How did you discover Cerebus and how long did you read it for?
STEVE DAVISON:
I bought, it think it was 55 or 56. I got tricked by the Wolverine
cover being a huge X-men devotee at the time. I think I was 12 or so at
the time, so a lot of it probably sailed over my head. My two other
comic collecting friends and I were pretty blown away and started
digging into back issues and Swords Of Cerebus and superhero comics
started to fade from our lives.
How has your own creativity / comics reading been influenced by Cerebus?
I
think reading Cerebus has helped shaped my worldview. The humor, the
satire, the political critiques, the cultural critique and commentary.
And I think it opened up the door to more fringe kind of stuff in
general, music and art etc. Cerebus made me a more open minded and
discerning individual. I don't know if I would attempt to recommend it
to non comic readers...it is pretty dense work and a lot of references
that can be confusing.
What is your favourite scene or sequence from Cerebus?
My favorite sequence is
the when Astoria walks away from it all in Mothers & Daughters.
The build up to the meeting between her, Cerebus and Po is so well
done. She was probably my favorite character in the entire series and I
have to say when she left, the book was never the same for me. I am
glad Dave gave her as gracious as an exit as she had...and that she gets
in one last dig at Cerebus is perfect.
Would you recommend Cerebus to other people to read, and if so, why?
I
would recommend to other comic readers and certainly artists. You
can't deny how good it looks. Someday art schools will be teaching
classes on Dave's lettering. It seems like each time I revisit it,
there are so many layers of beauty. I can just stare at a Gerhard room
and it's just a treasure.
Thanks for this. It's a great idea and it was a nice kind of nostalgia to examine how and why I became a Cerebus fan.
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