Meat Cake
Dame Darcy, Margaret ChoOne of the most beguiling presences on the comics scene, Dame Darcy has been bewitching readers for over ten years with her neo-Victorian horror/humor/ romance comic Meatcake. 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, Meatcake is like a peek into the most creative, deranged dollhouse you ever saw.
| status | Lost |
|---|---|
| genre | Horror |
| publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
| publish date | July 20, 2010 |
| popularity | checked out 4 time(s) |
Initially attracted to Darcy’s art style, I was really excited when Meatcake came in from the request list. I expected an extended narrative, and was disappointed; the characters are interesting, but the stories are rarely longer than a few panels. I made it halfway through the book before putting it back on the shelf. The characters are interesting, but I wanted more depth.