Dame Darcy is one of the sui generis artistic talents of the past two decades ― musician, actress, fortune teller, dollmaker, Gen X/feminist icon, and last but not least, cartoonist to the core ― and has been bewitching readers for over 20 years with her neo-Victorian horror/humor/romance comic Meat Cake. Alternating between one-off (often cruelly tragic) fairy tales and ongoing romps starring her eclectic cast of characters, including Effluvia the Mermaid, the roguish roué Wax Wolf, Igpay the Pig-Latin pig, Stregapez (a women who speaks by dispensing Pez-like tablets through a bloody hole in her throat), the mischievous Siamese twins Hindrance and Perfidia, Scampi the Selfish Shellfish, the stalwart Friend the Girl, and the blonde bombshell Richard Dirt, all delineated in her inimitable luxurious scrawl, Meat Cake is like a peek into the most creative, deranged dollhouse you ever saw. The Meat Cake Bible is the definitive collection of the series, collecting every story from all 17 issues (1993-2008) ― including “Hungry Is the Heart,” Darcy’s legendary collaboration with Alan Moore ― as well as new stories from the unpublished 18th issue.

Collecting the best stories from the first decade of Meat Cake Comics: Victorian humor, horror and romance, guest-starring Alan Moore!

I think she's exquisite... I wish I knew her in high school' - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth 'Darcy's comics are aesthetic manifestos... Darcy is a star. Mark my words: Meatcake will prevail' - New York Times A neo-Victorian horro/humour/romance comic series, Meatcake alternates between curelly tragic fairy tales and ongoing romps starring her eclectic cast of characters, including Effluvia the Mermaid, the roguish roue Wax Wolf and Igpay the Pig-Latin pig, all delineated in her inimitable luxurious scrawl, like a peak into a deranged dollhouse.'

5 Issues of Dame Darcy's Meat Cake!

Sinister storytelling has never been so delightful! Legendary comic book artist Dame Darcy delves deep into the cauldron of romantic horror with five haunting fables, each certain to entice you with enchanting damsels, charming lads and cads, and other beguiling characters. Each skillfully crafted tale is adorned with the Dame'¬?s elaborate trademark illustrations, drawn in Victorian fashion, making this collection seem authentically from another-more poisonous-era. Detailed with alluring beauty, elegant imagination, and wicked humor, FRIGHTFUL FAIRYTALES unleashes ghastly mortals from the dark closet into your subconscious. But don'¬?t worry, it'¬?s all happily ever after in the end, just like a fairytale should be-you just might want to sleep with the light on.‚Ä¢ Dame Darcy'¬?s comic book,Meat Cake,has a fan base of over 10,000 loyal devotees.

Meat Cake reissues 1, 2, and 4 Welcome to my victorian dark fantasy fractured fairytale world, where everyone is dressed to the nines, even if they are complete freaky weirdos. Victorians thought it was fun to shock themselves with the new invention, ELECTRICITY! Flying moths! Two headed siamese cats attack siamese twins, and are still able to put money in the bank! Comix that read one way to see the first part of the story, then turn the page over to read the rest. A girl named Richard Dirt (BTW it was a close call that I didn't use this name instead of Dame Darcy as my pen name, what a different world it would be for me now) goin' to the petstore to buy a giant headless breaded scampi selfish shellfish as a pet, and having to train it with a bra during batting practice. Eating lots of cake! A fake preganancy and near death experience! Effluvia the mermaid driving in a car and getting a job at the freak show with Strega Pez the witch that speaks only through pez. Fillies! Ghosts! Invisible avator girl! The days of the week as a poem! Pussy lickin on the bus by a warewolf! Double yolked egg magic! A snail possessed by a parasite! Stained Glass baby made with real baby bones!Did Jesus appear in a pancake or is it Abraham Lincoln?Wax Wolf hides in a snowman to grab girls tits! Spontaneous generation and existence forgets things.Principles of magnetism!Learn CPR! Will O' the Wisp Octopus!