Evelyn Evelyn
A Tragic Tale In Two Tomes
Written By Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley
Illustrated By Cynthia Von Buhler
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Cover Price: $24.99

When Amanda Palmer is involved in a project, you can always be sure the end result will be something fresh and unique. Ms. Palmer (some of you might know her as Mrs. Neil Gaiman) and Jason Webley have come together to bring us Evelyn Evelyn, the story of a musical set of conjoined twins. After the two released an album last year that tells the same story, Dark Horse has now published Palmer and Webley’s vision in hardcover, with haunting art by Cynthia Von Buhler.

Orphaned in extraordinary circumstances within a half hour of their birth, Eva and Lyn Neville bounce from home to home throughout their troubled lives. They spend time in a chicken coup, a shady lodge for young girls, become musicians in the circus, and finally work in a motel. Friends and enemies are encountered along the way, but no matter the circumstance, their bond with each other remains unbreakable. At one point, one of their caretakers loses track of which twin is which, and they eventually begin to simply call themselves “Evelyn.”