| 1. Cerebus, Volume 1 | 
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By: Dave Sim
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
1991-01
Cerebus is an amazing journey in the life of an aardvark who begins his journey as a simple barbarian warrior. Originally starting as a spoof on "Conan The Barbarian", Cerebus evolved into an expanding world that was published in 300 individual issues of the Cerebus comic book. Things really become interesting with the second book in the series, "High Society", but this first volume lays the groundwork... more
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| 2. High Society (Cerebus, Volume 2) |
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By: Dave Sim
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
1994-11
The Earthpig saga continues in this massive volume. The story arc here covers the political machinations that eventually lead Cerebus to a surprisingly staid occupation, that of political leader - or at least, figurehead. Although this book came out 15 years ago, it has a startling level of immediacy about it: the whole reason for Cerebus's rise to power centers on elaborate financial schemes, reminiscent... more
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| 3. Church & State, Vol. 2 (Cerebus, Vol. 4) | 
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By: Dave Sim, Gerhard
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
1988-07
This massive book, over 600 pages, collects issues 81-111 of the original comic series. If you're new to the Cerebus saga, I suggest that you begin at the beginning. The twenty-five year, three thousand page total builds as it goes, and these later chapters make more sense if you know the history and context of each character. Or, you could just jump in and let the complex machinations of plot and... more
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| 4. Church & State Volume I (Cerebus, Book 3) | 
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By: Dave Sim, Gerhard
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
1987-06
For me this volume is the absolute best in the Cerebus series in terms of both the story and art. The political and social world of Cerebus is engaging, and with the addition of inker Gerhard the artwork of Cerebus reaches full fruition. The beautiful cross-hatching and zip-a-tone make this a joy to read. If you pick this up do yourself a favor and order Church & State volume 2 at the same time... more
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| 5. Form and Void (Cerebus, Volume 14) |
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From: Aardvark-Vanheim
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
June 30, 2003
The best part of this book is a rather incredible sequence in which Dave Sim analyzes Ernest Hemingway. Remarkably researched this would have made a really interesting graphic novel except that since he was shooting for 300 issues of Cerebus and thus laid it into the Cerebus storyline- thus you have this very realsitic( albeit non-traditional) analysis of Hemingway waeakened by the fact you have an... more
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| 6. Latter Days (Cerebus) | 
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By: Dave Sim, Gerhard
Publisher: Aardvark Vanaheim
November 30, 2003
If you've made it this far, why stop now? This is, to say the least, more than a little tedious. Sim has created a very unique commentary on the book of Genesis. He postulates that God and YHWH (the LORD in English translations) are two separate beings. YHWH, who Sim refers to as Yoowhoo, is a feminine being which more or less makes decisions that God always goes along with. I was about a third... more
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| 7. Melmoth (Cerebus, Volume 6) |
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By: Dave Sim, Gerhard
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
1991-10
Oscar Wilde, one of the leading lights of the late Victorian literary scene, was clearly a huge influence on Dave Sim, the writer/artist/visionary behind the "Cerebus" series. The preceding arc, "Jaka's Story", featured 'Oscar' as a supporting character (this story reveals that it was not, as one might have believed, the actual Wilde, who appears in this volume as an older man; he in fact expresses... more
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| 8. Jaka's Story (Cerebus, Volume 5) |
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By: Dave Sim, Gerhard
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
1991-09
This segment of the Earthpig saga barely mentions the title character at all. Oh, Cerebus is there in most of the monthly comics collected into this volume, but usually as an incidental character or as one to set the context for Jaka's Story.
Jaka: the love of Cerebus's life, despite his brief marriage to Red Sophia. This time, we find Jaka and her useless husband, Rick, in near-exile... more
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| 9. Cerebus: Going Home (Cerebus, Volume 13) |
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By: Dave Sim
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
December 31, 2002
This collection pulls Cerebus and his beloved Jaka along a lengthy trip. This isn't an action-packed sequence. Instead, it centers on the personalities of Jaka and Cerebus, and especially on the personality of their relationship. Like so many, it has dark corners and ambiguities, as well as the solid core that holds them together - for now, at least.
Along the way, they meet the kinds... more
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| 10. Cerebus: The Last Day |
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By: Gerhard
Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim
March 31, 2004
If you've read vols. 1-15, why oh why would you stop now? I became aware of Cerebus as this arc was being published monthly. It was a curiosity in that a comic book had never been seen that was a biblical commentary with footnotes, end notes to those foot notes and claiming that unified theory had been discovered by a comic book author. Sim claims the opening commentary is what the entire series... more
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