Siren’s Calling: A Horror Noir Comic

A Horror Noir

A siren from the sea is loose in 1947 Hollywood.

Cover of Siren’s Calling issue 1: a red-haired woman with a scaled, clawed hand peers over a rock beside a skull

About

A siren from the sea named Lorie trades in her man-eating ways for a chance at silver screen stardom.

Words: John T. Trigonis
Art: Lauren Clemente
Letters: AW’s D.C. Hopkins
Production: Deron Bennett

Siren’s Calling created by John T. Trigonis & Lauren Clemente

Issues 1 & 2 available for purchase. (DM for details.)
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John T. Trigonis and Lauren Clemente holding an open copy of issue 1, showing the back and front covers (Ben is on the back cover!) — John T. Trigonis & Lauren Clemente with issue 1

From Issue 1

California. 1947. Everybody runs away from something eventually.

Press

Broken Frontier Siren’s Calling #1 – This Noir Thriller Builds Its Own Dark Mythology with Heart and Style Jason Wilkins · January 29, 2016

Instagram

Inside a gelato shop with Siren’s Calling artwork hung on the walls — Sirens on sirens on sirens! Sail on over to @bucketandbay, enjoy some gelato & look up and all around to take in the sights of SIREN’S CALLING comic book. (And pick one up for only $4, too!) All artwork by @lauren.clemente.
October 9, 2016

Issue 1 on a white ledge beside a coffee cup, overlooking the sea at Santorini — We’ve been a little quiet ’cause we’re rediscovering Lorie Lye’s roots. 💙🇬🇷
September 16, 2016

Ink sketch of a woman’s face half hidden by dark hair — Early sketch from issue 1 by @lauren.clemente.
September 8, 2016

Issue 1 on a wooden table next to a cup of matcha — Sit back & relax this Labor Day Weekend with a matcha & SIREN’S CALLING!
September 2, 2016

Issue 1 on a table beside a slice of pizza on a paper plate — The sirens sing by the slice! 📷 by Raul Garcia.
August 7, 2016

Black-and-white studio portrait of Lauren Bacall — It’s no secret that our Lorie is inspired by the fierce Bacall. 🔥
April 13, 2016

A hand feeding paper into a vintage typewriter on a convention table — Killing a lot of people at MoCCA.. Many deaths for a dollar! @trigonis
April 2, 2016 · video

Poster reading Siren’s Calling at MoCCA Fest 2016, with an illustration of a woman surrounded by black cats — Meet the creators! John and Lauren will be at NYC Mocca Fest this year! We will have Issue #1 and other goodies for sale. Save April 2nd & 3rd on your calendar and stay tuned for our booth number. Illustration from Society of Illustrators.
March 1, 2016

Comic panel of a dark-haired woman with a speech balloon reading So, what happened last night? — Wanna know what happened? You can find out soon...
January 27, 2016

A glass of red wine in front of a laptop showing a script — THIS is how #SirensCalling Issue #2 gets written.
January 20, 2016

A woman holds issue 1 over the lower half of her face, one eye showing, like the cover — A truly enchanting #SirensCallingSelfie by Tinay Sevilla.
January 18, 2016

Issue 1 on a table beside a glass of beer — Now THIS is how you get any evening up on its feet: With #SirensCalling & a glass of @ninkasibrewing’s Total Domination IPA. Thanks for snapping this festive shot, @kirklund! (Dig the longboxes in the background, too.) 🍻
January 17, 2016

A young girl reading issue 1, seen over her shoulder — Over-the-shoulder of #SirensCalling’s littlest fan!
January 12, 2016

Issue 1 on a table among bowls of fruit, a bottle, and a radio — Sirens hanging out with Beekmans best 💕 @beekmanlane Best neighbors!
December 30, 2015

John T. Trigonis and Lauren Clemente at a café table, in black and white — We went to print!!! 🤗 @trigonis looks excited 😂
November 10, 2015

Ink drawing of the Santa Monica Yacht Harbor sign at night with a car beneath it — The original inked #illustration of the opening panel ✏️: @lauren.clemente
October 16, 2015

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress, on a sketchbook page — I wanted Lorie to look like Lauren Bacall and Gene Tierney had a gorgeous baby who grew up to be a maneater. This one is a fave. ✨
October 14, 2015

Full moon over the New York City skyline at night — “The killing moon has come too soon!” Happy blood moon folks 🌔
September 27, 2015

Lauren Clemente and John T. Trigonis working at a laptop, he drinks from a mug — Working on redoing pages we both dislike the most. Sometimes you gotta kill your own babies. 🔪🔫🔪🔫🔪
April 11, 2015

Ink drawing of a woman sitting alone on the floor in a shaft of light — Lorie, the siren protagonist of #sirenscallingcomic, having a moment of inner monologue. Art by @lauren.clemente, words by @trigonis
March 28, 2015

Marquee lights spelling I Wake Up Screaming against a city skyline — #noir
October 15, 2013

John T. Trigonis in a hat, grinning, in front of the Archaia booth at New York Comic Con — Your writer, John, stoked about Archaia!
October 13, 2013

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