Jaka's Story (Cerebus, Volume 5)
by Dave Sim, Gerhard (Illustrator)
Cerebus Books (5), Cerebus Comic (1977-2004) (Collections and Selections — vol 5 (114-136))
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Collects no. 114-136 of "Cerebus" comics, in which Cerebus, an amoral, anthropomorphic aardvark, meets up once again with his former love Jaka, a dancer in her landlord's tavern, and sets the stage for disaster when he becomes the houseguest of her and her husband, Rick.Tags
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For any kind of story, it's always an accomplishment when they manage to tap into and to some extent mirror the reader's actual lives. This one did, pleasantly so even if it wasn't a happy story. And unlike the four previous Cerebus books, the story was quite coherent and self contained, which made it easier to read. The best one so far.
For any kind of story, it's always an accomplishment when they manage to tap into and to some extent mirror the reader's actual lives. This one did, pleasantly so even if it wasn't a happy story. And unlike the four previous Cerebus books, the story was quite coherent and self contained, which made it easier to read. The best one so far.
What a wild and weird and moving ride this book is.
signed, with sketch of Jaka on frontispiece
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- Original publication date
- 1990-10
- People/Characters
- Cerebus the Aardvark; Oscar Wilde; Margaret Thatcher; Jaka Tavers; Rick Nash; Ada Talbot (show all 11); Pud Withers; Lord Julius Like-A-Look; Lord Julius; Astoria; Clarinda [Cerebus]
- Important places
- Iest; Palnu
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Cerebus #114-136.
Note: Double issue #112/113 and issues #137-138 are not collected in the "phone book" editions.
Errata: The correct ISBN... (show all) for early editions is 0919359124. Some editions have the ISBN 0919359078 printed on the verso page in error when that is instead the ISBN for Cerebus Book 2: High Society.
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