tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post7260796251689549989..comments2024-03-27T20:08:08.593-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Reading Cerebus #9A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-47637103434105530022018-02-20T02:44:45.421-06:002018-02-20T02:44:45.421-06:00It's never even entered my head that Cerebus t...It's never even entered my head that Cerebus takes place on a different planet than our Earth. I've always read it as a 'pre-dark-ages-dark-ages' or maybe, Biblically, 'pre-flood' timeline with echoes and foreshadowing of what's to come in our own time (when talking aardvarks are no longer a part of the 'big plan'.)Lee Thackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674011430761589511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-83727433911319468212018-02-20T02:06:26.418-06:002018-02-20T02:06:26.418-06:00Grady, I stand corrected (confirmed?). Page 486 o...Grady, I stand corrected (confirmed?). Page 486 of Form & Void.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-88488097646748109802018-02-19T22:24:51.128-06:002018-02-19T22:24:51.128-06:00There were hints before (e.g. the Judge referencin...There were hints before (e.g. the Judge referencing the Challenger accident), but isn't it confirmed that 'Cerebus' takes place on Earth by that pull back in 'Form & Void' that begins the Africa sequence?<br /><br />Alright,<br />Grady.whc03gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304236390575971087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-4109851378805143812018-02-19T17:10:57.165-06:002018-02-19T17:10:57.165-06:00You guys just can't take a joke...
Matt
(Noth...You guys just can't take a joke...<br /><br />Matt<br />(Nothing rhymes with: "Piss off you jerks!" either...)Mouse Skull Entertainmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844784361859568863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-71782547400309482842018-02-19T15:39:54.720-06:002018-02-19T15:39:54.720-06:00Fourth: Actually, not a complaint. I just have a...Fourth: Actually, not a complaint. I just have always wondered whether Dave based Cerebus' fight with "the energy globes of Imesh" on the training scene in Star Wars--A New Hope, which had come out a scant year before Dave did this issue and which was probably still playing in theaters. Nice work on the cosmic shit, too, a technique Dave learned from Gene Day (IIRC)--using a toothbrush to "spraypaint" White-Out onto a black background.<br /><br />Okay, one complaint. K-Cor tells Cerebus that if he passes through the corridor "unscathed", etc. Unscathed means uninjured. Yet, Cerebus gets zapped (scathed) at least once, painfully, but emerges nonetheless to fight K-Cor's champion. Shouldn't he have lost the wager before he ever left the corridor?<br /><br />And, fifth: The story ends with all of the Conniptins dead outside the walls of Imesh and K-Cor stopping the fight without ceding victory to Cerebus, leaving Cerebus destitute. A plot device, yes, but also a shaggy-dog story. Meh. On to issue #10.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-36632922665947877812018-02-19T15:17:40.775-06:002018-02-19T15:17:40.775-06:00I told him "column" rhymed with "go...I told him "column" rhymed with "golem", but he chose to ignore me. So it goes.Kevin Kimmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748978397049105825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-54211756241226763332018-02-19T15:15:02.274-06:002018-02-19T15:15:02.274-06:00Third: In the third image, panels four, five, and...Third: In the third image, panels four, five, and six, we have just a wee bit of a problem with con- I say- continuity, son. Gettin' things right, that is.<br /><br />I can live with the idea of "Venusians" attacking Imesh (which, while not pinpointed on Michael Loubert's [Deni's brother] map of the aardvarkian realm, we may assume is located somewhere in the Hsifan Khanate) and I can even live with the idea of the Venusians coming from "the second planet from the Sun", but there is no mention at the beginning of issue nine of Cerebus having been transplanted from the Aardvarkian Realm to Earth. Earth is mentioned twice on this page. I don't think that Dave ever made that mistake again. Although, having said that about the use of "Earth", it should be noted that Michael Loubert's map is entitled The Aardvarkian Age (not Realm) and bears a slight resemblance to Europe and the Middle East (of Earth fame and infamy). Furthermore, Jeff Tundis' map bears an even more striking resemblance to Europe and northern Africa (IIRC). Ergo, perhaps Dave and/or Michael meant all along for Cerebus to be inhabiting some ancient realm of Earth. (Confounding things further, all the spelling variations are of the Canadian variety.)Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-88366860307795136032018-02-19T14:38:06.534-06:002018-02-19T14:38:06.534-06:00Secondly: In the second image, in panels one and ...Secondly: In the second image, in panels one and three, Cerebus refers to himself as "I've" and "I", respectively, instead of "Cerebus has" and "Cerebus". Dave made this mistake multiple times (though not all that many, in the grand scheme of things) in the early run.<br /><br />I think I addressed such mistakes (or, "mistakes") when I was proofreading the first volume and Dave decided to leave them in as a relic of the times. Or because of space.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-41322890485750776902018-02-19T14:28:45.679-06:002018-02-19T14:28:45.679-06:00This issue has always stuck in my craw, for severa...This issue has always stuck in my craw, for several reasons: First, the cover. This may well be the worst cover of the entire run. The character art is okay, but the background art is poor, at best. Bad layout, equally bad perspective, and atrocious coloring. And, thank Tarim that somebody came along 56 issues later and started drawing bricks well.<br /><br />"Canada's only bi-monthly comic book." Was that a badge of honor? "Well, there be a bunch of *monthly* comic books in Canada, but this one is BI-MONTHLY!"Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-55555753030699366312018-02-19T14:02:22.892-06:002018-02-19T14:02:22.892-06:00Off the top of my head, solemn and Gollum (or, Gol...Off the top of my head, solemn and Gollum (or, Golem, depending on how you pronounce it) rhyme with column. Last line: "Why ya looking so solemn?"<br /><br />Just trying to be helpful...Jeffnoreply@blogger.com