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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 27, 2015 9:23:21 GMT -5
I agree.. the first, oh, maybe 100 issues or so of Cerebus are pretty amazing.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 27, 2015 9:29:28 GMT -5
I'd put both of them ahead of Sim already.. the last what, 5 years of his run? 6? was completely narcissist and can hardly be counted as writing a comic... it was really more a political action paper. I never got into series that have anthropomorphic characters. Usagi is a stretch for me. Cereus looked boring to me. I never want to buy a comic that is just talking heads , which is what his book appeared to be. So... No Carl Barks, Don Rosa, TMNT, Dalgoda, Bone, Howard the Duck, Pogo and such for you?! But isn't kind of an anthropomorphic character?
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 27, 2015 10:00:33 GMT -5
I never got into series that have anthropomorphic characters. Usagi is a stretch for me. Cereus looked boring to me. I never want to buy a comic that is just talking heads , which is what his book appeared to be. That could not be further from accurate. It's the most visually brilliant comic work ever, IMO. Check out my writeup for Day 12 of the classic comics Christmas. I'd link, but i'm on my mobile. I actually have the first 8 issues on a TPB, but that's when it was a Conan parody.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2015 10:05:16 GMT -5
That could not be further from accurate. It's the most visually brilliant comic work ever, IMO. Check out my writeup for Day 12 of the classic comics Christmas. I'd link, but i'm on my mobile. I actually have the first 8 issues on a TPB, but that's when it was a Conan parody. Yeah, the series doesn't really begin to impress until High Society, but you need the early continuity in order to understand all that follows.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 27, 2015 10:15:19 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 27, 2015 10:15:35 GMT -5
Is there a site where I can see which volumes for the Cereus TPB come first ?
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2015 10:23:37 GMT -5
Is there a site where I can see which volumes for the Cereus TPB come first ? They are numbered. But to start, its: Cerebus High Society Church & state Church & state II jaka's Story Melmoth I forget after that
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 27, 2015 10:28:24 GMT -5
I pulled the trigger and bought the first one, Cerebus for 25 bucks shipping included from Amazon.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2015 14:59:10 GMT -5
I pulled the trigger and bought the first one, Cerebus for 25 bucks shipping included from Amazon. Go you! Just remember it doesn't pay off until the second volume, where the Barbarian warrior thing goes out the window
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 27, 2015 15:34:39 GMT -5
Ha. I have some extra Christmas money so I bought Usagi and Cerebus. If it sucks, I'm going to blame some of the people in this room...
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2015 16:24:42 GMT -5
Ha. I have some extra Christmas money so I bought Usagi and Cerebus. If it sucks, I'm going to blame some of the people in this room... And if you think it sucks, some of the people in this room are going to blame you
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2015 20:24:01 GMT -5
I actually have the first 8 issues on a TPB, but that's when it was a Conan parody. Yeah, the series doesn't really begin to impress until High Society, but you need the early continuity in order to understand all that follows. I've only read about the first 30 issues or so consecutively, but have read later issues here and there when snagging them out of bargain bins as a kid. It seems to be more "talking head" later on to me. With some issues Cerebus just sitting on the couch complaining about stuff.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2015 22:46:02 GMT -5
Yeah, the series doesn't really begin to impress until High Society, but you need the early continuity in order to understand all that follows. I've only read about the first 30 issues or so consecutively, but have read later issues here and there when snagging them out of bargain bins as a kid. It seems to be more "talking head" later on to me. With some issues Cerebus just sitting on the couch complaining about stuff. There are a few sedentary volumes later down the road, but even those have something deeper at play that makes the journey worthwhile. Guys is probably the volume you are thinking of. That was hard to get through, but that's because Sim was going through stagnation in his own life and wanted to depict that sense of rotting on the page. It worked, and it made the momentum of the volume that followed all the more joyous and visceral.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 27, 2015 22:50:29 GMT -5
You know what we need.... a Cerebus review thread. I'm just sayin....
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2015 22:58:36 GMT -5
You know what we need.... a Cerebus review thread. I'm just sayin.... I was planning on starting a Cerebus Reading Club thread in the next few days, as we have several folks here who are planning to read or re-read it. But I would not feel qualified to do a bonafide review thread. I can write essays on Shakespeare because I've been properly trained to understand and analyze his craft. I put Dave Sim on a similar level, and I have considerably less background in approaching Cerebus.
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