For all his faults Simm could tell a story and he was one of the funniest writers I've ever read. And though he wasn't much of an artist to start he got the message across and he really upped his game when he got Gerhard to do his background and inks. Great vid Mitch. This is gonna be a fun series to review. That's it for me. Take care and TTYL.
I'm looking forward to pointing out the leaps he makes in those first 25, because they do come along pretty often. I think the challenge will be to not just read out the funny lines, because that is the big draw in this series.
3:22 Sim was ahead of his time in several ways and the unfortunate one was publishing diatribes that he should have put some thought before writing them; just like most social media nowadays. Yet, Cerebus is a genuine great comic book - the first phone book I read was Church & State and it was a revelation. Gerard deserves lots of credit. Great video, is a good intro to Cerebus!
Thanks, man! I think Piskor said it best, Dave Sim's kind of a prime example of what happens when you go decades without a proper sounding board. Your diatribe might be perfectly well-reasoned, but even running it by one person would have been enough to let you know it wouldn't fly. I think I started with Church & State I myself, which is when the book is probably at its best. It's also where it has already given up on filling new readers in, which was of course fascinating.
And the unauthorized Gene Day Star Wars portfolio is pretty great. They got a cease and desist and had to recall it, though Day went on to actually work in Star Wars comics.
Oh, that's cool. Kind of a different mindset, "I'm gonna draw Star Wars stuff and sell it, and not give any money to George!" You don't hear too many people saying that about Walt.
Great vid! Seems like an interesting comic. Not sure I would ever pick it up though. Maybe if enough people recommended it. Seems a little to weird for my taste.
Yeah, I caught up to single issues right at the end of Mothers and Daughters, so exactly when the narrative fell apart. Still stuck around for years hoping he would get it back together, but that never really did happen.
@@tronvillain I don't know if he was ever phoning it in, I think if anything he thought he had something really important to say and struggled (or just outright failed) to find ways to make it interesting for the reader.
For all his faults Simm could tell a story and he was one of the funniest writers I've ever read. And though he wasn't much of an artist to start he got the message across and he really upped his game when he got Gerhard to do his background and inks. Great vid Mitch. This is gonna be a fun series to review. That's it for me. Take care and TTYL.
I'm looking forward to pointing out the leaps he makes in those first 25, because they do come along pretty often. I think the challenge will be to not just read out the funny lines, because that is the big draw in this series.
3:22 Sim was ahead of his time in several ways and the unfortunate one was publishing diatribes that he should have put some thought before writing them; just like most social media nowadays. Yet, Cerebus is a genuine great comic book - the first phone book I read was Church & State and it was a revelation. Gerard deserves lots of credit. Great video, is a good intro to Cerebus!
Thanks, man! I think Piskor said it best, Dave Sim's kind of a prime example of what happens when you go decades without a proper sounding board. Your diatribe might be perfectly well-reasoned, but even running it by one person would have been enough to let you know it wouldn't fly.
I think I started with Church & State I myself, which is when the book is probably at its best. It's also where it has already given up on filling new readers in, which was of course fascinating.
In my humble opinion Unicorn Knights of Monokeros is heading that way issue 2 is out and the fun is just beginning.
So now we're reviewing the smart person comics? Ooh la di da, Mr. French man!
Don't worry, I have no interest in reviewing Dan Clowes or Chris Ware, we'll be sticking to the funny animal smart person comics.
And the unauthorized Gene Day Star Wars portfolio is pretty great. They got a cease and desist and had to recall it, though Day went on to actually work in Star Wars comics.
Oh, that's cool. Kind of a different mindset, "I'm gonna draw Star Wars stuff and sell it, and not give any money to George!" You don't hear too many people saying that about Walt.
Very nice!
Great vid! Seems like an interesting comic. Not sure I would ever pick it up though. Maybe if enough people recommended it. Seems a little to weird for my taste.
The first dozen issues are interesting, because he clearly didn't have a long-term idea for the series. It's an interesting book to watch evolve.
I accidentally deleted my old comment lol
I had the first two phonebooks, and enjoyed them. Definitely lost interest over the years though, before he went off the rails.
Yeah, I caught up to single issues right at the end of Mothers and Daughters, so exactly when the narrative fell apart. Still stuck around for years hoping he would get it back together, but that never really did happen.
@@teambloodforce I did eventually read the rest, but he was really phoning it in at points.
@@tronvillain I don't know if he was ever phoning it in, I think if anything he thought he had something really important to say and struggled (or just outright failed) to find ways to make it interesting for the reader.
@@teambloodforce Fair. An inaccurate way of describing that it didn't do it for me, I guess.
I wouldn't fault you, I think by the time we got to Dave directly translating the Torah most readers had checked out.