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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffman, Eric R.

Grace, Dominick, 1963-

Series:

Conversations with comic artists.

Conversations with comic artists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartoonists--United States--Interviews.

Cartoonists.

Sim, Dave, 1956---Interviews.

Sim, Dave.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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. Moreover, Sim inserted himself squarely into t

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; A Talk with an Aardvark; Dave Sim and Gerhard; Cerebus: An Interview with Dave Sim; Original Sim: The Dave Sim Interview; An Interview with Dave Sim and Gerhard; Sim Speaks; Dave Sim; Whatever It Is, I'm Against It; Dave Sim: 20 Years of Cerebus; Dave Sim; A Selection from the Yahoo Q&A Sessions; Selected Resources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-62103-945-5

OCLC:

808930470