gave the wheel to Pooty by saying, "Lenore, Pooty has something to tell you lot. And if he doesn't, it means he hates you lot a lot.")
It is as well said by Lenore herself that she had e'er suspected at that place was a hinted romance going on between them, just never said annihilation.
Mr. Gosh [edit]
Mr. Gosh appears to exist a homo-sized sock puppet man with buttons as optics, but he is a dead person with a purse over his head. He is madly and obsessively in love with Lenore. Even after being killed several times by Lenore, he keeps returning from the grave — often saying that he forgives her for killing him, as he supposed she ever does it by "accident". He is as well unpopular amidst some of Lenore'southward friends, especially Beggar, who threatened to feed Mr. Gosh his own bowels if he bothered Lenore again in outcome 12. The threat was carried out in the next console. Lenore'southward repeated murders of Mr. Gosh include the "Lawnmower Incident", in which she ran him over repeatedly (according to Mr. Gosh himself, 164 times) with a lawnmower, after he proposed to her. Some of his other injuries include: being poisoned, being set on fire, bashed with a shovel, stabbed in the head vi times, and having his head explode, yet he still loves Lenore with all his centre. Lenore actually falls for him briefly when his hood is removed by Pooty. When Lenore realizes who he is, well, more than than his centre is broken. Beneath his hood his head is rotten and causes all who look upon it to vomit, except Lenore; she finds Mr. Gosh much more attractive without his hood. This could be his 'true form' or information technology could exist due to the 'lawnmower incident'. Information technology is revealed in volume 2, upshot 2 that he inherited a cupcake castle, which he used to live in before he moved to be closer to Lenore.
In issue 2 Volume 2, after finally having been rejected far enough and realizing how over-compulsive his advances on Lenore were, Mr. Gosh eventually fled to his cupcake castle in hopes of distancing himself from her, and trying to make a new showtime to movement on with his life. (But, of form, not before letting Lenore in on the word of his inheritance). Once there, Lenore before long followed, and while trying to just forget she had even existed so he could finally alive with a peace of mind, he was indirectly forced to take her in for a bout of his new dwelling house. After being utterly taken by all of the wealth (in sweets and toys) her ex-stalker possessed, she weakly attempted to convince him, the very 2d after they walked into the castle'south vast Hall of Toys, that she was in love with him after all, and even 'agreed' to marry without a pre-nup. Although Mr. Gosh could spot-on encounter through her plan, even albeit he did straight to her, once she held his hand, his only first reaction was to feel incredibly sad, just notwithstanding acknowledged that she was trying to trick him. Then, in order to get rid of this feeling once and for all, he took Lenore and Ragamuffin outside, along with a good amount of TNT, and told her that if she loved him, even if his entire castle blew upward, to stay where she was. Afterwards he pushed the lever down on the explosives, and his enheritance had been completely destroyed, he looked over to what he idea to be Lenore, and had a moment of pure happiness and total excitement. Which, is actually pretty heartbreaking to read, when he then discovers moments after that it's nil more than than a paper-thin cut-out of her. (signaling that she left in the blink of an center. Probably before he even destroyed the castle).
Gosh'due south electric current whereabouts are unknown, but due to his presence on the comprehend of Issue #11, Book ii, he may or may not appear once again in the climax of Book 2.
Taxidermy [edit]
Taxidermy is Lenore's odd-looking neighbor, who claims that his strange appearance is a 'medical condition'. As his name suggests, his very first appearance in the comics had him looking similar a tall, emaciated, suit-wearing deer with a stitched-upward head, and he even had hooves for hands. He after (and currently) takes on the advent of a homo with a rotting, taxidermied deer head. The latter design was too adopted for the flash cartoon. Despite his rather ghastly appearance, Taxidermy is a mostly benevolent character and very much an intellectual. He has a little pet named Malakai, confirmed to be a taxidermy form past Roman Dirge on the SpookyLand forums. Taxidermy also leads a horde of taxidermied animals. The horde appears occasionally to help Lenore and her friends against their enemies. Taxidermy was set to have his ain full color 32-page comic, just Roman Chant gave up on information technology later on nine pages.[ citation needed ] Co-ordinate to him, it is sitting in a box merely waiting to be finished.
From Volume Ii #eight, Taxidermy's back story and history are revealed dating back to Aboriginal Arab republic of egypt. Taxidermy, named Taxen Ra, punished parents who inflicted abuse on their offspring and their demise depended on whatever class of abuse took identify. Taxidermy was imprisoned as a issue for taking on the Egyptian gods but was later discovered by an archaeologist who accidentally released him. Taxidermy was dubbed as 'The Orphanage' by the press, for the many killings of children's parents, including Lenore's, which was revealed in issue 9, Volume 2. He left gifts and notes for every child he assisted and was never captured.
He lives in a cabin just behind Lenore's business firm and assists her when needed.
Dirge also has a life-sized vii ft Taxidermy in his living room that he along with a friend built in 2004 on a mannequin. During his Comic Con 2011 panel, Chant told of how the head of the Taxidermy has become less stiff over time equally the head is removable for the statue to be moved effectually. This resulted in the caput turning unexpectedly during a video game session and scaring him and a friend. Comic Con '04 also resulted in Taxidermy's head almost beingness stolen past a passer-past when Chant had placed it on the tabular array after the signing had finished. Luckily a member of the staff had seen this and got the head back.
