Roman Dirge

As a small, demonic child, Roman Dirge used to draw all the time. What he drew caused a lot of worry in his parents and teachers, and Roman was told never to pursue a career in art, for his style was crude and he wasn't very skilled. Roman still continued to draw, and soon published 'Xenophobe', a low-budget magazine covering the San Diego arts scene. Due to a 'production error', Roman created a small comic for filler in issue one, about the adventures of a cute little dead girl. The comic became an underground hit, and Roman considered making a full comic series out of the little zombie, named Lenore, after his love of Edgar Allen Poe. He showed his scribblings to some folks in San Jose and was picked up by Slave Labor Graphics. But Roman put aside the comics for his first love, magic, and pursued that career for almost a year until Lenore #1 hit the stands. Now, Roman continues to draw 'Lenore', along with other assorted side projects, such as his disturbed fairy tales for disturbed children book, "Something At the Window Is Scratching", and "Monsters In My Tummy" and "The Cat With The Really Big Head", along with being a writer on fellow comic artist Jhonen Vasquez's show, Invader ZIM (2001).