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[bryant]

I just read the last issue of Cerebus. That’s it; ain’t any more.

For an insane guy, Dave Sim sure draws a pretty comic. It never stopped being gorgeous. I wish I could say kinder things about it; I am staggered by the weight of it. Thousands upon thousands of pages. There have been few such extended achievements.

When both he and Gerhard are dead, Cerebus will enter the public domain. He has arranged for the negatives to remain with trustworthy custodians, and they will be available to those who wish to reprint any portion of it. The attentive will notice that those two statements are not entirely congruent. Who knows?

I’m going to spoil the end now.

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[gentlyepigrams]

I read your spoiler ending.

I'm glad you told me, 'cos I was curious, and now I don't have to give any money to him to find out. I would have been pissed if I had.

[bryant]

I figured a few people would be curious, yeah. Public service!

Man, what a waste of a life. Sigh.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Well, copyright does mean "right to make/distribute copies" and not necessarily "right to the original negatives/manuscript/whatever". i.e. you can place something in the public domain and still sell copies, you just can't prohibit others from doing so as well.

I didn't read the spoiler because I might someday want to finish reading the epic... I think I stalled at #8 or something. Minds and Reads?

I haven't read regularly in a while

[thebitterguy]

What was the thing about Rick? You can Email if it would be easier.

Re: I haven't read regularly in a while

[bryant]

Rick wound up renaming himself Ricke and becoming Cerebus' prophet, much to Cerebus' surprise. In the end Cerebus' winds up leading a church/nation and more or less winning, thanks to Rick.

Re: I haven't read regularly in a while

[thebitterguy]

So, does Rick(e) offer some kind of prophecy that's relevant to the finale you mentioned? I'm kinda lost.

Re: I haven't read regularly in a while

[bryant]

Not particularly -- he's just the best example of someone who lived a good life according to Dave Sim's lights. In particular, at one point he rejected the treacherous lure of sex.

So Cerebus sees Jaka and gives in and goes for it, and then remembers Rick -- who would not have given in -- and realizes he's screwing up.

Re: I haven't read regularly in a while

[thebitterguy]

Ahhh. Okay. I thought there was a prophecy or portent I didn't know about.