Cerebus the Aardvark
Cerebus (/ˈsɛrəbəs/; also Cerebus the Aardvark) 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 was 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 in with the 65th issue. As the series progressed, it increasingly became a platform for Sim's controversial beliefs.
The 6000-page story is a challenge to summarize. Beginning as a parody of sword and sorcery comics, it moved into seemingly any topic Sim wished to explore—power and politics, religion and spirituality, gender issues, and more. It progressively became more serious and ambitious than its parodic roots—what has come to be dubbed "Cerebus Syndrome". 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.
Cerebus (comics)
Cerebus is the first collected volume of Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim's Cerebus comic book series. It is made up of the first 25 issues of Cerebus, plus, as of the 11th edition, some strips that ran in Comics Buyer's Guide featuring Silverspoon, a parody of the comic strip Prince Valiant.
While Cerebus is the first volume in the series, it was the third to be collected in "phonebook" form, after High Society and Church & State Volume I.
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Cerebus (though only the collected volume is so titled) comprises the first 25 issues of the Cerebus comic book series. Unlike the other volumes, Cerebus is not a cohesive story, but rather each issue was its own story, with certain stories lasting two or three issues.
For the first dozen issues, the comic book was published bi-monthly. When Sim's partner and wife-to-be, Deni Loubert, realized that the comic book was selling well enough to go monthly, Sim dropped his commercial art work and focused on Cerebus.
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- Futurescope F-001 released: 1994
- Influence 1.1 A HardTrance Experience released: 1994
- Stockholm Ultimate Techno Frequencies No 1 released: 1992
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Released 1994- Intro
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- Nightflight On Wax
- Antabus
- Tales of Mystery
- End Of A Season
- Mystique
- Elysium
- Saturn Needs Water
- Urban Sea
- CZ 102
- CZ 101
- Triebegas
- Music Life X
- Riding House Pimps RMX
- Riding Illuminatus Acid
- Gloria
- Conclusion Elevator
- Sometimes
- Drift Away
- Union Jack
- Love Technique
- Riding Tom & Norman RMX
- Bad Dreams
- My Body
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- Too Late to Pray released: 1986
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Civilization's Dying
by: Zero BoysCivilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun
Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done
{Chorus}
With the Pope
And the president
And the big rockstar who made alot of money
All got one thing in common
They know it ain't no fun to get shot with a gun
{End of Chorus}
Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun
Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done
{Chorus}
Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun
Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done
With the Pope, and the president,
and the big rockstar who made alot of money (x4)
Made alot of money, made alot of money, made alot of money