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CEREBUS 43 (1982)

Artist: Dave Sim (All)

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Title:	CEREBUS 43 (1982)
Artist:	Dave Sim (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	SOLD
Views:	822
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	7/30/2009
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Description

My comics tastes had an evolution that, I bet, has been the same for many readers who were around their twenties in the middle of the 90's. I grew up loving the 80's mainstream comics, the DC and Marvel works and storylines from classic authors of the modern age (Claremont, Byrne, Miller, Adams...), and the early contribution of interesting new talents (McFarlane, Alan Davis, Jim Lee...). That taste changed after reading Watchmen and Dark Knight, in the same fashion the drinking taste changes after you swallow your first iced beer, and all of a sudden that can of Coke in the fridge doesn't seem so interesting anymore. After my late discover of Miller and Moore milestones, I was open to find out what the 90's could offer, and thanks basically to the "english invasion" GN production, and to DC Vertigo imprint, I was able to maintain my affection for comics even when I felt I was too old for superheroes. Then, finally, I found Cerebus.

If Byrne's Fantastic Four had been my can of Coke, if Arham Asylum and Sandman were my pints of beers, then Cerebus became my bottle of bourbon. Cerebus has been, and will be forever, my favorite comic series, and I feel lucky to have started reading comics for the simple reason that I had the chance to know Cerebus: because the lone breed of readers that had a shot to fully appreciate the Cerebus series were the comic readers. Cerebus was a "readers' read": you have to appreciate the beer before you switch to bourbon.

I have been lucky to find this beauty from the High Society storyline, where so many important characters (names listed in the long dedication) are reunited in a wonderful and insightful sequence. As usual, great storytelling. It's election night, votes are being counted, and Cerebus would like to win the election, but he's fearing that he could loose against Lord Julius candidate - a real (!) goat. Astoria would like to be loved more than she is. Filgate would like to be rich. Lord Julius would like to be richer. And the Regency Elf, well... she just would like Cerebus to be an Elf himself. Emotional drama for six different characters unfolding in a single page, without wasting (or needing) a single word or baloon. When the votes for the All Star Team Of Sequential Art will be called, my ballott is for this guy - period.

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Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 7/30/2009

awesome page!

Sebastien Roy
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/31/2009

I have enjoyed both the page, and the description. Nice!

Ken Fries
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/4/2009

Any Cerebus page with Lord Julius Groucho on it is worth it! Also, thanks for the description of why the pages mean what they do (loved the baseball analogy in your Dave Sim Gallery description)! Great stuff!

Roger K.
Member Since 2005
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Posted on 12/16/2010

I love both your Cerebus pages, but a Lord Julius page is a truly marvelous thing. I think there is some argument for Sim's Cerebus as the logical successor to Eisner's Spirit in terms of graphic storytelling.

Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/6/2012

I didn't notice this before. Probably my favorite story arc from Cerebus.

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