Reads (Cerebus, Volume 9)
by Dave Sim, Gerhard

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Book Reviews of Reads (Cerebus, Volume 9)

Book Review: A Babbling, Incoherent Semi-Entertaining Mess
Summary: 3 Stars

But the book is ruined by a long, woman bashing rant smack dab in the middle of it. And as the comic book Cerebus was progressed the character of Cerebus has been featured less and less in it! Bad mistake! Stick with your most interesting and main character!

Author Dave Sim is ranting against our feminized society and what leeches and horrible creatures women are. Dave, they aren't that bad. It's just an out of place, preachy, dull rant from a talented artist who's bitter that he can't get laid more easily.

He rants a lot against feminism in his writings too. This is a problem that has plagued that later issues of Cerebus. I mean, is there a subject more irrevlevant than feminism? It's dead. Much like other failed political movements like communism and Marxism. You have a few hangers-on to these movements, but for the most part these subjects are outdated and over and done with. Reads reads like one of those preachy feminists writings Dave's rallying against!

Dave Sim used to describe himself as a feminist. To tell the truth, his comic book Cerebus was a lot more entertaining and a lot less preachy and self indulgent when he was "an Alan Alda type" as he once described himself. Dave really wasn't a feminist though. He was just not wallowing in his masturbatory literary fantasies and spewing them onto the pages of his comics, like he did with Reads.

There's a fine line between genius and self indulgence.

Still, Cerebus is a million times better than 90% of the comics out there.

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