Is this worth reading? I heard the creator is a MASSIVE piece of shit.
I'd describe Cerebus as like this>Hey this is pretty good>Oh shit this is really good>Oh shit this is REALLY good holy FUCK this is fucking GOOD>Wait>What the fuck>What's happening>This is like something an insane person would write on the side of a subway wall>How many fucking chapters is this going to->HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME
>>152332913>I heardFrom who?
>>152332913>Is this worth reading?>I heard the creator is a MASSIVE piece of shit.Stop believing in guilt by association
>>152332913The (let's be honest, subjective) moral purity of an artist seldom has any relation to the quality of their art. There are multiple points in Cerebus where, if it were the work of a lesser artist, it'd be an easy point of no return where you could stop reading and lose nothing. Even at the lowest points of this comic, Dave Sim is good enough at what he does for there to be something in the comic worth your time and attention.
>>152332913>Is this worth reading?Honestly even in spite of the huge part of the comic where he goes completely insane, yes. Just be aware that there's a huge part of the comic where he goes completely insane.>I heard the creator is a MASSIVE piece of shit.Learn to separate the art from the artist, some of the best films, books, albums, etc. were made by way worse pieces of shit. Doesn't make them bad.
>>152332953Lots of different reviews both in print and on YouTube have some kind of aside or preface somewhere in them that talk about how bad of a person Sim is
>>152332953The guy who made Bone
>>152332984If you trust youtube reviewers to tell you who is and isn't a "shitty person" you're already too far gone.
>>152332913he's so full of shit they had to literally go in through his throat and remove it to stop him dyingthis is not an exaggeration
>>152333054How about the print reviews?
>>152332913Why does Cerebus has two seperate mouths
>>152333227Why don't you? One for eating and one for breathing. Never have to worry about choking that way. What are you some one-mouthed dumbass that chokes? Idiot.
>>152332913The director of Chinatown got away with dosing and raping tons of women and paid to have his pregnant wife killed by a wannabe musician and his groupies, but people still love his ass.
>>152333200Print critics are genuinely subhuman and worse than (most) youtube grifters.
>>152333241He still only has one throat.
>>152332913So, you never get to see his cooch? Man, fuck this comic.
>>152332913>Is this worth reading?Very much so.>I heard the creator is a MASSIVE piece of shit.Nah. He is insane, but not that big an asshole. He's also a genius.
>>152332913Cerebus is a triumph of the comic book format.Dave Sim got divorced, went fucking insane, and eventually "found god" which impacted the back half of the comic something fierce.
>>152332913It's KINO of the HIGHEST degreeBut not for everyone
>>152333227It's Sim trying to be clever by going "this is how cartoon side mouth would work in real life"
>>152332913Its basically the Western equivalent of Berserk
>>152332913If you can endure the lowest points, then you're in for a ride
>>152332983>Learn to separate the art from the artist, some of the best films, books, albums, etc. were made by way worse pieces of shit. Doesn't make them bad.This. Klaus Kinski is basically a Law & Order: SVU villain. His films are great though.
I heard Cerebus is a faggot is that true?
I haven't read much of Cerebus but my impression of it is that its weird.
>>152332913>>152332983Seconding the need to learn to separate art from artist. Artists with very public dirty laundry are also a demonstration of survivorship bias by only focusing on those moral lapses that have been made public; you're just seeing what came out. It's possible your favourite artist has some skeletons in their closet that they're just good at hiding. Nobody thought Moot would be on the Epstein list. Once you realize the irrelevancy of the author's moral compass and gain the ability to analyze the work as it is, is when you'll be all the happier for it.
>>152332913>I heard the creator is a MASSIVE piece of shit.So what? That has absolutely nothing to do with whether it's worth reading. The guy who wrote the Lord of the Rings might have kicked puppies or could have volunteered with sick children for all I know or care, because neither would affect the quality of what he wrote.
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>>152332913Yes. Him being a piece of shit is half the fun. Watch a man lose his mind over 300 issues.
Bone for edgelords.
>>152332913where do you start with cerebus
>>152337930Cerebus in the Sky and Cerebus from Zero are old and busted, start with Cerebus of Cold Steel 3.
>>152332913>is it worth readingshort answer in my opinion is no>massive piece of shitmore like massive schizo. the story ends in some kind of conservative fever nightmare that makes no sense considering Cerebus's biological sex and gender. great art but i felt like the writing quality dipped after book 9. by book 11 or 12 i was only reading it to finish the entire series at that pointa great example of obvious schizo writing is his intro to puma blues. literally off the wall rambling and completely unnecessary to enjoy puma bluesnow if you consider yourself a comic book nerd, sure, go ahead and read it.
>>152338118>biological sex and genderRedundant
>>152338118>conservative fever nightmareMore like prophetic
