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The High Point, 12 Jan 2000
By PowerManG4 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Church & State I (Cerebus, book 3) (Paperback)
In my opinion the two volumes that comprise Church and State are the best of Cerebus. No longer Prime Minister and no longer caring about anything Cerebus is nominated to pontiff and decides everyone should give them gold. His object lessons with the young and old will give you a heartattack they are so funny. The underlying statements on religion, politics, and humanity is thought provoking and intense.
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Aardvark? hmm . . ., 5 Jun 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Church & State I (Cerebus, book 3) (Paperback)
Church and State is a fascinating introduction to the modern comic book, especially for those who are still expecting tights and superbreath. It is a compellingly complex political intrigue, as Dave Sim constructs his elaborate world in detail in this 3rd installment of his decades long work. Rather than being an illustrated history, the story moves from moments of remember to breathe humour to tenderness to satire to byzantine machinations and back to laughs. I'm especially fond of the end sequence when Cerebus has a cold: one of the chapters is entitled "na shid hids na fan." And every once in a while, you have to stop and slap yourself and say, "hmm . . . it's an aardvark."
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Darkly Humorous and touching, 25 Aug 2005
By David Lev "generic fantasy nerd" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Church & State I (Cerebus, book 3) (Paperback)
I loved this book so much. Cerebus is an odd character, as Dave Sim never tries to make him likable. His entire mindset is mercenary, and he only desires ale and the money to buy it with. And yet we still love him.In this book, Cerebus (through much political maneuvering) goes from being a cynical ex-prime minister writing his memoirs/ how to be a prime minister ("Don't listen to Lord Julius") to being an even more cynical (and married) Pope. As soon as he becomes Pontiff, he declares that the world's going to end and that everyone's going to die horribly if they don't give him gold. Lots of it. And forget about benevolence: annoy him with pleas or prayers and he'll throw you off a building.
Besides being a quite good satire of religion and religious leaders (I wish I'd have read this when Pope Benedict was appointed), this also includes quite a lot of just plain funny humor (Sophia's mother, the bit at the end where Lord Julius starts popping out of hidden compartments all over Cerebus's room), geniune emotion (The conversation betweeen Cerebus and Jaka especially), and a great and complex story. Now, to get to Church and State 2...
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