Gloomcookie

Gloomcookie is a Goth comic. By Serena Valentino, it functions as both a Satire of goth subculture and a supernatural fantasy story. The main character is Lex, a Perky Goth who works at a novelty shop and partakes in a lot of the goth subculture. She finds out that she's Star-Crossed Lovers with Damion, a boy with a secret as to is origin. Other characters are Sebastian, a lonely Reality Warper and Max, Lex's on-and-off-again boyfriend.

The series had 28 issues published, and a one-shot Christmas Special. Artist that have worked on the series are Ted Naifeh, John Gebbia, Breehn Burns, Harley Sprax, and Vincent Batignole.


 * Abhorrent Admirer: Vermilion to Lex and later Moon Raven to Vermilion.
 * Artificial Human:
 * Attention Whore: Moon Raven.
 * Back From the Dead:
 * Black Comedy Rape/Double Standard Rape (Female on Male):
 * Clingy Jealous Girl / Crazy Jealous Guy: Isabella is one towards Damion and curses Damion when he doesn't return her feelings for him. Vermilion towards Lex but he can't take a hint. Moon Raven becomes one towards Vermilion but she won't take a hint.  Its just one big cycle of jealousy isn't it?
 * Dark Is Evil Marguerite and Carnival de Mort which she runs. Though, some of her minions seem to be Affably Evil or punch clock villains.
 * Dark Is Not Evil: The main cast and Carnival Macabre.
 * Depending on the Artist: Seeing as five different artist have worked on the series the designs tend to change quite a bit.
 * Dreaming of Things to Come: Sebastian
 * Dreaming the Truth: Early in the series Lex
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita: Naturally, as it satirizes a lot of Goth tropes.
 * Embarrassing First Name: Vermillion's real name
 * Emo Teen
 * Energy Absorption:
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Goth: Satirized.
 * Goth Spirals
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Lex and Damion
 * I'm a Humanitarian: The Monster and Marguerite.
 * Important Haircut:
 * Impossibly Tacky Clothes: Everything Moon Raven wears.
 * Love Redeems:
 * New Old Flame: Artemis to Isabella.
 * One-Hour Work Week: The main cast is always shown at night clubs or cafes, and Lex and Vermilion are the only ones who are shown to have jobs.
 * Of Corsets Sexy: Lex and Isabella often wear corsets as part of their goth attire.
 * Only Mostly Dead:
 * Our Gargoyles Rock: Damion and Isabella can change from human to gargoyle form, and summon other smaller gargoyles to do their bidding.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different: Can come back from the dead if they so choose. However, only psychics and mediums are aware of their presence.
 * Our Vampires Are Different: Meet in a goth night club, several of them look like Orlock, and are shown to be either neutral or evil.
 * Our Werewolves Are Different: Artemis, is more of the wolf man variety. He also has a hard controlling himself when he transforms into his werewolf form.
 * Perky Goth: Lex, at times.
 * Chrys and Lyndi too.
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Lex, Lyndi, Isabella, Sarah, Moon Raven, and Lucy all qualify.
 * Reality Warper: Sebastian does this both unwittingly and knowingly.
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Vermilion, who is convinced that he's a modern day Byronic poet, he sucks.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: Lex and Damion. They're both cursed.
 * The Cameo: In the chapter “Bad Goth Poetry with your host Vermilion” there is a figure in the background that looks like a certain homicidal maniac.
 * Totally Radical /BuffySpeak: Lex has come up with her own set of slang terms (including, Squishy, Oogie, and Yummy)that are used by her and the rest of the cast.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Castor and Pollux.
 * What Does She See in Him?: Lyndi and Chrys question Lex why stays in her on again, off again relationship with Max.
 * Woman Scorned: Isabella
 * You Are What You Hate:
 * You Are What You Hate:

''Wait, the page ends here?! That is so Oogie!''