She's certainly the last person one would expect to be a demon slaying bad ass, but where Dancy goes hell is sure to follow. Dancy is a modern day Joan of Arc, chosen by a fearsome seraph as a divine tool for annihilating whatever lurks in the shadows. And this angel didn't fall out of some Nativity s A petite, albino girl with haunting red eyes and cornsilk hair, Dancy Flammarion seems fragile and ethereal.
And this angel didn't fall out of some Nativity scene--with four grimacing faces, batlike wings, and a flaming sword, this angel will not be rendered into a Hallmark figurine anytime soon. Dancy goes where and does what the angel tells her, but not without a little pushback as Dancy is certainly no shrinking violet. It's her tendency to rebel that causes her angel to abandon Dancy just when she needs it the most. Now Dancy's only allies are a talking blackbird, the ghost of a werewolf, and her trusty kitchen knife. This is a clever storyline as one is never really certain if Dancy is a religious zealot, seeing and believing in what is necessary to unapologetically hack and slash her way through the American South, or is she honestly chosen as heaven's lone soldier?
Dancy herself is cognizant of this conundrum, wondering if she's crazy or perhaps the sanest person on earth.
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The answers in the end aren't simple and, while I can't say much for fear of giving anything away, create a challenging and complex character that is more intriguing by the final issue than she was in the first. My one complaint is that Dark Horse has chosen to continue Dancy's story, but only as part of the Dark Horse Presents anthology, a title I'm not particularly interested in following.
Until Dancy returns in her own title, I think I'll check out Kiernan's Dancy novels for more of my favorite kitchen knife-wielding demon slayer. Cross posted at This Insignificant Cinder View all 5 comments. Dec 12, Miriam rated it liked it Shelves: Graphic and text do different things. Of course, that's obvious. It was very odd reading this version, having already read the novel. It's still a solid, fun story, but with a very different tone.
The most prominent difference is that in the novel it is never clear how much of what goes in is really happening or whether the protagonist is imagining all or some of it. Darcy is more clearly imbalanced when you are seeing things through her thoughts. But this was faster and less creepy, so if you're looking for a good fantasy horror comic with tough girls and a fun talking bird, here you go. Apr 24, Michelle Morrell rated it really liked it Shelves: I apparently jumped into this series in the middle, about an albino girl who is wandering a post-apocalyptic world perhaps?
Atmospheric and smart, I should have been more lost but the story was easy enough to pick up. Read it on my computer thanks to Hoopla and the local library. Aug 27, Michael rated it it was ok Shelves: Ich habe dieses Buch so lange schon kaufen wollen und immer wieder verzichtet. Sie haben eine Faszination, und dann gefallen sie mir entweder oder ich kann nichts mit ihnen anfangen.
Die Stimmung, die die ersten Seiten vermitteln, hat mich zum Kauf animiert. Aber dann sind es nur noch einzelne Sequenzen und Panels, die mir gefallen, die Story an sich spricht mich nicht an. Oct 24, Arielle Walker rated it liked it Shelves: Beautifully drawn, with engaging characters, but a lot didn't make sense. Found out later that this character already exists in short stories and this is only another part of her tale, I do wish though that more effort had been made to make this a truly standalone story.
Dancy Flammarion is quite an unusual character. A young teenager who has been on her own for a while, guided by a seraph who leads her to monsters she needs to kill.
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I first became acquainted with Dancy in Alabaster , and I was drawn to her character. I wanted to protect her, even though she is much more fierce than I could ever see myself. In Alabaster, I wasn't quite sure of how much was real and how much wasn't, as the writing was quite surreal. In this graphic novel, I think you pretty much k Dancy Flammarion is quite an unusual character. In this graphic novel, I think you pretty much know that Dancy isn't living out a psychosis of what's happening to her. Sometimes graphic novels don't tell stories well, but that is not the case with this one.
This story leads itself very well to the visual medium, so I am glad that they decided to make it into a graphic novel. The artwork is beautiful. Although some imagery is dark and disturbing, I still see a lot of beauty in the manner in which Dancy's fine features are drawn and painted as well as another young woman she encounters , and even the choices of color and design in the darker scenes.
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The motion of the wolves is conveyed very well, even down to their musculature and sinews. The artwork also brings the Gothic Southern atmosphere to vivid life. It is spot on with that otherworldly feel of the South, where a bloody history and rich folkloric heritage slavery and Civil War has tinged the land in so many ways. Even in the daytime scenes, the hot sun seems barely able to protect against the dark monsters lurking in the shadows. The lettering captures the feel of Kiernan's prose very well, and I could clearly hear the syrupy thick Southern accents as I read.
