CEREBUS by Dave Sim

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Dave Simov CEREBUS jedan je od najboljih neovisnih strip serijala iz zlatnog doba američkog “indie” stripa s kraja prošlog stoljeća. Razdoblje od kraja sedamdesetih do polovice devedesetih godina bile su razdoblje kad se uzburkala “savršena oluja” kreativnosti i lake dostupnosti stripa koja je ozbiljno uzdrmala Marve / DC duopol dominantan od još kraja šezdesetih, te je mladim čitateljima ponudila mnoštvo uzbudljivih, drugačijih i zanimljivijih naslova kakvi nisu bili dostupni u sedamdesetim godinama.
Razlozi ovoj stripovskoj “mini-eksloziji” ležali su ponajprije u tome što je punk je postepeno gubio korak s drugim glazbenim izričajima pa je gomila mladih kreativaca tragala za alternativnim načinom promoviranja vlastitih ideja. Kada se to vrelo ideja iskombiniralo s jeftinim crno-bijelim tiskom (ponajprije u susjednoj Kanadi) koji je praktički svakom autoru omogućio da za male pare tiska svoje umotvorine, nesmiljenom konkurentskom utrkom dva jaka distributera stripova i pojavom novih striparnica koje su, pritisnute rigoroznim uvjetima velikih nakladnika, rado gurale nove i drugačije naslove, diljem Amerike živnuo je “novi val” neovisnog stripa koji je iznjedrio autore poput Briana Michaela Bendisa (A.K.A. Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso), Jeffa Smitha (Bone), Drewa Hayesa (Poison Elves), Jamesa O'Barra (Crow), Eda Brubakera (Lowlife), Mikea Allreda (Madman), Jill Thompson (Scary Goodmother), Everette Hartsoea (Razor), Tima Vigila i Davida Quinna (Faust), Guya Davisa (Marquis). Michaela Cherkasa i Larryja Hanckocka (Silent Invasion), Davida Macka (Kabuki) ili braću Hernandez (Love and Rockets).
Među gomilom novaka nekolicina ih se isticala profesionalnošću koja će im omogućiti prelazak u “mainstream” industriju, no bilo je među njima i niz briljantnih ekscentrika poput prerano preminuloga Drewa Hayesa i – još mnogo više od svih ostalih – Dave Sima.
Kako bi čitatelje upoznao sa svojim junakom Cerebusom, atropomorfnim južnoafričkim mravojedom, začetim kao svojevrsna parodija na stripove i romane “mača i magije”, ponajviše Conana, Kanađanin Dave Sim je krajem sedamdesetih godina osnovao vlastitu izdavačku kuću Aardvark-Vanaheim, a priča o nastanku i ekspanziji ovog suludog serijala s 300 nastavaka i više od 6 000 stranica stripa jednako je otkačena i nadrealna koliko i zapleti briljantnog serijala Cerebus.
Cerebusu nije trebalo puno vremena da stekne kultni status među čitateljima koji su naprosto obožavali Simove apsurdne zaplete, uvrnute likove i otkačeni humor začinjen dozom sarkastičnog crnila kojima je autor propitivao politiku, religiju i spolnost. Prilično nevješt crtež ubrzo se (dijelom zahvaljujući suradniku Gerhardu) transformirao u virtuoznu chiaroscuro tapiseriju tabli koje istražuju same granice strip izražaja. Serijal, objavljivan najprije u formi klasičnih američkih sveščica kolektiran je u podebelim knjigama koje su fanovi, zbog njihova obima, zvali “telefonskim imenicima” kojih je objavljeno ukupno petnaest.
Od početka ekscentričan autor, serijal epskog razmjera, ezoterične i filozofske teme umotane u priprost humor, sve to nije ukazivalo da će Cerebus privući toliki broj vjernih čitatelja koji će strpljivo pratiti sve eskapade glavnog lika i njegova autora koje su se protegnule od 1977. do 2004. godine, sve do obećanog tristotog završnog broja. Kroz to razdoblje Sim se zaljubljivao, ženio, razvodio, bogatio i propadao pa se ponovo bogatio, od agnostika postao je fanatični vjernik (iako je njegova vjera unikatna i vrtoglavo komplicirana kombinacija judaizma, kršćanstva i muslimanstva), sukobljavao se s nakladničkim gigantima i cenzorima, šokirao svoje obožavatelje, a u konačnici je (nakon što je otkupio Gerhardov udio u Cerebusu i Aardvark-Vanaheimu) odlučio kako će, nakon smrti obojice autora, cijelo djelo Cerebus odmah ući u “public domain” kako bi se izbjeglo financijsko manipuliranje s literarnim djelima pokojnika koje se sada, u nekim zemljama i slučajevima, proteže i na više od stotinu godina.
Kako bilo, Cerebus je – uz Poison Elves i Fausta – zasigurno jedan od najintrigantnijih naslova ikada kreiran za strip te je prava tragedija što tako malen broj ljubitelja stripa zna za njega!

