Author: Dame Darcy
This book was promising to me on the shelf as it proposed that it was reminiscent of the lines of Edward Gorey but alas. At least Gorey's stories make sense (even if its NONsense.)
Some of the art is nice, it is definitely of a style.
I was hoping that it would have some good horror or alternative storylines due to the work being vaguely reminiscent of Molly Crabapple's work. Boy howdy was I wrong.
This is the first book that I have come across in a very long time that I have no issue saying is absolute rubbish. There are no real storylines, the characters are extremely lackluster (though some had promising names), and the whole thing is a confusing mess.
Its not the kind of mess I like.
There are some things that I do like to be confusing or nonsensical or bizarre... but this does not to appear to have been done on purpose and is very much more the kind of random things one would write/draw in class on the sidelines of homework to pass time.
I definitely will not be reading more of Miss Darcy's work.
I may from time to time check in to see what non comic based art she has done though as her visual style is aesthetically pleasing.
She does not appear to carry the version of the book that I checked out from the library, so
find that here: https://www.amazon.com/Meat-Cake-Dame-Darcy/dp/1606993461/
ISBN: 978-1-60699-346-0
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