July 2011
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July 2011: Cerebus #151-175
The first 25 issues of Mothers and Daughters, specifically the first two books (and the first part of the third book), Flight and Women, are contained within this month’s reading.
I’ve had a few people tell me that Mothers and Daughters is when Sim crosses line between eccentric and crazy. So far, I haven’t seen it. I also haven’t seen any blatant misogyny, outside of...
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Cerebus #175 “Mothers and Daughters: Reads part 1”
UGH. There’s 12 pages of text about a writer of ‘reads’, one Victor Reid, and his issues and difficulties with artists and publishers. I don’t know about you, but first off, I don’t read a comic to read pages upon pages upon pages of prose, and two, I could not give a FUCK about Sim’s little petty feuds and working them into the story. UGH. (I’ll be...
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Cerebus #174 “Mothers and Daughters: Women part...
Swoon seems to get his alter-egos under control, drawing them back within himself. Cerebus flies towards the tower, but the image of him disappears in a ‘poit’ (often associated with disappearances, especially Swoon’s in the dream world.) At the same time, Astoria, who was walking down the street towards the Church, murmured “Go Away” at some Cirinists who were sighting their...
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Cerebus #172/173 “Mothers and Daughters: Women...
#172: We don’t see Cerebus this issue; primarily we see Astoria, gathering the troops, so to speak, after Cirin broadcasts telepathically, telling the citizens that all is well, her injuries are minor, and for Astoria to surrender.
Swoon is seein in bar, first serving drinks to a squirrel, then being served drinks by a monkey. The dreamworld still resembles a chess board, but less and less...
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Apologies...
…but I totally brain-farted and forgot to read an issue for a post today.
Double post tomorrow.
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Cerebus #170/171 “Mothers and Daughters: Women,...
#170: Cirin wakes up and begins talking; her attendants are all dismissed except for General Greer and someone to transcribe all that Cirin says. And she says a lot. There’s a very tarot-like aspect to much of her speech.
Astoria wakes, but seems to be in a dream state, seeing Cirin opposite her.
Cerebus is drunk and silly.
Swoon meets his ‘sister’ Sleaze, another of the...
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No post today
Double post tomorrow. Will happen in late morning/early afternoon if I have time to read it tonight and queue it, or it will be in the evening, after I get home from work.
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Cerebus #169 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
Jaka is dreaming (a common theme all of a sudden) of reading ‘Jaka’s Story’ and wakes up, realising that Cerebus is alive and loves her.
Cirin has cornered Swoon in the dream realm and is asking him questions when Astoria shows up. She and Cirin begin to argue.
Cerebus is seen levitating as he sleeps.
Astoria strikes Cirin in the dream, and bruises appear on her face in the...
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Cerebus #168 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
Astoria is dreaming of reuniting with her father, who gropes her behind. When she looks, he’s Artemis (Swoon) instead, and she hits him and he disappears. She wakes up, greeted by a Cirinist who is apparently of an Astoria-cult. She gets brought up to speed on what’s going on, on the suspicions that Cirin is dead, and is asked for instructions. She instructs them to let her sleep...
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Cerebus #167 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
In the chaos of the Tower falling, Astoria’s carriage, bringing her to the Regency for her scheduled meeting with Cirin, is attacked. The carriage is taken down, and Astoria and her Cirinist guard flee down an alley way, where Astoria passes out from injury.
Swoon educates Snuff on their “family” (known collectively as… wait for it… wait for it… The Clueless. ...
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Cerebus #166 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
Cerebus is sleeping in the tavern, and dreaming. He sees Suenteus Po on a giant chessboard, with pieces falling and crumbling. Pieces we see have the faces of Astoria, Lord Julius and Missy. In the tavern, Cerebus begins sleepwalking. The Cirinists are observing him and when he doesn’t appear on the 2nd floor as expected, they report him disappearing.
The Cirinists begin to panic until...
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Cerebus #165 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
(Hah, you get a post today!)
Cerebus enters the tavern, to be greeted by taunting from the McGrew Brothers. Off-camera, Cerebus kicks their ass and we next see them apologising to Missy for making fun of her.
Swoon tells Snuff that “she” must prepare for the defense of the former Roachland, now known as Swoon Country.
On The Moon, The Judge is complaining because he has been stripped of his...
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Cerebus #164 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
Cerebus is greeted by this person whose house he’s fallen into.
Elrod is being tied to a stake, having revealed that Punisheroach has disappeared. The populace wasn’t so keen on Elrod being their leader in Punisheroach’s absence.
Cerebus’ host reveals that the nervous Cirinist is Vera, who is there to write down everything she (the unnamed host) says – apparently she is...
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Cerebus #163 “Mothers and Daughters: Women, Part...
