Cerebus: Mothers & Daughters (Issues 151-200)

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• BU

  @buckysinister · 2 years ago

  I've always liked the idea of ending the series a few pages shy of the ending of Melmoth: Cerebus sits, in a near-catatonic state, eating raw potatoes and clutching Jaka's doll to his chest. And he remains there for the rest of his miserable life. It does leave a lot of dangling threads, but... That's kind of why I like it. The world keeps moving, but Cerebus just... stops. His time on the world stage is done, and everything goes back to moving on just like it did before he entered the scene. It seems a fitting ending to me. Plus, it has the bonus of pretending that READS doesn't exist...

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• AL

  @alaenamcdonald1877 · 2 years ago

  Cerebus is one of those most infuriating literary journeys where the payoff ends up being nothing more than watching a talented artist masturbate on page for decades. There is no message in the end and you end up feeling drained you devoted that much of your life and time to such 💩.

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• JE

  @jessewonderclark · 1 year ago

  I loved the man. The non-obsessive fan kind of love. Admired him. Respected him. Wanted to be like him. The tragedy isn’t just the irreparable damage done to the work, it’s also the loss of all the good he could have done by inspiring others.

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• RL

  @rlextherobot · 2 years ago

  A fine ending to a really important work of comics criticism. Threading the needle of what Cerebus meant vs what it means today was a huge challenge and I think you handled it fairly, critically, and entertainingly.

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• JO

  @jordanl-r2u · 2 years ago

  Speaking personally, I much preferred your old intro music. It set such a great atmosphere that I think was more in line with your thoughtful and well-researched content.

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• CA

  @carlgibson285 · 2 years ago

  The best thing I can say about the final 100 issues of Cerebus is that they're very pretty to look at with some great art and lettering. I do admire Sim for actually making it to 300 issues though.

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• TR

  @travishiltz4750 · 11 months ago

  These videos remind me that Cerebus has been on my 'to be read' wish list for decades and I really should give it a try, while at the same time making me dread the idea of it.

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• LE

  @leonidasnoble6939 · 2 years ago

  “These violent delights, have violent ends.” <br> &nbsp; I don&apos;t know. The sad death of great potential is a story as compelling as it is depressing. It&apos;s the realization that as much as I wanted a new Elektra story, it would have been better if she had just remained dead. Somehow, what which follows, diminishes what was. <br> &nbsp; Maybe its (GOT, Elektra, or Cerebus) greatest sin was that it didn&apos;t live up to our expectations. &nbsp;Maybe we’re the bad guys?

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• CO

  @contempocomics · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s been so long since reading Cerebus for me that I had forgotten how incredible that black &amp; white artwork by both these dudes could be. Amazing synthesis of talent and craft. <br><br>Great choice of images in this video to highlight why this comic was so well-regarded.

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• MA

  @macsnafu · 2 years ago (edited)

  I bought every issue of Cerebus all the way up to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/300">#300</a>, just for the sake of completeness. &nbsp;It was a significant part of my life, once a month, for years, even after I had stopped buying most other comic books regularly. &nbsp;Usagi Yojimbo was just about the only other comic I kept up with regularly, although I did like and follow James Robinson&apos;s Starman run for a long time, too. <br><br>But honestly, the first 25-50 issues are the most fun. &nbsp;If you read comics for fun, there&apos;s little point in going beyond 50, or I guess #51 actually. &nbsp;And you might not want to go past #25!<br><br>I can&apos;t completely dismiss the entire &apos;saga&apos; of Cerebus and pretend it didn&apos;t happen, and I really don&apos;t want to. &nbsp;It was an important step not only for independent comics, but personal and artistic expression in comics in general. &nbsp;That can&apos;t be denied, no matter how much one might disagree with Dave Sim&apos;s viewpoint (or agree for that matter). &nbsp;Real world politics intruding in the most unlikely of places! &nbsp; Anyone who wasn&apos;t simply baffled and confused by it all undoubtedly found cultural reinforcement or punishment in it, for the masochists among us. <br><br>But I certainly prefer to remember the fun comics more than the rest of it. &nbsp;Cerebus started out as a fun, Barry Smith-style Conan parody, and those early issues remain great comics.

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• KI

  @KingfisherTalkingPictures · 2 years ago

  This is a wonderful series, where I find most of my feelings expressed. I can’t tell you how much I loved Cerebus. Then bought it out of loyalty, until Reads. I pushed through the garbage, and when Cerebus came back from space I was done. Every month I saw it there, and I avoided it like the plague.

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• CA

  @carloscrecelius9597 · 2 years ago

  Theres a fine line between genius and crackpot. Sim is a perfect example of this.

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