Dame Darcy: Hi Jax & Hi Jinx

26 Feb Dame Darcy: Hi Jax & Hi Jinx

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With 50 plus graphic novels (and ongoing) cartoonist Dame Darcy is published internationally. Starting in the 90s zine scene her 500 page comic compilation Meat Cake Bible published by Fantagraphics spans her 25 year career as cartoonist, writer, and illustrator of graphic novels, and has been optioned as a feature film. She has collaborated with Alan Moore, Poppy Z Brite, Holt, DC, Marvel, Penguin and others. Gallery 30 South has recently entered into a partnership with the artist to exclusively offer ALL of the illustrations from her autobiography Hi Jax & Hi Jinx, published recently by Feral House.

 

Hi Jax and Hi Jinx is a black-humored, edgy social comedy based on the real-life experiences of cartoonist and musician/performance artist Dame Darcy, creator of the comix series Meat Cake. Her Gothic Lolita/ Punk/ Dada life is a no-holds-barred fight for social justice. Allying herself with witches, the LBGTQ community, billionaires, and Native Americans, Dame Darcy takes on reality television, self-publishing, fine art exhibition, movie production, the patriarchy and the soaring cost of higher education.

 

“Darcy’s Comics are an aesthetic manifesto… Darcy is a star. Mark my words.” — The New York Times

“Her imagery and style may have caught on in the wide world, but the originals are as menacing as ever.” — NPR

“She is the Earth’s manifestation of true love. Her desires are delivered through the sensual art of music, lyrics, and visual magic. Dame Darcy is an artist worthy of obsession.”
—Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth

“Her work is a young Miss Haversham stripped naked by John Ruskin, or at least that’s one of the many delicious images that spring to my mind from the exquisitely strange pages by the ingenious and inexhaustible Dame Darcy!” —Guy Maddin, Filmmaker

“Darcy makes mad and beautiful work.” —Alan Moore, author of The Watchmen

“Dame Darcy’s art resides at the crossroads between instinct and intellect, and every witch knows how powerful it is to bury talismans in that location. The Intersection. It’s the only place to cast a good spell. ” —Margaret Cho

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Contact gallery director Matt Kennedy for more information. (323)547-3227

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