- Paperback: 247 pages
- Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim (Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0919359140
- ISBN-13: 978-0919359147
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 18.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 309,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Violence and literature, the biographical one,
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This review is from: Women (Cerebus, Book 8) (Paperback)
The ninth book in the series that began with Cerebus.Here, as well as the bringing together of those who would make the ascent to tarim/terim, we get a little insight into what it's like to be an author; rather specifically Dave Sim. For Cerebus followers, this is another of those, half-text, half-cartoon ones. It seems that Dave wrote part of the book about his motivation for what goes into the cartoon bits, he also writes about the reaction of, 'the reader', perhaps to make us see things that we did not notice when reading the graphic novel bits. This is a worthy read for hardcore cerebus fans, but is a long way removed for the humble beginnings that may have lured casual readers in. I considered three stars, then decided that the use of text was well considered and the biographical part was less arrogant and more entertaining than I originally thought.
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The earthpig saga,
By wiredweird "wiredweird" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Women (Cerebus, Book 8) (Paperback)
Much more than most comics, each issue of Cerebus has been one small slice of a long-lived story arc. It's never been easy to pick up one issue and jump into the flow of what's happening. This allowed Sim a lot more freedom in developing his stories and characters than has been available to mainstream writers, who need to hook attention-deficient new readers no matter what issue they start with. This collection, issues #163-174 of the eventual 300, shows just how well and how poorly that approach can work.
Cerebus, the earthpig born, has become involved in a standoff between the hard-line and the progressive elements of a matriarchal theocracy. Somehow, he navigates between the factions and factions-within-factions, battle-dazed from issues before this book and bottle-dazed because of issues he seeks to drown in scotch. While he plays tag with consciousness, the clock ticks onward toward a religious meltdown with potentially genocidal outcomes (this was written in 1994). In the mean time, characters around the edges keep up humorous banter and brilliant satire. These issues of Cerebus were written around the time that Gaimain's "Sandman" was popular, even though I wasn't aware of Sandman back then. As a result, Sim posts two of his all-purpose sidekicks to satire duty, as Swoon, a wanking takeoff on the dreamlord, and a Death in drag, with a voice like Foghorn Leghorn. Lots of other characters, including the Regency Elf, fill in around the edges of this hallucinatory political drama. Yes, there are lots of different things to like in this story, even if catching up takes a bit of work. It's an exaggeration to say that Sim defined the Indy comic market single-handedly, but no one can doubt his influence on it. The Cerebus comic went through many changes over it's 25-year (!) run, but always led the pack in many directions. And, if you allow for some insider jokes of the comic biz, it's still as original as ever, and that's saying some. //wiredweird
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The saga continues...,
By Cilantron - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Women (Cerebus, Book 8) (Paperback)
This volume moves the story along (as opposed to those volumes that don't move the story along.) We get a clearer idea of what Cirinism and Kevillism are through text pages from Astoria and Cirin (which Cirin?) Astoria begins to see that power isn't all it's cracked up to be. Typically with the Roach character, the first time I read each individual parody, it's funny, but the humor diminishes on repeated readings. However, the "Swoon" character (a parody of Neil Gaiman's Dream/Sandman/Morpheus character) still cracks me up. One of my favorite sections of this book is Sim's take on the Oprah Winfrey show. I think he has a point that the true purpose of the show is not to convey information or solve anyone's problems, but to establish a consensus reality in the minds of the audience. Audiences? No, not audiences. The goal is to create... ah, well, I'm starting to sound like Dave here; I'd better stop.
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