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Cerebus Arcs

The document summarizes and provides commentary on the various volumes of the graphic novel series Cerebus. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each volume, including how well they functioned as political satire, commentary on the world-building, exploration of Cerebus' character, narrative cohesion, use of lettering styles, and humor. The reviewer provides the most praise for volumes like Minds, Guys, and The Last Day while being more critical of volumes like Rick's Story, Going Home, Form and Void, and Latter Days.

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Cerebus Arcs

The document summarizes and provides commentary on the various volumes of the graphic novel series Cerebus. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each volume, including how well they functioned as political satire, commentary on the world-building, exploration of Cerebus' character, narrative cohesion, use of lettering styles, and humor. The reviewer provides the most praise for volumes like Minds, Guys, and The Last Day while being more critical of volumes like Rick's Story, Going Home, Form and Void, and Latter Days.

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Not him but I don't find Cerebus threads very often.

Cerebus: It isn't particularly bad or good. It relies a lot on obscure parodies, so


someone that didn't get most of
them would probably like it less. Overall, I'd just call it the most average
volume.
High Society: Pretty good. I don't know how well it functions as political satire,
but it predicted the 2016 election so
that's something. I like the style of the backgrounds in this one, it really makes
Iest feel stylish, but empty.
Church & State: Better than High Society. At the beginning it's just an expanded
version, but in the second half it starts
to expand on the world and becomes something bigger. It's hard to really describe
the large-scale stories because Sim never
really gives enough information to tell what's going on beyond Cerebus' point of
view.
Jaka's Story: Still getting better, but in a different way. It's a lot tighter and
smaller-scale than the previous volumes,
and the comedy is almost completely gone. Also, it has the first piece of really
expressive lettering when Thatcher appears.
Melmoth: Really good, but basically a completely different comic. It's appropriate
for Cerebus' symbolic death and rebirth,
but since I don't have much knowledge of Oscar Wilde's death beyond this it's hard
to say anything about.
Flight/Women: Heavily fragmented, hard to understand, but they've got the best
Roach bits. Also, it explains what Cirinism
and Kevillism actually are, and Po tries to convince Cerebus that training his army
with a Battle Royale was totally
justified, no really, otherwise he would have to pay TAXES!
(1/2)

Reads: I actually like this one, except for the text pages. Too bad they're half
the book.
Minds: The best volume. Great lettering, great backgrounds by Gerhard, and a story
that ties everything together about as
well as could be expected. I really can't say that Cerebus should have ended here
because I like The Last Day, but it's a
good ending.
Guys: The last volume to be consistently funny. It explores Cerebus' character,
similarly to Minds, and once again he fails
to improve himself. The lettering in this one is great, especially when Cerebus is
talking to himself.
Rick's Story: The scenes where Rick's delusions blend with the rest of the world
are good, and a few bits from the Booke of
Ricke are funny, but that's about all. At least the lettering is still good.
Going Home: Dave forgets how to be funny and everything he wrote about Jaka before.
I'd probably get more out of it if I
read more Fitzgerald, but as it is I don't see much in it.
Form and Void: Reading more Hemingway wouldn't help. I stopped reading the
annotations when it seemed like Dave was having a
breakdown. The end is pretty good, but altogether it's just more late Cerebus.
Latter Days: It's shit. Even ignoring Chasing YHVH, it loses all narrative
cohesion, and another 50-100 pages are all in an
unreadable font.
The Last Day: Ignoring the first bit, it's one of the best volumes. I especially
liked how Cerebus missed the allusion to
the "baker and bread" analogy in the last dream.
(2/2)

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