The issue starts off with two text excepts on childhood, one by Astoria, detailing her first sexual experience and how she used it to start her path to political influence and power, and the other by Cirin, discussing the raising of daughters.
Elrod tries to get Punisheroach focused on the tasks at hand, but his head (and heart) are in the sky, thinking of his lady love (Blossom, the whore he...
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Cerebus #162 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight part...
Cerebus begins to fall.
There’s a strange glowing formation near the Pigt war party. The earth rises and grows and cracks and glows.
Punisheroach meets a whore.
Mrs. Thatcher readies herself to consult Cirin. A giant hand bursts out of the earth, followed by another
Punisheroach, having sex with the whore, turns into Loboroach, then Venomroach. Yup, he went there.
Cirin criticises...
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Cerebus #161 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight part...
Back in the riverbed, one coin decomposes, and the other becomes tarnished and rough. (Po talked about marking coins in his 2nd life, I suspect these have something to do with that.)
In the Eighth Sphere, a vision of a skeletal Bran Mak Muffin appears and waxes melodramatic, and then Po discuss it.
Hammond goes to see Mrs Thatcher in the middle of the night, bearing news that something is not...
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Cerebus #159/160 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight...
#159: K’Cor and Cerebus talk, then a vision of The Goddess, who appears to K’Cor as his lost lover, and to Cerebus as Astoria, manifests, before Cerebus finds himself back with Po, on the chessboard. Po continues the tale of his son.
Punisheroach is having doubts and lustful thoughts. He asks for a sign.
Cirin gives in to Astoria’s demands, as Cirin has asked to speak to...
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Yup, got away from me again...
…double post tomorrow.
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Cerebus #158 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight part...
Cerebus finds Po, who apparently is the aardvark from the flashbacks to where the female Pope had an aardvark in chains.
Po begins to inform Cerebus on how chess is life, is the story made physical, and then corrects the story The Judge told Cerebus about Po’s revolution. They begin to play chess.
Mrs. Thatcher reports Mrs. Copps’ alterations to the sphere to Cirin, who instructs...
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Cerebus #157 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight part 7...
The majority of the issue involves Cerebus and the disembodied voice of Po. Cerebus has broken into the Eighth Sphere and Po shows fragments from Cerebus’ life, memories, and one (supposed) future fragment, showing Cerebus as Prime Minister of Iest once, more, having helped cast out the Cirinists after some three years of occupation. Cerebus realises that he’s being distracted and...
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Cerebus #156 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight part 6...
Suenteus Po informs Cerebus that he doesn’t know who is behind all the disappearances. The more they happen, the more people believe in illusionism and the more reality becomes illusion. Po has trouble keeping a physical form or remembering his own name.
A Pigt, Fret Mac Mury (that’s funny), calls to the others that this is a sign that the path of Bran Mak Muffin was the wrong path....
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Cerebus #155 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight, part...
The various tribes of Pigts have sent representatives to gather at the statue. A piece of the ear of the Earth-Pig breaks off and crumbles, which starts a short riot which reults in dozens of dead Pigts and hundreds injured.
We see K’cor, the mad king of Imesh, last seen in issue 38. He’s informed of a visitor.
Cerebus is seen flying through stormclouds. He’s quite...
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Cerebus #154 “Mothers and Daughters: Flight, part...
Cerebus disappears as the crossbow bolt is in flight. We see him throughout the issue, in a blank plane, falling and quite confused.
Cirin orders General Swartskof (ahahahahahah!) to quarantine the area, under the pretense of plague, relocate all the women and children, and execute everyone else. Nice aardvark, that Cirin.
normalroach wakes from sleep, and has an epiphany – he remembers all...
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7/4/11 – Cerebus #153 “Mothers and Daughters:...
Cerebus climbs to a balcony, seeking to escape the Cirinists. Once there, even more of the populace can see him and they continue to chant his name. He calls out to them, inspires them to raise weapons against the Cirinists.
The Cirinists quickly slaughter them.
We have a couple side scenes – the coins in the river spin faster, glowing brighter. The sliver of the lotus stretches and the water...
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Cerebus #151 and 152 “Mothers and Daughters:...
#151: Mothers and Daughters starts of with Cirin (last seen in issue #100) and one of her acolytes going through the library of the Eastern Church, searching for a book on the One, True Ascension. Any not meeting her approval are destroyed.
We join Cerebus where he left off, running through Iest, killing Cirinists.
This issue jumps around; we meet a demon, Khem, who realises that its existence...
Double post will be this evening...
…as I just got called in to work for the day.
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Unscheduled skip day
Today just got away from me and I hadn’t read today’s in advance (something I’ve taken to doing recently, now that I have a part time job.)
So, no post today, but guess what?? Tomorrow, Saturday - DOUBLE POST!
How exciting is that?