I was holding my breath as I read, not sure if Dancy was going to make it out of the very sticky situations she faces.
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She's very good at what she does, but she's not invincible, so she faces very real threats along the way. I appreciate how things ended. I'm not ready to say goodbye to this special young lady. I think this is a good read for those who are inclined more to classic horror, because it has such great atmosphere, and the storylines are tailored towards the older themes of horror. As I mentioned above, the Southern Gothic feel, but also a bit of the Lovecraftian sort of mythical feel.
It makes me think of those occult detectives who are alone in their fight against the monsters of darkness, such as Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John and Kolchak. This is awesome because Dancy is a young woman, and she doesn't need a man to rescue her. I have to give this one 4.
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I hope for more Dancy adventures in the future. Dec 08, Nerine Dorman rated it it was amazing. The artwork is well-executed and evokes the disintegrated landscape. A drifter, Dancy Flammarion holds onto her religious background as a moral compass while she goes about slaying such monsters as she encounters.
Much like Joan of Arc, this teenage girl is guided by a vengeful, fiery seraph which may or may not exist as a figment of her imagination. Wolves, written by Caitlin R Kiernan and illustrated by Steve Leiber, we join Dancy as she waits for the bus in an abandoned Southern town.
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Abandoned by her angelic guide, Dancy must face a great evil, ultimately coming to terms with deeper issues, such as whether she acts on her own will or remains a pawn of others. Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Who is the real monster? Dancy, or the creatures she kills? Either way, readers will be drawn into a world that hints at yet never full explains darker, blood-drenched mysteries. Not for the fainthearted, Alabastar: If you loved The Sandman, then go pick up this offering.
Jul 06, Damon rated it it was amazing Shelves: I noticed that the writer also writes novels, so I may check them out. Mar 29, colleen the convivial curmudgeon rated it it was ok Shelves: Pale Horse, a short story collection. I had read the novels previously, so I'm familiar with the character and the setting - but, if you're not, this book sort of just dumps you into the story without giving much in the way of background.
This entry into the world is ok. The story suffers a bit, I think, from the lack of Kiernan' 2. The story suffers a bit, I think, from the lack of Kiernan's haunting prose, which really adds something to her stories. It's still there in snippets, but it's not the same at all.
I thought this story might work better in comic form, but I found myself missing the lyricalness of the language I've come to expect from these stories. Mostly, though, I just found this a so-so story, mostly because Dancy kept getting her ass kicked and having to be saved. She's always something of an underdog character, but, in this, she seemed almost secondary to view spoiler [the ghost of a werewolf girl that she did kill, in fairness. That said, I did like the ending - the way that view spoiler [Dancy defied her angel and is now more her own person, and now she's absorbed all that dark power hide spoiler ] - so, I'm still onboard for continuing the series as I'm curious as to where it'll head next.
Dec 29, Nico rated it really liked it Shelves: A strange and almost gothic story. The heroine is a strange bird.
Reading this felt like it was the middle of a series, but I'm interested. I'm not one for preachy bible stuff and this is really full of it. I'm an outsider to most of that so this was rather strange to me. The heroine not only clings to bible stuff, she's apparently like a sword of God meant to kill monsters in his name.
Jan 04, Jess rated it it was amazing Shelves: Sep 17, anna rated it liked it. Such a kickass "snow white". May 30, Trike rated it liked it Shelves: An albino girl tasked with dealing out holy justice encounters a town full of ancient evil. This is in the same general story space as Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas and American Gods although not as dense or intense.
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This is neither bad nor great. It is what it is. Nov 26, Deniz rated it really liked it Recommends it for: A must for fans of graphic novels. Dark and haunting, yet still incredibly delicate and beautiful This is a collection of the miniseries. I have never before read any of them so it was a first encounter with Dancy for me. At first I thought the story line was rather the usual straight forward dystopian.
But then layers were added, pasts were revealed, questions were raised… and it became more and more intriguing. The question I was left with who was the really monster? The one that was never given a choice and made into one- or th Dark and haunting, yet still incredibly delicate and beautiful This is a collection of the miniseries.
The one that was never given a choice and made into one- or the one that brings death in its wake no matter how good the intentions? The ending was not an ending at all- I am hoping that Kiernan will do another sequel. The last few pages with the goblin kinda confused me actually. Might be because its an ebook- still I wasn't sure what suddenly happened or where it fits it with the rest of the story. The thing that definitely does make this a fantastic graphic novel is the art work.
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