false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172612534m/198463.jpg 198463 2 Reprinting Cerebus Issues 26-50 Volume two of the Cerebus the Aardvark series, <I>High Society</I>, is the beginning of the main Cerebus story line and one of the finest graphic novels ever published. If you have to start from the very beginning, you'll need the first volume, <I>Cerebus</I>, but if you don't mind a modicum of confusion, this is a much more satisfying place to begin. The artwork is much improved and the level of humor reaches its high point in the series to date. (Unkind critics point to <I>High Society</I> as the older, funnier book of the Cerebus series.)<P> Parliamentary politics were never so much fun as they are in the Prime Minister election of 1414. Lord Julius and the mysterious Astoria battle for control of the city-state Iest with Cerebus as their unwitting pawn. Goats, bunny sketches, the Regency Elf, and Moon Roach join the pandemonium, helping to set the stage for things to come. <I>High Society</I> is a home run; an instant classic both as a stand-alone volume and in the context of the rest of the series. Beware though, the ending dovetails directly into <I>Church and State</I>; You may want to grab that volume as well, because once you start the series, the story of Cerebus gets increasingly harder to put down. 191978 1982 Cerebus Book 02: High Society total:334|5:144|4:131|3:48|2:11|1:0| 334 1410 409 25 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 16:35:09 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 16:53:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Oct 17 15:27:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:41:54 -0700 2009
You used to only be interested in drinking grog and chasing gold. Now you're still drinking grog and chasing gold, but you've also engrossed yourself in Machiavellian politics and are taking orders from... a woman!

You've changed, man.

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What's interesting about High Society is how Sim segues his series from sword-and-sorcery short stories (with some very broad humor) into longer-form s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 10:05:22 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 10:20:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 08 22:16:10 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 02 22:42:39 -0800 2008 Fri May 08 22:16:10 -0700 2009 dave sim is simply a master...of narrative, of character, but most importantly of the comic medium...every page reveals a new innovation in spacial relations to dialogue, or lettering, or you name it...
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