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Meat Cake
by
Dame Darcy,
Alan Moore
VIctorian humor, horror and romance, guest-starring Alan Moore! Dame Darcy is one of the most beguiling presences on the comics scene— musician, actress, cable TV star, fortune teller, dollmaker, and last but not least, cartoonist to the core—and has been bewitching readers for over 15 years with her neo-Victorian horror/humor/ romance comic Meatcake. Alternating between ...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
July 20th 2010
(first published 2003)
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so, i don't really own this compilation, but meatcake was seriously my favorite comic forever and i've read them all. when i started reading the comic, i knew it was out there and i loved the drawings and was captivated by all the strange story lines. huge soft spot in my heart and memory for the dame!
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It's clear that these comics are self-indulgent fantasies- but that's all part of the fun. Her luxurious gothic personaes delve into nonsensical adventures, replete with blood, victoriana, and sex. Every desire is granted- mansions, vintage get-ups, handsome beaus, pearls and seas full of doe eyed sailors. Her ragged pen and ink style are beautifully rendered even when they seemed to be rapidly executed with a ballpoint pen. I've been a fan for years.
more like three & a half stars. & probably more for people who are really into comics. i am not really into comics, so i kind of automatically had to deduct a half-star for that. lots of mermaids, victorian ennui, conjoined twins, circus freaks, blood & murder, & fancy hats. it definitely does not always make sense, but it's a look. it makes me sad that when i searched for this book on goodreads so i could add my review, i had two options. one version of the book was credited to dame darcy, who ...more
Wicked little indie comic compilation, I liked it, but it felt like the art was a little too busy, and was distracting at times. That sounds funny since it's a comic, but if you see it you'll know what I mean. I think Dame Darcy's characters are wild, and perfect for that girl who never really fit in...
Illustrations are great. Very imaginative, some stories can be interesting while others fail to hold your attention. Great to flip through for the art, read the words only if you're curious about what's happening in the pictures.
i'm officially not a fan of the Dame. this was my second go with her work and most likely will be my last. i should love this stuff and i probably would have back in high school but it's just not for the emily of today.
These comics are funny. That's something that i can't say about a lot of comics. Read it.
using only black pen ink, dame darcy spins her wacky yarn in a whimsical victorian gothic fashion featuring pre-raphaelite drowned girls, fairy tale characters like a sleazy talking wolf and an aggressive mermaid, and a bunch of tawdry circus misfits, including a set of cozy-knitting-obsessed conjoined twins. with a foreword and back page quote by 90s personalities comic margaret cho and sonic youth's thurston moore. includes a story collaborated with alan moore. good fun.
PURE GENIUS. I want to be Dame Darcy when I grow up.
Blew my mind as a teenager.
Gothic queer collection of gorgeous comics by Dame Darcy. Mermaids and fantastical talking crustaceans are some of the magical, haunted and tormented characters. Foul mouthed sassy ladies in striped socks are queen in these stories. Twisted fairy tales and lots of blood. Hilariously dark humor.
OMG Dame Darcy! (yes, I just said OMG - and she deserves it). She is the most amazing comic book creator ever, with characters that eat the souls of shoes, bitchy mermaid sex sluts, horny Big Bad Wolves, and siamese twin co - conspirators.
I love this comic. Dame Darcy's drawings are creepy, sexy, funny, and cool. Mermaids, a sexist wolf, a girl with a Pez-dispensing neck for communication purposes, and lots of evil do-ers all coexist in this creppy world.
Love it. A mermaid, Siamese twins, and a girl who speaks in words written on oversized Pez that comes out of a bloody hole in her neck. Also a titgrabber wolf. And everything is super pretty.
Interesting...dark, weird and funny.
I was running with Charles aka Rube Ruben all the time then dame darcy comes to town and next thing you know I'm the chopped liver poet. These comics are pretty good.
LOve the world Dame Darcy creates!
Strega Pez! I love you!
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