Dave Sim : conversations / edited by Eric Hoffman and Dominick Grace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffman, Eric R.

Grace, Dominick, 1963-

Series:

Conversations with comic artists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sim, Dave, 1956---Interviews.

Sim, Dave.

Sim, Dave, 1956-.

Cartoonists--United States--Interviews.

Cartoonists.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

Summary:

In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the comics medium but also many of the core assumptions of Western society. Through it he analyzed politics, the dynamics of love, religion, and, most controversially, the influence of feminism-which Sim believes has had a negative impact on society. What few interviews Sim gave often pushed the limits of what an interview might be in much the same way that Cerebus pushed the limits of what a comic might be. In interviews Sim is generous, expansive, provocative, and sometimes even antagonistic. Many of these interviews have been out of print for years. And, while the interviews range from very general, career-spanning explorations of his complex work and ideas, to tightly focused discussions on specific details of Cerebus, all the interviews contained herein are engaging and revealing. Book jacket.

Contents:

A Talk with an Aardvark / Maggie Thompson / 1982 /, Maggie Thompson, 1982 3

Dave Sim and Gerhard / Martin Skidmore / 1989 /, Martin Skidmore, 1989 9

Cerebus: An Interview with Dave Sim / Stephen R. Bissette / 1992 /, Stephen R. Bissette, 1992 25

Original Sim: The Dave Sim Interview / Jason Sacks / 1992 /, Jason Sacks, 1992 48

An Interview with Dave Sim and Gerhard / Adrian Reynolds / 1993 /, Adrian Reynolds, 1993 60

Sim Speaks / Comics Forum / 1993 /, Comics Forum, 1993 70

Dave Sim / Tom Spurgeon / 1996 /, Tom Spurgeon, 1996 78

Whatever It Is, I'm Against It / Sandeep Atwal / 1996 /, Sandeep Atwal, 1996 148

Dave Sim: 20 Years of Cerebus / Charles Brownstein / 1997 /, Charles Brownstein, 1997 169

Dave Sim / Tasha Robinson / 2004 /, Tasha Robinson, 2004 205

A Selection from the Yahoo Q&A Sessions / Cerebus Yahoo Group / 2004-2006 /, Cerebus Yahoo Group, 2004-2006 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781617037818

1617037818

9781617037825

1617037826

OCLC:

808810850