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Grex Comics Item 9: Cerebus
Entered by carson on Thu Dec 28 23:24:43 UTC 1995:

I've finally started to read Cerebus. I've purchased _Cerebus_, _High
Society_, _Church and State I_ (just bought II; will pribly finish it
tonight), and _Jaka's Story_. I'd also read Cerebus #0 and the World
Tour 1995 Book, in addition to the TMNT story and Spawn #10. :) I've also
started to collect the monthly issues, beginning with #200 (#202 came out
this week; it felt light and, sure enough, there's only 22 pages. hmm...).

If you haven't read Cerebus yet, run, don't walk to your nearest comic
store. If you're a comic fan, go ahead and start with _Cerebus_. If you're
not really into comics, go ahead and start with _High Society_.

I'll tell you why later. Simply consider me one of the converted.

11 responses total.

#1 of 11 by robh on Fri Dec 29 06:01:32 1995:

I started reading Cerenus with issue 92, which came out in 1987
if memory serves.  I've been reading it fairly regularly
(depending on my income >8)  ever since.

I still consider _High_Society_ one of the best works in the
comic book field.  Ever.

#2 of 11 by carson on Mon Jan 1 20:17:02 1996:

Bear didn't do what I *think* he did with that ball in #202, did he?

#3 of 11 by steve on Sun Jan 7 04:16:58 1996:

   Dave Sim is wonderful.  I have most of them from #20 to about #130
I think.  Great stuff.  Is he still planning on stopping the series
at #300?

#4 of 11 by carson on Sun Jan 7 04:51:50 1996:

As far as I know, yep. He's just recently passed the #200 mark. #300
is scheduled for March 2004.

Sim still publishes the phone books, if you're interested in catching up. :)

#5 of 11 by gerund on Sat Jan 10 09:37:29 1998:

Here's yet another title that I just haven't got around to checking out.
Maybe tomorrow's trip to the shop... i dunno.

#6 of 11 by pez on Sat Jan 10 16:23:38 1998:

yeah.. i'd buy it if it were available around here..

#7 of 11 by carson on Sun Jan 11 03:54:50 1998:

(there's a comic shop that doesn't carry _Cerebus_?!? isn't that some
sort of sacrilege or something?!?)

#8 of 11 by pez on Sun Jan 11 15:48:04 1998:

i don't have a comic shop :\
there is a record store around here that has 10 big boxes full of
back issues that i dig thru occasionally but they don't count..

#9 of 11 by carson on Tue Jan 13 17:31:10 1998:

(some bookstores carry collected Cerebus. Borders comes to mind.)

#10 of 11 by pez on Tue Jan 13 22:25:54 1998:

don't have a Borders either..

#11 of 11 by pez on Mon Jan 26 09:54:09 2009:

I still haven't read CEREBUS. And all 300 issues are probably collected at
this point. I have seen a lot of people calling Dave Sim a crazy cult maniac.
Doesn't mean CEREBUS isn't worth reading in either case.

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