Hard to believe that it's over 30 years since the serialization of High Society in the pages of Cerebus (#26 to 50).
Thirty years ago, the idea that a genocidal, absolutist 'fire and brimstone' faith-based ideology could actually steamroll its way across national borders, financing itself by looting its own citizenry was considered too far-fetched 'even for comic books' so that it could only be addressed in the broad confines of the Ultimate Parody Comic, Dave Sim & Gerhard's Cerebus.
The Cerebus Restoration project continues! The first printing of this special edition of Church & State II will be signed-and-numbered by writer/cartoonist Dave Sim. Painstakingly restored from original artwork, this printing reveals astounding detail, and some of the best pen and ink work of the past fifty years. C + S II is the real deal, a dangerous comic where characters are beholden only to their own self-conceptions-impulsive, unpredictable, but always real and authentic and grounded.
A-V is proud to present, at long last, Jaka's Story, the Remastered Edition, fully-restored page-by-page from the original art boards. To celebrate this event, this edition will be signed-and-numbered by writer/cartoonist Dave Sim (limited to the amount of copies of the initial Diamond order). Jaka's Story, the fifth volume of the Cerebus series, represents a point of departure for the series, focusing as it does on a small cast of characters, living out their lives in orbital, Thoreau-like 'quiet desperation', drawn ever inward, until at last, they inevitably collide. This new edition, painstakingly restored and printed on acid-free paper with a durable sewn binding, reveals astounding detail never before present outside of the original art itself. This volume also includes eight brand-new pages of extras, including a 6,000-word essay by restorer and critic Sean Michael Robinson, discussing the background and 'secret origins' of the book, providing historical context for a whole new generation of readers. [Dave Sim]
The multi-year Cerebus Restoration project continues! Minds, the tenth volume of the 6,000 page Cerebus epic, finds the titular misanthropic aardvark hurtling through space alongside Cirin, his opponent and fellow aardvark, both heading for a direct collision with their small-m maker - Dave - a mysterious being who talks with them about themselves and their world, and who just might resemble Cerebus writer/cartoonist Dave Sim. Minds is the groundbreaking conclusion to the first two-thirds of the Cerebus epic, presented here for the first time in remastered form: painstakingly restored page-by-page from original artwork and photo negatives, and revealing detail never before present on the printed page. This volume also includes eight brand-new pages of extras, including a 6,000 word essay by Sean Michael Robinson.
Dave Sim's Cerebus began as a parody of Conan, but expanded and grew into much more! Intellectual, entertaining, and thought provoking, Cerebus was the longest running independent black-and-white comic to be published! This remastered edition of volume 13, Going Home, collects issue #232-250 (1998-2000). [Dave Sim]
Dave Sim wrote the original title for this one: so long even he can't remember it. It was a parody of Marvel Triple Action, so it had Three-Wheeler in there somewhere. If the postage stamp reproduction of the cover isn't too small, you can maybe read it. But for the purposes of Diamond Inventory, Three-Wheeler Annual No. 1 is what it's called. Don't miss the first (and, God-willing, last) appearance of the "De For True Black Widow." Cerebus' head with shoe polish all over it (Hey! It worked for Justin Trudeau!) green-screened onto a Carson Grubaugh drawing of Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow. Equity now!
Signed by Dave Sim Edition! Aardvark-Vanaheim is proud to present the painstakingly and lovingly digitally remastered 16th volume in the CEREBUS series! Collecting issues #289-300, the conclusion to comics' first 6,000-page graphic novel is now reprinted for the first time since 2004, fully and carefully restored page-by-page from the original art boards! Follow Cerebus' last day on Earth as he deals with debilitating aches and pains, memory loss, political turmoil, indigestion, and incontinence in a world he no longer understands, all the while waiting for his son to come visit! Includes complete annotations by Dave Sim.
It's Cerebus brought to life (again) by creator Dave Sim! Sim's masterwork Cerebus ran for 300 issues. Starting with issue #25, Cerebus got a taste of High Society, a storyline that concluded with issue #50, and which critics and readers alike recognize as the point at which Cerebus became a vehicle for political commentary. This DVD set contains the entire DIGITAL AUDIO/VISUAL EXPERIENCE of High Society presented in multi-media format, with Dave Sim reading every issue in character including music and sound effects. Along with each issue's presentation is a section of full Editorial Comments, also read and performed by Sim. Originally brought to life through the magic of Kickstarter, the HIGH SOCIETY DIGITAL AUDIO/VISUAL EXPERIENCE is ready for the Cerebus fan in your life. [(W/A) Dave Sim (CA) Dave Sim, Gerhard]
Things were getting pretty heated last issue with charges of homophobia, racism, and Islamophobia being thrown around in the Zootanapuss and Bunny vs. High Fashion Models smackdown leading to this "Sudden Death" issue. Who "buys the farm" as glamourpuss comes to the end of its fourth year? glamourpuss? Zootanapuss? Bunny? Plan Nine from Mogadishu? Junkie Haute Couture? Find out on page 10! Also, in the "History of Photorealism" section, Stan Drake and Alex Raymond tool around Westport, Connecticut and environs in Drake's ill-fated 1956 Corvette. [(W/A/CA) Dave Sim]
Legendary creator Dave Sim is renowned world-wide for his groundbreaking Cerebus the Aardvark. Now, in The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim brings to life the history of comics' greatest creators, using their own techniques. Equal parts Understanding Comics and From Hell, Strange Death is a head-on collision of ink drawing and spiritual intrigue, pulp comics and movies, history and fiction. The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork, and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together.
