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On 9/24/2022 at 8:15 PM, Hawkman said:

This has been much better than I thought it would be through four episodes.

It's light humor that I watch on Friday nights to unwind.  I guess I don't have high expectations or over-analyze things.

Of course I also just found out there was a 70s Spider-woman cartoon and I've been watching that on Disney+ on Friday nights as well.  Humor and low expectations.  That's the formula for Friday nights.

My comic reading has slowed this summer, but it's finally time for an update on my reading all of Cerebus project for 2022...

Finished reading through Cerebus #270.  Only 30 issues to go.

Storyline recaps in spoiler tags below...

Spoiler

Guys - Enjoyable storyline where Cerebus holed up in a bar with characters from the Beatles and Bear - who is maybe his best friend who was featured in earlier storylines when Cerebus was prime minister and pope.

 

Rick's Story - Also enjoyed this story of Cerebus' great love's (Jaka) former husband who is now a novelist visiting the bar where Cerebus is feeling trapped.  He ends up writing about Cerebus as a religious icon which will come into play in his Latter Days.

 

Going Home - The beginning of this storyline was great.  Cerebus and Jaka finally happy together and heading back to where Cerebus grew up.  Their journey on a barge with a famous writer modeled after F. Scott Fitzgerald was enjoyable as well.

 

The next part of Going Home not that interesting as it's about two characters modeled after Ernest Hemingway and his last wife with their time hunting in Africa featured prominently.

 

But then the story returns focus to Cerebus and Jaka again.  But ultimately leads to an unfortunate, abrupt conclusion when Cerebus returns home.

 

Starting Latter Days.  Fun short stories so far with the latest featuring three zealots based on the Three Stooges with some beautiful ornate art.

 

 

On 8/26/2022 at 1:04 AM, Cat said:

D*ck in a box?

I just watched episode 2.  Thought it was better.  We'll see how the series progresses.

I watched the first episode last night.  Interesting enough to watch the next episode, but only mildly interesting so far.

IMDB has a rating of 5.7/10.  Sounds about right.

Here are two ads Ian ran looking for missing DC comics to complete his collection.

2004

2005

On 8/18/2022 at 12:03 AM, drdonaldblake1 said:

hey , could you please link some of those old Ian threads

im with the search function here

 

Search function doesn't work very well - and not at all on old threads before the migration.

On 8/17/2022 at 4:53 PM, drdonaldblake1 said:

Sounds like Levine became obsessed......was he in some sort of competition with the Pepsi heiress to see who could complete the collection first?

Yes, Christine Farrell.  Just looking through some old Ian threads.

Somehow I've never read Gaiman's Sandman although I've always heard how well-regarded it was.

My wife actually mentioned the series on Netflix so we watched it together.  We enjoyed it.  I should read the series now.

Just watched episode 4 which has a spoof of the Court of Owls. 

Also interested what it sold for.

Hadn't heard about this.  Here's what I found.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/dc-complete-the-ian-levine-collection

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sothebys-auctions-ian-levines-collection-of-every-dc-comic-ever/

https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/sothebys-auction-dc-complete-the-ian-levine-collection/

https://downthetubes.net/40000-dc-comics-many-rare-offered-in-private-sale-of-the-ian-levine-collection-by-sothebys/

Ian himself is a bit non-pluses by this sale, telling us he sold his collection in 2008 to John Barton “for a tiny fraction of their value with the intention of being allowed to keep them in my house until I died.

“But when DC ended all their runs and reverted to restarting at number one for them all, I was so sickened that I gave him permission to sell them,” he revealed in a Facebook post. “They were all taken away around 2015 and every comic was examined and graded by Paul Sassiene, comic expert, for Sotherbys. I rather resent everybody assuming I’m the one who’s selling them, having given up the ownership twelve years ago. Sotheby’s have had them for five years now, so I’m bemused that the story has suddenly become public. Fifty years hard, devoted, dedicated work, and all I ever got back was a mere fraction of what I paid for them, yet they will always be known as The Ian Levine Collection”.

Sorry I missed national Spider-Man day.  Here's a cake. 

Yay!  More Harley & Ivy.  Just watched episode 1 of season 3. 

On 8/3/2022 at 10:46 PM, WolverineX said:

Time to pick up a Tec349!!!  @Comics4All

Or Tec 359. 

On 7/20/2022 at 7:48 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

6.5 sold on Heritage for only $3720

https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/cerebus-the-aardvark-1-aardvark-vanahem-1977-cgc-fn-65-off-white-to-white-pages/a/122223-11260.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

On 5/22/2022 at 3:18 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I had that same idea years ago when Thief of Thieves came out. 

Finished reading through Cerebus #210.

70% through now...

The Mothers & Daughters concluded.

Next storyline Guys is half through.