Muffin Monster [edit]
The Muffin Monster is a nighttime dark-green-coloured brute who made his beginning appearance in issue #5 at Lenore's tea political party. Not much is known about him except that he likes muffins which seem to requite him gas. He dies in an issue titled The Creepig Creeping, killed by the titular Creepig. Lenore insists that he will be fine and attend her tea party, and he seemingly does, but is revealed to just be a propped-upwards corpse.
Kitty [edit]
Lenore oft carries a dead kitten with her. The kittens weren't expressionless when she got them, merely she accidentally kills every kitty she takes care of. At one indicate, she is confronted by the spirit of "Kitty #12" virtually her cruel behaviour towards animals. She attempts to justify her actions by claiming that her victims were evil. In the procedure she accidentally kills a bunny in a fan claiming that it looked hot. She had planned to get a weasel, just information technology was "too fast".
The Spam Witch [edit]
She first appears in installment #12 of the Lenore comic series. She is summoned by Pooty Applewater to help them defeat the Zombie Nazi hordes. Pooty refers to her, saying "That'southward Information technology. I'chiliad calling in The Spam Witch." He then holds up an object resembling a key or a bottle opener. The Spam Witch appears in a lite blue cloud of stars. She is naked, relieve for a traditional, blackness witch'southward hat; she is an odd pinkish color and sort of square in shape; she rides a broom, which she is never seen off of; likewise on the broom is a small black cat with yellow optics, who is never seen proverb or doing anything. The Spam Witch and Pooty Applewater have an bad-mannered commutation implying a past intimate human relationship which did not resolve well. She gives Pooty a spell book to aid them close the door to Heck. She then flies off, crashing into the cellar, and is supposedly eaten by a pack of dogs. The Spam Witch reappears in Chapter Ii of Purple Nurples, Wrath of the Creepig. Pooty summons The Spam Witch and Lenore summons Herman Von Ficklefrog (a frog in a bowler hat), the two appear in calorie-free bluish poofs, and so proceed to brand out in forepart of Lenore, Pooty, and Ragamuffin. The Spam Witch is instructed by Pooty to enact Programme 66. She casts a spell on the Creepig, saying, "Maniratoo Shampup-Kiss." Effectively neutralizing the threat by shrinking the Creepig to such a size that information technology will never be able to destroy Lenore, not thing how difficult information technology tries. The Spam Witch is then involved in a celebratory tea party.
Undead Nazis [edit]
Zombie versions of dead Nazi soldiers arise from Hell after Ragamuffin accidentally releases them. Their mission on Earth is to bring back the escaped Lenore, which they nearly succeed in doing. They are, however thwarted past Ragamuffin, temporarily reverting to his original, vampire form, and Lenore'due south neighbors, including Taxidermy. This plotline progresses in issues #ix through #12.
Ouchie Boo-Boo [edit]
Get-go actualization in upshot #10, Ouchie Boo-Boo is sent to capture Pooty and Lenore and return them to the underworld disguised every bit Lenore'southward sister. She turns out to be a skilled opponent, just Pooty kills her in effect #11.
Wicket Willowbean [edit]
Wicket was introduced in issue #13 and is claimed by Pooty to be his cousin. Despite first revealing himself to be a horrible demon, he then showed his real (supposedly more terrifying) course which is basically Pooty with a round helmet.
Mortimer Fledge [edit]
Mortimer start appeared in #1 of Volume Ii seeking revenge on Lenore, after her unexpectedly coming back to life during him embalming her created a dramatic change to his life, losing his family unit and his business. Mortimer was sprayed with embalming fluid which caused him to become immortal; however, had re-built himself to finally take Lenore and finish his job of embalming her. He meets his demise when Beggar rescues Lenore.
References [edit]
- ^ Roman Dirge (w, a).Lenore one: Front thing (Feb 1998), San Jose, California: Slave Labor Graphics
- ^ Roman Dirge (due west, a). "The Return of Mr. Gosh" Lenore 4: 1–2 (January 1999), San Jose, California: Slave Labor Graphics
- ^ Roman Dirge (west, a). "foo-foo 2" Lenore 5: viii–10 (Apr 1999), San Jose, California: Slave Labor Graphics
- ^ Jhonen Vasquez (w, a). "The Comic I Pulled from My Assss" Lenore iii: 23 (September 1998), San Jose, California: Slave Labor Graphics
- ^ Jhonen Vasquez (w, a). "The Greatest Comic Always Made" Lenore eight: 23 (Feb 2002), San Jose, California: Slave Labor Graphics
- ^ "Spookyland". Spookyland. April 29, 1972. Archived from the original on February three, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ "Spookyland Faq". Archived from the original on January 2007. Retrieved Jan 1, 2012.
- ^ "CCI: Gaiman to Produce Roman Chant's "Lenore" Pic". Comic Book Resources. July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ "OF MICE AND MENtal corruption". Taxidermied.livejournal.com. Retrieved January ane, 2012.
- ^ "OF MICE AND MENtal abuse". Taxidermied.livejournal.com. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Russian site
- Titan Books
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore,_the_Cute_Little_Dead_Girl
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