(From a blog post by Mike Sterling at Progressive Ruin, 18 October 2012)
Just a quick note to mention that I tried out CerebusDownloads.com
a few days ago. Once a week a new issue is uploaded, you pay about a
buck, and you get a download (in a variety of formats) of a full issue
of Cerebus from what is arguably the best and most
reader-friendly segment of the series, “High Society.” Includes big ol’
scans of the art, all the ads and letters pages/text pieces, plus
sketches and production work and much more. Also, you get a bit of video
business, where Cerebus creator Dave Sim reads through the
entire issue for you, doing voices for all the characters, and there’s
music and sound effects, too. Oddly compelling, certainly fun, and I
think I’m totally down with having Uncle Dave read me a Cerebus story
once a week.
(The Video Cerebus reminds me a bit of the old proto-Nickelodeon TV show “Video Comics,” mentioned before
on this site, where, just like the Cerebus thing, a variety of comics
would be presented panel-by-panel, with voice actors, narration, and
sound effects. If you’re old enough to remember that show, you know what
the Cerebus thing is like.)
There’s a free sample you can try out, featuring Cerebus #26 (the first chapter of “High Society”).
It’s worth a look, I think.
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