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From: datanguay@watdaisy.UUCP (David Tanguay)
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Subject: Re: Cerebus
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Date: Sat, 15-Mar-86 17:31:10 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 15 17:31:10 1986
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> in regards to the request for the posting on cerebus main characters:
> 
> Red Sophia - parody of red sonja of the marvel line... met cerebus early
	Also Henrot-Gutch (sp?), Sophia's mother-in-law, in the best spirit of
	battle-axe mother-in-laws.
> 
> Elrod the albino- parody of Elric of Melbourne by Micheal Moorhead... general
	Um, Elric of Melnibone, by Michael Moorcock, just in case somebody wants
	to look up the novels...
> 
> Weishaupt - now dead, but during his day, he concocted several schemes to
	He invented cannons (and gunpowder) before croaking. This may yet be
	Cerebus's means back to power.
> 
> Astoria - female counterpart to Weishaupt... key figure in getting cerebus
>    in issue 51... she is a cirinist, a feminist religion that thinks women
>    should take over...
	She is the daughter of Cirin, but is not all that cirinistic -- she
	seems to have founded the Kevilists, major opponents of the Cirinists,
	but isn't really a Kevilist herself. She has her own ideas -- she is
	a feminist, though. Also former wife of Lord Julius.
> 
> Jaka - a nightclub dancer in beduin.. once cerebus was drugged to fall in love
	Cerebus loves her too, but it's taken him a while to realise it. Jaka is
	the niece (really (he calls his 'concubines' his 'nieces')) of 
	Lord Julius.
> 
> bran macmuffin - ex-leader, ex-living member of the pigts a sect
>    became disillusioned and impaled himself.
	Actually, Fret Mac Murray (sp?) was causing problems on the home front,
	with Bran away, claiming that Cerebus was not the second coming. Thrunk
	convinced Bran that he (Bran) was mistaken, so Bran had to step down as
	leader of the Pigts.

>  there are many other minor characters, like poobah, silverspoon,
> and the three girl claremont used to make the woman thing, but they
> are so negligable that descriptions of them are irrelevant...
	One of those girls is Jaka's little sister (forget her name), and another
	Theresa, who has since become a leading society lady in Iest, and is a
	major source of information for us readers (and, formerly, Weishaupt)
	about the intrigues of other people (notably Astoria).
> -mark
> mwm@dartvax
David Tanguay   watdaisy!datanguay@waterloo.CSNET  (maybe)