Lucy and Danae: Something Silly This Way Comesvolume 5

by Wiley Miller

It is a rare cartoonist who can introduce new characters into a successful strip without upsetting readers. But since Wiley introduced Lucy, the lovable Pygmy-Clydesdale-with-an-attitude as the companion to Danae, Non Sequitur's cynical anti-heroine, fans have been clamoring for more of the pair. Now readers can enjoy the adventures of Lucy and Danae in the Non Sequitur collection dedicated to their exploits, Lucy and Danae: Something...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740750992
• ISBN13: 9780740750991
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Love it

Danae and Lucy are two of my new favorite comic characters. How can you not love a small girl with plans to dominate the world and her philosophical talking horse? Danae is alway coming up with some grandiose idea of taking over the planet and Lucy is always calmly shooting down her schemes. I have enjoyed the Non Sequiter comic strip for many years and I always enjoyed the Danae strips the most. When I saw this collection I just had to spring for it. This is some funny stuff. Buy the book and enjoy.

Brilliant characters

Lucy and Danae is a series that spin out of Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller. They are two of my favourite characters. A conceited little girl named Danae with her incredibly sarcastic donkey friend Lucy. The jokes are hilarious. The chemistry between those two are just amazing. Life is almost always wacky with them around. Included are the collection of comic strips, dailies and Sunday coloured panels, that have appear on the daily strips. For fans of Wiley Miller, I have no hesitation recommending this book. It's brilliant.

Share a giggle

If you enjoyed Calvin & Hobbes, this will really tickle your funny bone.

Great collection!

Wiley Miller has become one of my favorite cartoonists. He's one of those unusual cartoonists who uses both continuing characters with a storyline and non-character gags in the same strip. He's also more than a little political, which may not be to everyone's tastes. This book gathers the strips featuring Danae, cunning and willful daughter out to get her own way, and her horse, Lucy. Laugh out loud funny social satire at its best! (A personal favorite: Danae trying to shock her father by wanting to go door to door to Jehovah's Witnesses and preach the joys of joining the Taliban.)

"Death Before Conformity!"

Danae, the queen of attitude. She's the one who wraps herself in an American flag, so that any offense against her whim of iron is an offense against all that America stands for. She's the one who feels that explosives, combustibles, and Ken dolls have a natural affinity for each other. She's the one who wants to preach the pleasures of the Taliban to the Jehovah's Witnesses, which she describes as "enlightening the deserving." Then there's Lucy, the pygmy pony. I'm not sure what to say about Lucy, except that she's the best critter in comics since Calvin's Hobbes went off to that "Best Of" collection in the sky. Wiley's cartoons always present a warped, cynical, and utterly accurate view of the world. He keeps Danae around as the voice of his most thoroughly warped accuracy. I gues that's part of what earns her a whole branch of her own in Santa's "naughty or nice" division - the branch that keeps putting in for overtime and hazard pay. This collection brings over a hundred pages of dailies and Sunday color funnies. I could wish that the Sunday strips were a bit bigger - some are small enough to interfere with easy reading. And, as with every other Wiley collection I've seen, the back cover comes way too soon. Still, this one is worthwhile for every comics fan and essential for Wiley fans. In fact, it might even turn youinto a Wiley fan - but then you'll have the book already and be way ahead of the game. Go ahead, enjoy Danae in all her dark-clad glory. //wiredweird