Little Gloomy

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Trade paperback collecting the first four issues of the Little Gloomy comic series.

Little Gloomy is a comic book published by Slave Labor Graphics. The first issue premiered in October of 1999. The series was created by Landry Quinn Walker and Eric Jones. Little Gloomy stories also regularly appear in Disney Adventures Magazine.

1 Characters
2 Goth subculture
3 Other
4 External links

[edit] Characters

Gloomy is a girl who lives in the town of Frightsylvania (a town of monsters) in a house with her friends. Often, the most strange things happen to her, which are mainly caused either by the faults of her friends or the plots of her enemies (though most commonly the latter).

Larry the Werewolf, is Gloomy's only sensible friend, who often is a key player in getting Gloomy out of trouble. He is sometimes used as Frank's straight man.

Frank, a miniature Frankenstein's Monster, is selfish and is often more trouble than the situation is worth. He thinks only of himself when his friends matter the most, and sometimes ends up rescuing Gloomy and friends by accident.

Mummy is another one of Gloomy's friends. He owns a bar and speaks entirely in hieroglyphics.

Carl Cthulhu is an octopoid sea monster that loves bunnies and claims that he will one day destroy all life.

Simon Von Simon is Little Gloomy's bitter ex-boyfriend seeking revenge. He controls an army of zombies.

Evey, The Rotton Witch was formerly Little Gloomy's best friend, until she discovered she could gain greater magical power and immortality by sacrificing Gloomy to the dark gods.

Shelly is the brain damaged result of Simon Von Simon's experiment to trap Gloomy's mind into a new, bride of Frankenstein type body.

[edit] Goth subculture

Due to the design of the central character and association through the Slave Labor Graphics publishing imprint, Little Gloomy is often labeled specifically as a goth related comic. As such, it was one of the first to reach mainstream audiences with regular distribution through Disney Adventures.

[edit] Other

In 2005 Walker and Jones published a new "Little Gloomy" series called "The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy" which contains short stories separate from the "Little Gloomy" story line.

Walker and Jones have another regular Disney Adventures feature titled Kid Gravity. In the universe of Kid Gravity, Little Gloomy is a fictional character and The Super Scary Monster Show is Kid Gravity's favorite television program.

There have been two toys from the comic to date. Carl Cthulhu and Mummy.