Oh, I didn't start reading without the backstory. :) It was actually issue 200 (or 201 -- whichever one was the first of "Guys"), and that one was just so informal and fun that I wondered what I had been missing. So I went back to issue one by starting with the first phonebook, and realized this was a work of a lot more scope and depth than what I'd seen in issue #200. I picked up all the other trades as well until I was all caught up.
(I almost quit reading when I got to the anti-women rants in "Reads", and Dave really went off the deep end towards the end of the series, but as far as I'm concerned the first two-thirds of the series is generally some of the best comic book work ever created).
Oh yeah, I was just thinking, the change between #200 and #1 must have seemed quite a leap :)
I like the middle third of Cerebus. It's too big and complicated for me to think about in its entirety, and really I think my life is too short and already full of enough unpleasant things that I don't need to go seeking them out :) But my husband is working on a book about Cerebus and dealing pretty well with all the complicated and fraught stuff. so I do appreciate it is a good and useful topic for debate and critical thought. It's just one that I'm more or less happy to leave to other people (though I do love Church and State through to Jaka's Story and Melmoth).
Oh, that's right, I read that somewhere and then dismissed it as just another "Sim has REALLY gone off the deep end this time" exhibition. I'm now to the point where I respect the HELL out of the man's work, but geez, I just can't see him as a cool human being. I would have had real trouble reading Cerebus if I hadn't already discovered over 180+ issues that it was really good stuff before I discovered Sim wasn't a very nice person.
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(I almost quit reading when I got to the anti-women rants in "Reads", and Dave really went off the deep end towards the end of the series, but as far as I'm concerned the first two-thirds of the series is generally some of the best comic book work ever created).
cheers,
Phil
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I like the middle third of Cerebus. It's too big and complicated for me to think about in its entirety, and really I think my life is too short and already full of enough unpleasant things that I don't need to go seeking them out :) But my husband is working on a book about Cerebus and dealing pretty well with all the complicated and fraught stuff. so I do appreciate it is a good and useful topic for debate and critical thought. It's just one that I'm more or less happy to leave to other people (though I do love Church and State through to Jaka's Story and Melmoth).
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cheers,
Phil
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cheers,
Phil
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