Frightful Fairy Tales [Paperback]

Dame Darcy (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 2002

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.

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From the Publisher

•Dame Darcy’s comic book, Meat Cake, has a fan base of over 10,000 loyal devotees.

About the Author

DAME DARCY is an illustrator, actor, and performance artist. When she'¬?s not on the road with her band, she might be found creating one of her handmade dolls or performing a palm reading. Her drawings and handcrafted dolls have been exhibited in galleries and magazines around the world. Dame Darcy lives in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press; First Edition edition (September 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580084648
• ISBN-13: 978-1580084642
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,661,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book makes me squiggle with delight !, October 4, 2002

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Lucien Desar (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is wonderful. Love, romance, lust, violence, horror, betrayl, mysticism, seduction, revenge, angst, twisted, wicked and jaw dropping. All of which describes the lovely Dame Darcy's illustration and writing style. If you are into all of the above with a victorian undertone you will love this book. She is like the young female version of Edward Gorey.....
Bravo! I can't wait till she releases another one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Quick Read, Could Use More Illustrations, December 18, 2007

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Vanessa L. Strickland "viscera_lace" (olney, md United States) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this after discovering that the Meat Cake Compilation is practically out of circulation. I'd say this is a nice little introduction to Dame Darcy, but I was hoping for more of a graphic novel or comic layout-- where as this is more like a storybook, with pictures appearing on pages of text.

The stories are simple and you can tell what her favorite words are because she tends to re-use them again and again... this shows her style off well, but I almost hoped for a more expanded vocabulary or just a greater variety of words.

All in all, not bad, but it makes me all the more interested to read the Meat Cake series to see how they differ.

SPOILER FOLLOWS

All of the stories, however, have happy endings, which honestly was not what I expected.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless and Twisted, November 11, 2002

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Dame Darcy is the coolest illustrator and comic book artist working today, period. I'm so glad she's branching out into book-sized books. This one makes a great gift for your favorite goth gal.