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Loading... Cerebus, Volume 1 (1987)by Dave Sim
The first of the Cerebus phonebooks: enjoyed it. (  ) morbusiff | May 9, 2013 |  Before it became waterlogged and top-heavy due to its erudite complexity and self-importance, Dave Sim's serial comic book/graphic novel "Cerebus" was one of the best things going in terms of story, humor and artwork. The story is a sort of surreal takeoff on "Conan the Barbarian", and Cerebus is a close match for Conan in bravery, fighting skill, surliness and lust for gold. He differs by virtue of his being a short aardvark, and some semblance of a sense of humor, albeit a sharp and pointed one. These first 25 stories introduce many of Sim's best long-standing characters, including Red Sophia, Elrod (a great takeoff on Foghorn Leghorn), the Cockroach (a great takeoff on Batman) and Lord Julius (a great takeoff on Groucho Marx). Sim originally planned a 300-book storyline for his Earth Pig. I stopped reading it long before it reached an end, which it presumably did. But the earlier Cerebus is some of the best Sword & Sorcery satire I've ever seen. (  ) burnit99 | Dec 22, 2011 | The first collection of a 300-issue series of independently written, drawn and published comic book by Canadian author Dave Sim, it tells the story of the life of an odd little warrior, Cerebus. This comic book series breaks all the traditional rules of storytelling and sequential art, giving the reader a refreshing storyline - with some VERY irreverent characters and situations, with the most unusual hero - a small, grey, 3 foot tall bipedal aardvark who is hell-bent on his quest for power and fortune. He may look cute at first, but you do not want to mess around with Cerebus - he is a barbarian, after all. He doesn't put up with much nonsense. However, he does make some unusual friends, for some strange reason, he lets them live and accompany him on his adventures - or tries to trick them into leaving him alone. This is the first of many collections of comic book issues. Not your usual sword-and-sorcery tale, this satirical look at barbarian adventures will take the reader on a surprising and amusing unexpected life-long journey. (  ) jwondga | Nov 29, 2010 | In terms of journeys starting with single steps, Cerebus is the first 25 issues of the epic run of comics that would eventually take 300 issues to tell. By a single author. Over nearly 30 years. Epic. Of course, this is merely the beginning, where an aardvark simply wants the opportunity to earn enough gold to live his life, get his drink on and generally be left alone. And yet, adventure insists. And insists. Politics, gender relations, religion, conspiracy, sorcery and the impending apocalypse - they're all covered and insist on involving Cerebus. And hilarity often ensues. There are some rougher spots, but some of it comes from age and others come from being new. This is all easily forgiven by the much stronger parts that make the whole a great story of a hero that openly refuses to believe in heroics of any kind. ( )2  stephmo | Mar 6, 2010 | Dave Sim might go crazy and start spewing hate later in the series, but before that, he was just writing a Conan parody. It's not bad. If I liked Conan more, I'd probably enjoy this more. Anyway, to be read as a prequel to the later volumes. (  ) WylieMaercklein | Feb 6, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
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