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Dave Sim and Gerhard, Cerebus #189

Artists: Dave Sim (Penciller) , Gerhard (Inker)

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Dave Sim and Gerhard, Cerebus #189 Comic Art

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Title:	Dave Sim and Gerhard, Cerebus #189
Artist:	Dave Sim (Penciller)
Artist:	Gerhard (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,689
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	8/7/2020
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Dave Sim ---

Ultra-talented? Absolutely. Controversial? An understatement.

And he doesn�t appear to shy away from it.

What�s not controversial though is the Cerebus� colossal achievement. At the end of the day, it is 300 consecutive issues, all written and penciled by Sim, from 1977-2004. With many, many stunning pages like this one.

Writer John Parker, in an overview of Sim�s career for Comics Alliance, sums it up:

��What began as a straightforward fantasy-comedy evolved into a sophisticated long-form narrative subdivided by massive, self-contained novels that basically encompassed everything that interested Sim.

As Cerebus rolled along through the years, it encompassed political satire, doomed relationships, love and art in a dictatorship, metaphysical discourse, the comics industry and pop culture parody, the dynamics of sex and gender, theism, genesis, and apocalypse.�

Along the way, Sim become one of comics� best storytellers. With the help of inker Gerhard, the art was some of the best to appear in any comics, mainstream, alternative, the whole lot.

By the late 80s, it was selling 30,000 copies plus, and launched a boom in independent black and white comics.

And then, a few issues prior to this one (#186), Sim publishes a very long anti-feminist essay. And, not suprisingly, the audience for his work slipped some.

And he expanded upon and defended his views, in his comics, and in the comics press. And the audience slipped some more.

By the time he finished his epic in 2004, he was down to 3,000 readers from the 30,000 or so. Clearly, his viewpoints --- and story evolution --- had a pushed some readers way.

And,the market had changed too, and the interest in self-published creator titles was dwarfed by interest in the more mainstream titles from the big publishers.

The future of black and white comics? Good-bye Cerebus, hello Walking Dead.

Parker, again:

�However you define Dave Sim � misogynist, loony, acid casualty, genius, a�hole � you cannot discount his monolithic talent. As an artist, his work is never less than compelling.�

And we can all form an opinion, one way or another, but I will bet you this piece of art Dave Sim doesn�t care what we think.

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Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 8/7/2020

Great, great page!

And well said.

Y M
Member Since 2003

Posted on 8/10/2020

Dave is an incredible talent, so much so that very few artist/writers could have pulled off this page as successfully as Dave. It should also be noted that Dave has also won awards for his lettering, which was brilliant!

Greg Goldstein
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/10/2020

Y M wrote:

Dave is an incredible talent, so much so that very few artist/writers could have pulled off this page as successfully as Dave.� It should also be noted that Dave has also won awards for his lettering, which was brilliant!

Good point. I love top shelf lettering on a page.

Aslo: Cooke, Sakai, Nate Powell --- all amazing artists and letterers!

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