Meat Cake (1993 Fantagraphics) comic books
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Issue #0
Published Jan 1996 by Fantagraphics.$12.00
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. Includes an offer for dolls handmade by Darcy using real human hair. This issue 0 was actually published between issues 5 and 6. 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
Published Feb 1994 by Fantagraphics.$5.00
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. The two-headed twins Hindrance and Perfidia encounter Effluvia the Mermaid during a sea voyage; Richard Dirt and Wax Wolf find an even cheaper way to ride the bus. 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #4
Published May 1995 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
$3.00
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. A house made of stained glass has unfortunate consequences when the sun comes out; how to perform CPR. 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #5
Published Nov 1995 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. Friend the Girl seeks lessons in beekeeping from Dr. Granny; the haunting horse tale of the Ghost Filly. 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #6
Published 1996 (est.) by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$2.50
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. Effluvia the Mermaid and Scampi the Selfish Shellfish crash Hindrance and Perfidia's party; Dame Darcy creates paper dolls unlike any others. 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #7
Published 1997 (est.) by Fantagraphics.$6.00
$6.00
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. Tales of pyromania and other kinds of mania: "Bullets for Breakfast," "Demon Drink," "Twist of Fate," and "Cozy Corner". 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #8
Published Jun 1998 by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$6.00
Stories, art and cover by Dame Darcy. Dark stories of witchcraft, oddities and the occult, in Darcys distinctively Goth visual style. In an illustrated version of an old Appalachian folk song, a mother sends her kids away to school, but they return home as ghosts; also, an activity page from your nightmares. 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #11
Published Jul 2001 by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$8.00
$5.49
Stories and Cover by Dame Darcy. Art by Dame Darcy and Tommaso Nicolao. In Dame Darcy's neo-Victorian world of two-headed beauties, mermaids and deathly adventures, the horrible and shadowy people are the most seductive. Most recently seen in Alan Moore's Tomorrow Stories, Dame Darcy continues to delight us with her wicked sense of play with more Meat Cake! This issue, Hindrance and Perfidia reclaim their ruby choker stolen by a criminal lady and find Richard's husband in the process, Tommaso Nicolao lends his dark pen to lithely illustrate a tragic ghost story, and fine, delicious recipes from the Latchkey Kids Cookbook. Plus the beautiful continuation of the watery "Planet Blue" story. Pull the candelabra close and enjoy your copy today! 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #12
Published 2002 by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$6.00
Stories, Art and Cover by Dame Darcy. The blithely dark shadows of Dame Darcy's seductive Victorian-inspired world cover the surface of yet another intriguing serving of Meat Cake. Elegant society reveals its true nature with tales of deflowering demons, tea with a couple of Playboy Bunny virgins, a running commentary on Romanians, delinquent dolls, and what happened when Fashion Week met the apocalypse. This one delivers more of the heightened mix of proper etiquette and surreal dreamscapes! 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #13
Published Jun 2004 by Fantagraphics.$5.00
Stories, Art and Cover by Dame Darcy. The blithely dark shadows of Dame Darcy's seductive Victorian-inspired world cover the surface of yet another intriguing serving of Meat Cake. In this issue: Learn along with all the Meat Cake characters as they attend The Bat Institute of Technology and take classes such as "Drunken Boxing 101" and "Vampire Attack Class"; listen to a fairy tale about a witch who instructs a young man how to turn leaves into gold...at the cost of trapping his soul in his shadow; and Strega Pez assists her Alzheimer's-stricken grandma by putting signs on everything. 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #15
Published 2006 by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$8.00
$6.00
Stories, Art and Cover by Dame Darcy. In every issue of Meat Cake, Dame Darcy slices-and-dices goodies into a comics feast, and this latest issue is no exception. Populated with pirates, zombies and dolls, Meat Cake's absinthe-soaked Victorian art style thrives as the Dame expounds her theories on Albert Einstein, New Orleans and various movies. Plus: "The Handbook for Hot Witches"! 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #16
Published 2006 by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$6.00
$6.00
Stories, Art and Cover by Dame Darcy. Meat Cake profiles the romantic Rudolph Valentino, the secret language of flowers, love spells and spells for mermaid hair. Plus: Don't miss the true tale of the magical ball, and a kitten left by the faeries in a box of nails. Here are depictions of 16th century folk ballads about the uselessness of everything, as only Dame Darcy can depict. Plus: Sex magic! 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.
