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Minds (Cerebus, Volume 10) Paperback – June, 1996

4.5 out of 5 stars 8 customer reviews
Book 10 of 16 in the Cerebus Series

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  • Paperback: 286 pages
  • Publisher: Aardvark-Vanheim; 2nd Printing edition (June 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0919359167
  • ISBN-13: 978-0919359161
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.8 x 10.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,138,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sim's previous volume of Cerebus, "Reads", and the final volume of his "Mothers and Daughters"--or, "the other big book" of the Cerebus storyline--is one of the most controvercial in the history of comics to date. It has shaken up a number of people. Some it has offended. Some it has made think.
All..(pregnant pause)..it has effected.
"Minds" is not "Reads".
Let's get that point across straight from the start.
"Minds" is not about you, the reader. The story arch "Mothers and Daughters" ended with the afore-mentioned final volume of which it was composed. Yes, Cirin is still there, for awhile anyway. The first approximately 60 pages, she and Cerebus have what is essentially a repetition of the screaming match between him and Astoria in issue #105, only instead of in the dungeons of a small Tarimite church, this one takes place on a large chunk of rock shooting through space.
But, even though we will get to hear some talk about her behind her back, "Minds" is not about Cirin. So, accordingly, Sim gets rid of her. No, no, don't be upset-slash-throw a party (whichever you prefer). He simply sends her to Saturn for a while.
So Cerebus is left all alone on his large chunk of rock.
Now the fun begins.
Did I mention "Minds" is not about Cirin, "Mothers and Daughters", or you? It concerns, in fact, a certain puzzling grey-furred personality whom we have all come to know and love/hate. And his Creator.
As you know, Sim has spent something like 20 years on his title character, Cerebus. He has been "Prime Minister, then he was a houseguest, than he was Prime Minister, then the Pope, and then a house guest again".
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By A Customer on November 16, 1999
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Lemme tell you, "Reads" the previous volume that everyone heralds as "Cerebus at its best" kinda left me feeling lousy with all its vitriol between the sexes. That big battle between Cerebus and Cirin started causing me nightmares, and I just couldnt really get into Viktor Reid's view of things...But then comes "Minds" and its the tonic I needed- First off, the art (as always) is superb, but the art's especially superb in this volume of the series as Cerebus hurtles on his broken throne through the astral dimensions and spends time on icey Pluto thinking things through. "Minds"- to me is Cerebus at his best- though "Jaka's Story" is still my favorite out of the series.--Alex Sydorenko, November, Chicago
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Later Cerebus volumes such as this are not for the uninitiated. Collecting as they do issues from the late 100s (of a total proposed 300 issue series), they require a knowledge of a large majority of the previously published issues of volumes. Cerebus itself is not necessarily enjoyable by those without some familiarity with its peer comics, fantasy novels by Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, the Marx brothers' films, and the writings and lives of Oscar Wilde, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards, to enumerate only some of its influences.
Minds is much more traditional in its presentation compared to the previous volume, Reads, although it continues Sim's idiosyncratic view of the relation between creator and creation. I liked it a lot--especially the points where Cerebus tries to come to grips with the fact that he is talking to "God." Call it meta-fiction, call it jacking off--its unreal and poignant at the same time. Even if you think it doesn't work, you at least have to admire Sim for his audacity.
New to Cerebus? Don't start here. Find the first eponymous phone book and try that. It gets both better and worse after that, but this is truly one of those cases where you have to take the good with the bad.
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Dave Sim has set so many precidents with Cerebus, that it would be worth reading even if it weren't as powerful and rewarding a work as you're likely to find in the comics medium. Start with the first volume, and when you find yourself thinking, "What's the big deal over this sword and sorcery genre satire?" keep reading. Toward the end of the first volume Dave Sim's drawing skills improve visibly with each new page. The intelligence and depth of the writing go off the scale starting with the second volume, "High Society." He is joined by his artistic colaborator, Gerhard, somewhere near the beginning of the third major story arc, "Church and State," and since then the two have been developing the kind of mature, competent, confident, and compelling graphic story-telling that only emerges after years of continuous development. Start at the beginning, and read up to the current issue. Thereafter, I suspect you will find yourself eagerly anticipating each monthly instalment of Dave Sim's self-published comic book
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