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Dave Sim
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In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the comics medium but also many of the core assumptions of Western society. Through it he analyzed politics, the dynamics of love, religion, and, most controversially, the influence of feminism--which Sim believes has had a negative impact on society. Moreover, Sim inserted himself squarely into the ... Read more
In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the comics medium but also many of the core assumptions of Western society. Through it he analyzed politics, the dynamics of love, religion, and, most controversially, the influence of feminism--which Sim believes has had a negative impact on society. Moreover, Sim inserted himself squarely into the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781617037818
SKU
V9781617037818
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About
Eric Hoffman, Vernon, Connecticut, is an independent scholar and the editor of Cerebus the Barbarian Messiah: Essays on the Epic Graphic Satire of Dave Sim and Gerhard|Dominick Grace, London, Ontario, Canada, is an associate professor at Brescia University College. His work has been published in Atenea, Canadian Literature, Canadian Notes and Queries, Early Theatre, English Studies in Canada, Extrapolation, and ... Read more
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