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Dave Sim & Gerhard: Cerebus Volume One
Broj strana: 534
Format: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / TP
ISBN: 978-0919359086
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
Cerebus is a comic book series created by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim, which ran from December 1977 until March 2004. The title character of the 300-issue series is an anthropomorphic aardvark who takes on a number of roles throughout the series—barbarian, prime minister, and Pope among them. The series stands out for its experimentation in form and content, and for the dexterity of its artwork, especially after background artist Gerhard joined with the 65th issue. As the series progressed, it increasingly became a platform for Sim's controversial beliefs. The comic began as a parody of sword and sorcery comics, primarily Marvel's version of Conan the Barbarian.However, it evolved to explore a variety of other topics, including politics, religion, and gender issues. At a total of 6,000 pages, it progressively became more serious and ambitious than its parodic roots. Sim announced early on that the series would end with the death of the title character. The story has a large cast of characters, many of which began as parodies of characters from comic books and popular culture. Starting with the "High Society" storyline, the series became divided into self-contained "novels", which form parts of the overall story. The ten "novels" of the series have been collected in 16 books, known as "Cerebus phonebooks" for their resemblance, by way of their thickness, to telephone directories. At a time when the series was about 70% completed, celebrated comic book writer Alan Moore wrote: "Cerebus, as if I need to say so, is still to comic books what Hydrogen is to the Periodic Table". This first story arc, uniquely in this series, consists of one to three-issue storylines with only occasional back-references. Cerebus is introduced as an amoral barbarian mercenary, fighting (and betraying) for money and drinking it away. During his adventures, he encounters the warrior Pigts (whose religion reveres aardvarks) and the insane wizard Necross, who turns himself into a giant stone Thrunk (visually similar to Marvel Comics' The Thing). Most of the series' prominent characters are introduced (or at least mentioned) in these issues, including Elrod of Melvinbone (a parodic representation of Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné), Lord Julius, a character based upon Groucho Marx, Artemis Roach (a.k.a. The Roach, who would evolve into an all-purpose parody of Marvel and DC superhero characters) and Jaka. The series takes a sharp change in direction with issue #20 which is the first of the "Mind Games" issues that are a feature of the comic and introduces the philosophical Suenteus Po and the ultra-matriarchial Cirinists.
CIJENA: 25 €

Dave Sim & Gerhard: Cerebus Volume Five: Jaka's Story
Broj strana: 486
Fromat: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / TP
ISBN: 978-0919359123
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
Issues #114–136. Cerebus returns to Iest, now under a brutal Cirinist dictatorship, and runs into Jaka again. She is illegally working as a dancer in her landlord's tavern. The landlord/barman, Pud, treats Jaka kindly but secretly spends his days lusting after her. Cerebus agrees to live with Jaka and her husband Rick as their houseguest. That story is interwoven with unreliable tales of Jaka's childhood told by a writer, representing Oscar Wilde, using notes and stories provided by Rick. In the end Cerebus disguises himself and travels to the Lower City to buy a jar of paint. While he is gone, the Cirinists find the tavern, kill Pud and arrest Jaka, Rick, and Oscar. Jaka is made to sign a confession of immoral behavior, and is reunited with Rick; however, the Cirinists reveal to Rick that Jaka aborted the son that Rick always wanted. He lashes out at Jaka and is allowed to divorce her (although he is maimed for striking her). Jaka returns to Palnu, and Cerebus returns to the inn to find it in ruins.
CIJENA: 25 €

