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From: egy@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman)
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Subject: Cerebus
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Date: Tue, 30-Aug-83 16:16:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 30 16:16:07 1983
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     In response to your query about Cerebus:

     And for anyone else who cares to know:

     Cerebus is a ground level comic, independently written 
and published in Canada.  The artist, writer, creator, inker, and
letterer is a very talented gentlemen named Dave Sim.  The 
publisher is his wife, Denise Sim.  The main character is a 
furry aardvark named Cerebus, who I imagine, began as a parody
on Conan, the Barbarian.  Since then the series has changed
some, and now parodies anything.  
     Some of the more memorable characters, are Lord Julius
(Groucho Marx), Elrod, the Albino, and the Cockroach (Captain Cockroach,
the amazing Moon Roach, and most recently Wolverroach).   The
humor is sometimes hilarious, nearly always subtle, and 
frequently satirical.  
     Sim's most ambitious work to date has been his recent
20 issue long "Graphic Novel".  I am not yet ready to 
comment on the success of this, as I have not yet read it 
in its entirety, without interruption.  
     I like the series, and recommend it, but it is not for 
everybody.  The humor is not as funny as, for example,
the old Metal Men (48-56), but I find it more enjoyable, and
not as heavy-handed as Marty Pasko's E-Man (By the way, 
Joe Staton is now writing as well as drqwing E-Man, and the
mag is quite enjoyable.)  Enough.

				I am
				GINO!