Any legs on Cerebus?

[king_felix-migration]

Pun intended.

 

I have getting on for 90% of the issues from 11 through 200 in read condition. I've long since given up the thought of finishing the set and around 2000 I found you couldn't give them away.

 

I know 300 breathed some life last year, but what's the story now? Do people still buy these or do they just get the reprints?

[october]

Not sure, but if anyone is interested in buying the first 4 phonebooks, PM me.

[helionaut]

The issues above 35 or so are available in sufficient quantities. The ones under 10 are real tough and, while not blue chip investments, high grade examples will always be in demand. If you've got 200 issues already, finishing up through 300 should be easy. But it could take a while to find nice copies of 1-6, especially 3 and 4.

[jediknight]

Except for issue 1 Cerebus has no legs to stand on. It is legless. Had it not been for Overstreet making such a big stink about issue 1 you'd find that legless runt in the 25 cent bin too!

[shrunkenhead]

Interestingly enough, a run of Sim file copies just went up on comiclink. Should be interesting to see if anybody bites. I'd bet the 9.9 will go first, if they do indeed go.

[Kevin Boyd]

Those look like the 5 Dave Sim Pedigree File Copies that were available last summer - those are the only ones that have been made available to the public to date.

 

Cerebus Auctions on ComicLink

[helionaut]

Wow, $11,000 for the #1. I can't believe it'll sell at that price, but if I won the lottery I'd buy it. The 9.8s are tempting, though. And the 9.9 #4 is really sweet. I could almost convince myself that $1000 is a bargain.

[Kevin Boyd]

I think those prices are the same or slightly higher than the closing prices on the auctions last June.

[NewtSamson]

I'm still trying to complete my set. I love Cerebus and NewtSamson.

[king_felix-migration]

If you've got 200 issues already, finishing up through 300 should be easy.

 

I know I'd have no problems finishing the run, but reading them could be more of a challenge. I read seriously through High Society and then semi-seriously through to the story that finished around 100, Church + State (?). After that I was buying, but my heart wasn't there.

 

I think Sim must have lost a lot of readers around this time, which is a shame as the early issues were great. Unfortunately, as it progressed, the story took about 5 minutes to read each issue and the letter column took about 3 hours. Where did it all go wrong?

[helionaut]

Melmoth shook off a lot of people. You're right circulation was at it's peak around 90-100, but after C&S it changed direction radically. Jaka's Story, the beginning of the text pieces in the books, signalled Sim's change from comic book guy to writer/illustrator. Mother's and Daughters really started carrying his misogynistic message. But Melmoth is where most former readers I know dropped out. Cerebus sitting there in the cafe for month after month without much happening was tough to read.