Dame Darcy is one of the most beguiling presences on the comics scene -- musician, actress, cable TV star, fortune teller, dollmaker, and last but not least, cartoonist to the core -- and has been bewitching readers for over 15 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...