Rating: 
Summary: Most mature comic book series I ever read.
Review: If you've never read comics because you think they are
too childish, contain too much violence or too much cheap
sex, start with this Cerebus phonebook.
The book tells of Cerebus, an aardvark in a human world,
who slowly rises to great power in the city-state
of Iest. It describes (in great detail, I might add) the
political manipulations, religious dogmas and problems in his relationships with the human population that Cerebus has to deal with as he campaigns to become prime-minister
of Iest.
This is the second volume in the Cerebus-series, but my
opinion is that it is the best place to start with the
series and get hooked forever.
Rating:
Summary: Most mature comic book series I ever read.
Review: If you've never read comics because you think they aretoo childish, contain too much violence or too much cheapsex, start with this Cerebus phonebook.
The book tells of Cerebus, an aardvark in a human world, who slowly rises to great power in the city-state of Iest. It describes (in great detail, I might add) the political manipulations, religious dogmas and problems in his relationships with the human population that Cerebus has to deal with as he campaigns to become prime-minister of Iest.
This is the second volume in the Cerebus-series, but my opinion is that it is the best place to start with the series and get hooked forever.
Rating: 
Summary: Haiku Review
Review: Most accessible
Story in the whole series.
Political Ardvark!
Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully funny and expressive
Review: This is quite a remarkable book. It seems that Mr. Sims has outdone himself here. I am slowly working through the whole series (as my finances allow) and I bought this book yesterday at my local comic shop... and then I read the whole thing in one sitting. All 500+ pages. The simple truth is that Sims is a great storyteller and that is what grabs you and makes you want to read more. As an adder bonus, you get to see wonderfully expressive art. If you've got $25.00 lying around, go buy this book. If you don't have $25.00, then you should go work at McDonalds or some other place for 5 hours to get the money, it will be well worth your time.
Rating:
Summary: .
Review: To my mind, High Society remains a high point in the Cerebus epic. Like the much later "Guys," it is a (relatively) self-contained chunk of the story, and takes place largely in a single locale. The political parody, which normally would not be my cup of tea, works incredibly well here because of the *detail* Sim injects it with. I never would've imagined that an electoral process could be so much fun to read in graphic novel form. Unlike later books, in High Society, Sim manages to remain focused on the story itself, sparing us the pretentious trappings and scattershot, heavy-handed meanderings that would mar later segments of Cerebus. In other words, this is when Dave Sim was still doing Cerebus, as opposed to his "Hi, I am Dave Sim and I am very clever and here is what I think about the world and here is what I look like and here is my latest experiment in the comic medium and oh, by the way, this is a comic book called Cerebus and yeah, it has something to do with him, when I'm not writing about whatever famous author I just finished reading and when I don't have anything arrogant and irrelevant to share with all of my fans" -- work. I like a lot of what Sim's done, but he's at his best when he leaves himself out of it and concentrates on coherent chunks of actual story.
Rating:
Summary: .
Review: To my mind, High Society remains a high point in the Cerebus epic. Like the much later "Guys," it is a (relatively) self-contained chunk of the story, and takes place largely in a single locale. The political parody, which normally would not be my cup of tea, works incredibly well here because of the *detail* Sim injects it with. I never would've imagined that an electoral process could be so much fun to read in graphic novel form. Unlike later books, in High Society, Sim manages to remain focused on the story itself, sparing us the pretentious trappings and scattershot, heavy-handed meanderings that would mar later segments of Cerebus. In other words, this is when Dave Sim was still doing Cerebus, as opposed to his "Hi, I am Dave Sim and I am very clever and here is what I think about the world and here is what I look like and here is my latest experiment in the comic medium and oh, by the way, this is a comic book called Cerebus and yeah, it has something to do with him, when I'm not writing about whatever famous author I just finished reading and when I don't have anything arrogant and irrelevant to share with all of my fans" -- work. I like a lot of what Sim's done, but he's at his best when he leaves himself out of it and concentrates on coherent chunks of actual story.
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