Editing Roman Dirge

{{Short description|American comic book writer}}
{{Infobox comics creator

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| caption       = Dirge at the 2011 [[New York Comic Con]]
| birth_name    = Roman Elliot
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1972|04|29}}
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| area          = [[Artist]] and [[magic (illusion)|magician]]
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'''Roman Dirge''' (born '''Roman Elliot'''; April 29, 1972) is an American comic book writer, artist, and former magician. He is best known as the creator of the comic book series ''[[Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl]]''.

==Career==
Told by his art teachers that he would never make it as an artist due to his crude style, he quit art and became a full-time magician.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} After a few years, his passion for art overtook him and he created the comic ''[[Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl]]'' for ''[[Xenophobe magazine|Xenophobe]]'' magazine. The comic strips were later seen by Dan Vado, president of [[Slave Labor Graphics]].

Dirge has also written books such as ''Something At The Window Is Scratching'', ''[[The Monsters In My Tummy]]'', ''The Cat With A Really Big Head: And One Other Story That Isn't As Good'' and has done work for ''The Haunted Mansion'' comics. He has over 75 [[tattoo]]s.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

On February 26, 2013, Dirge and his then girlfriend were injured in a hit-and-run accident in [[Hollywood, California]], while crossing the street. One of Dirge's legs was severely injured and had to be rebuilt with a metal rod, but he was said to be in good spirits despite facing a long recovery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giveforward.com/pleasehelpromancoverhismedicalexpenses |title=Roman Elliott {{!}} Please help Roman cover his medical expenses |website=www.giveforward.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301011859/http://www.giveforward.com/pleasehelpromancoverhismedicalexpenses |archive-date=2013-03-01}}</ref>

==Animation==
26 episodes of a [[Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl#Animated films|Lenore Animation]] were created for [[Sony]]'s website ScreenBlast, these are no longer available on Screenblast, but can now be seen on Dirge's site Spooky Land.<ref>[http://spookyland.com/lenore.html Spooky Land] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926193641/http://spookyland.com/lenore.html |date=2009-09-26 }}</ref> Roman Dirge wrote for his friend, and fellow Slave Labor Graphics artist [[Jhonen Vasquez]]'s ''[[Invader ZIM]]'', and on the back of the second ''Invader ZIM'' DVD it says "Made with 100% more Dirge" with a picture of him on it, ''Invader Zim'' style.

== Music ==
Dirge was in a band during high school named Of Worlds Long Dead.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

Dirge provided original art for [[Scarling]]'s tour posters in 2003.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

Dirge provided the cover, booklet and CD art for the 2001 album ''[[Welt (album)|Welt]]'' as well as the cover art for the 2018 album ''[[Tricks (album)|Tricks]]'' by [[ohGr]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bayle |first1=Phellon |title=Ogre and the Thief of Welt |journal=MK Magazine |date=2001 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/mkultra2001.html |accessdate=26 February 2019}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
*''[[Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl|Lenore]]''
*''Something at the Window is Scratching''
*''[[The Monsters in My Tummy]]''
*''The Cat With a Really Big Head: And One Other Story That isn't As Good''
*''Peter The Pirate Squid'' (writer, art by Steven Daily)
*''It Ate Billy On Christmas'' (writer, artist, paintings by Steven Daily)
*''[[Haunted Mansion (comics)|Haunted Mansion]]'' (Art covers and stories)
*''[[Lenore: Pink Bellies]]''<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/92353/peek-inside-roman-dirges-lenore-pink-bellies-win-a-free-copy/ Roman Dirge’s Lenore: Pink Bellies]</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/taxidermied/ His Livejournal] (Last updated in 2009)
*[http://www.spookyland.com Official Website] (Spookyland is no longer owned by Roman Dirge and has unfortunately been taken over by VAMP and her "fiends" and redirects to The Fiends website. No reason has been given.

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