false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172612536m/198469.jpg 198469 2 Reprinting Cerebus Issues 52-80 <I>Church and State</I> is volume three of the Cerebus the Aardvark series and picks up right where <I>High Society</I> leaves off. To compound matters further, this reprint volume is part one of a two-part story that is self-contained within the larger framework. <P> A face from Cerebus's past returns with an offer he can't refuse. But the gray one has learned a few lessons from the powers that be and turns the tables on the would-be puppet masters. This volume also marks the addition of Gerhard as a background artist, and the artwork begins to create a visual impact equal to the creative impact of the comic book's ideas and stories. The storytelling also becomes subtler, the beginning of a stylistic trademark in Cerebus that leads the reader to believe more action is taking place peripherally than in the actual pages. High points include a two-part dream sequence, which is visually unparalleled in the history of comic art; a pee-break which is unrivaled in length in the history of comic art; the return of Jaka; and "the baby incident." Don't forget to pick up <I>Church and State, Volume Two </I>, as volume one ends with the cruelest of cliffhangers. This is the <I>Ivan the Terrible</I> of graphic novels, both in terms of its subject matter and the creative peak it represents for the author. 191984 1985 Cerebus Book 03: Church & State I total:279|5:129|4:102|3:40|2:7|1:1| 279 1188 326 17 4 0 false false Thu Feb 26 11:25:57 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 11:31:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:27:46 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:36:59 -0800 2008
In terms of the work itself, apart from comparing it to the previous book, Cerebus' story contin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 05:38:49 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 10:59:06 -0800 2008 Cerebus the Aardvark and being the first half of the Church & State story arc, this volume picks up Cerebus' story in the aftermath of his career as prime minister of Iest in the second phonebook volume High Society. Continuing th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 23 01:27:30 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 01:28:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:46:33 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 03:31:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 22:44:09 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 03 15:34:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 12:18:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 12:18:54 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Aug 13 05:21:04 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 05:21:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 02 22:42:43 -0800 2008 Fri May 08 22:20:06 -0700 2009
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