Roman Dirge

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]} After a few years, Roman Dirge‘s passion for art overtook him and he created the comic Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl for Xenophobe magazine. The comic strips were later seen by Dan Vado, president of Slave Labor Graphics.