Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse

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comic book series dark comedy comic horror comic

Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is a darkly comedic horror comic series featuring a debauched, dimension-hopping worm inhabiting a reanimated corpse, created by writer-artist Ben Templesmith.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse canonical	2
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse – Down the Pub	2
Wormwood: Calamari Rising	1
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse – The Taster	1
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 3: Calamari Rising	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10997649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse
Context triple: [Ben Templesmith, notableWork, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse]

A. Carrion Comfort
"Carrion Comfort" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that powerfully explores themes of despair, spiritual struggle, and faith through his distinctive sprung rhythm and dense, innovative language.
B. Los Muermos
Los Muermos is a small Chilean town and commune in the Los Lagos Region, known for its rural economy and proximity to the coastal and agricultural areas of southern Chile.
C. Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
D. Carrion
"Carrion" is a song by the British progressive metal band TesseracT, featured on their debut album "One" and known for its atmospheric djent sound and dynamic vocal work.
E. The Drowner
The Drowner is a crime novel by John D. MacDonald that blends suspense and psychological tension in a story of murder and moral ambiguity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse
Target entity description: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is a darkly comedic horror comic series featuring a debauched, dimension-hopping worm inhabiting a reanimated corpse, created by writer-artist Ben Templesmith.

A. Carrion Comfort
"Carrion Comfort" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that powerfully explores themes of despair, spiritual struggle, and faith through his distinctive sprung rhythm and dense, innovative language.
B. Los Muermos
Los Muermos is a small Chilean town and commune in the Los Lagos Region, known for its rural economy and proximity to the coastal and agricultural areas of southern Chile.
C. Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
D. Carrion
"Carrion" is a song by the British progressive metal band TesseracT, featured on their debut album "One" and known for its atmospheric djent sound and dynamic vocal work.
E. The Drowner
The Drowner is a crime novel by John D. MacDonald that blends suspense and psychological tension in a story of murder and moral ambiguity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic book series ⓘ dark comedy comic ⓘ horror comic ⓘ
artist	Ben Templesmith ⓘ
artStyle	painterly ⓘ stylized ⓘ
contains	serialized arcs ⓘ short stories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Ben Templesmith ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Medusa ⓘ Mr. Pendulum ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Wormwood ⓘ
firstPublisher	IDW Publishing ⓘ
genre	dark comedy ⓘ horror ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ
hasFormat	comic book ⓘ trade paperback ⓘ
hasProtagonistBody	reanimated corpse ⓘ
hasProtagonistSpecies	worm ⓘ
hasSpinOffOrRelatedWork	Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse – Down the Pub ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse – The Taster ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse
hasVolume	Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 1: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (comic series) Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 2: It Only Hurts When I Pee ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: It Only Hurts When I Pee Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 3: Calamari Rising ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: Down the Pub ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (comic series) Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: Mr. Wormwood Goes to Washington ⓘ Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: The Taster ⓘ linked to: Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (comic series)
includesElement	apocalyptic themes ⓘ demons ⓘ occult ⓘ
includesTheme	cosmic horror ⓘ gallows humor ⓘ parody of horror tropes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacterDescription	a debauched, dimension-hopping worm inhabiting a reanimated corpse ⓘ
narrativeStyle	episodic ⓘ
publisher	IDW Publishing ⓘ
settingType	multiverse ⓘ
targetAudience	adult ⓘ
tone	irreverent ⓘ satirical ⓘ
writer	Ben Templesmith ⓘ

How these facts were elicited