Dave Sim& Gerhard: Cerebus Volume Six: Melmoth
Broj strana: 260
Format: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / TP
ISBN: 978-0919359109
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
Issues #139–150. This story arc concentrates on the last days and death of Oscar Wilde (who is attended to by his trusted companion Robbie Ross) rather than on Cerebus himself, who appears in only a few pages. (The title refers to the gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin, a relative of Wilde's. Wilde adopted this alias during this period of his life.) Meanwhile, a catatonic Cerebus, believing Jaka to be dead, spends his days mourning on the patio of a café. In the last few pages of the story, after the main action had concluded, Cerebus overhears a conversation by two Cirinist jailers insulting Jaka. Enraged, Cerebus murders one of the guards and then springs into action. More than 11 years into a 25-year project of chronicling the life of a single main character, Dave Sim took a small detour (of sorts), put his main character Cerebus on the sidelines, and told this story of the last days of Oscar Wilde. Some Cerebus readers think this book is a needless distraction from Sim's master epic; others think this is one of Sim's finest achievements, and that by combining and slightly altering the very real letters of Robert Ross to More Adey (originally printed in the Collected Letters of Oscar Wilde), Sim was able to add a depth and breadth to his fiction never before possible. Either way, Sim and exquisite background artist Gerhard are in fine form as they weave this tale of Wilde into their fictional landscape of a new matriarchal establishment.
CIJENA: 15 €

Dave Sim& Gerhard: Cerebus Volume Seven: Flight
Broj strana: 246
Format: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / TP
ISBN: 978-0919359109
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
Issues #151–162. First part of the "Mothers & Daughters" story arc. Cerebus's return to Iest and slaughter of Cirinsts leads to a very brief failed revolution. Cerebus descends into darkness and speaks with Suenteus Po. Meanwhile, Cirin works to manage her sect and arrange her own Ascension. Artemis, with Elrod as his sidekick, also stages his own impromptu revolution under his new persona "PunisherRoach", a parody of the Marvel comics character the Punisher. he counterpoint to the impressive foundation of the two-volume, 1,200-page Church & State is the equally impressive, equally complex Mothers & Daughters, the first volume of which is Flight. This graphic novel concerns the fight between the newly established matriarchy and the opposing "daughterarchy." Cerebus, trying to regain the power he lost when the matriarchal Cirinists took over, heads down a fateful, blood-soaked path. Dave Sim is often reviled as a misogynist because of the radical politics and philosophy laid down in his books, the groundwork of which begins here and builds toward the climax of Mothers & Daughters, which was so explosive that when it was initially released it cost Sim several close friends.
CIJENA: 15 €

Dave Sim & Gerhard: Cerebus: Swords of Cerebus
Broj strana: 104
Formata: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / Magazine
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
CIJENA: 10 €

Dave Sim& Gerhard: Cerebus Guys Party Pack
Broj strana: 84
Formata: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / Magazine
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
CIJENA: 10 €

Dave Sim & Gerhard: Cerebus Number Zero
Broj strana. 92
Formata: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / Magazine
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
CIJENA: 10 €

Dave Sim & Gerhard: Cerebus World Tour Book 1995
Broj strana: 80
Formata: 25,5 x 19 cm
Nakladnik: Aardvark-Vanheim
Boja: B / W
Jezik: ENG
Uvez: SC / Magazine
Tag: Comics Fantasy Comedy Satire Parody of sword and sorcery
CIJENA: 10 €

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