Cerebus: Misogyny and Madness
from Literate Machine
For 30 years, Dave Sim engaged in one of the most remarkable ongoing artistic endeavors ever while he gradually lost his mind. Bibliography and Further Reading * A collection quotations of Dave Sim's most misogynistic writing: https://www.theabsolute.net/misogyny/sim.html * An account of Sim's LSD epiphany at the unofficial Cerebus fanzine site: http://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2016/03/sims-lsd-breakthrough.html * Sim on his schizophrenia diagnosis: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiAo4706PjqAhVqS98KHZxVBiAQFjAKegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fetd.ohiolink.edu%2F!etd.send_file%3Faccession%3Ddayton1304648596%26disposition%3Dattachment&usg=AOvVaw3KLMmd_z3nhKHTIG_i7Av_ * Tegan O'Neil's excellent posts on Cerebus have been a great resource for this piece, which are indexed here: https://whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com/2013/10/fun-and-games-with-dave.html The comment about Sim and his interpretation of Genesis is found in part 1 of her series: http://whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-we-will-read-cerebus-part-i-as-i.html * Sim on his injury and medical science: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dave-sim-admitted-into-hospital-for-surgery/ * The Cerebus in Hell Coronavirus special: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dave-sim-publishes-free-coronavirus-cerebus-in-hell-digital-comic/
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