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Titan Books has signed up comics creator Roman Dirge, best known for his series Lenore, "the cute little dead girl" named after the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same title.
The publisher already had UK and Ireland rights to the Lenore backlist, which comprises three volumes and has now purchased world rights. Dirge both writes and illustrates the work.
Previously the volumes were published in paperback and were black and white. Titan will now publish them in colour hardback editions called Noogies, Cooties and Wedgies.
The first volume, Noogies will be published by Titan in late August. Fresh material will be first released into the comics market.
Lenore has built up a cult following and Titan said it now aimed to "propel her – and her creator – into the mainstream". Dirge said: "They have a lot of great ideas to facilitate the shoving of my little zombie girl into more poor unsuspecting peepers."
Titan’s managing director, Nick Landau, said: "I consider Roman Dirge to be one of the most exciting, talented and fun-filled comic creators of today."
He added that the deal, "not only brings his backlist back into print, but will allow him to create new Lenore comics and collections as well as a whole new range of vibrant, hilarious and bizarre character books".
Titan plans to publish further collections of old and new Lenore as well as art books to feature a range of Dirge’s work including unpublished illustrations, paintings and strips.