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[learnedax]

Also, after several months gap I read the second half of Mothers and Daughters, bringing me to Cerebus #200.

I conclude that Victor Davis Dave Sim is:
a) A bitter man who could use some therapy
b) Full of provocative ideas
c) Unable to discern a bundle of facts from a line of reasoning
d) Quite good at knowing what will interest his audience
e) Very aware of just how much cookie to give his audience so they read the other stuff he wants to write

Comments

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think it's much of a spoiler to say that Cerebus dies in issue 300; you don't get much more closure than that.

There are four more (physical) volumes after Guys and Rick's Story, which make up two large story arcs. There is certainly good, fun material present right up to the end -- but the fun/suck ratio goes pretty far down, eventually getting much worse than Reads. I'll certainly loan them to you if you want, but I'm not going to recommend that course of action.

[jducoeur]

but the fun/suck ratio goes pretty far down, eventually getting much worse than Reads.

Just to echo this: yeah. I was mildly fond of parts of the final book or two, but getting to there is kind of painful. And other parts of the final book finally pushed beyond my willingness to actually waste time reading them. When the story gets a tad less coherent than a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap (and is only a quarter as entertaining), I really do have better things to do...