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Cerebus 61, page 13. From Church and State story.
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Weisshaupt, an arrogant but not-too-successful master manipulator, is one of my favorite characters in the Cerebus saga. He is of course based on Adam Weishaupt, founder and leader of the Illuminati secret society, created in Ingolstadt in Bavaria 1776. This historical role has of made him chief villain in thousands of conspiracy theories, both ancient and modern. For instance, he is the chief villain in the French counter-revolutionary emigrant Abbé Barruel´ s book Mémoires pour servir à l' histoire du jacobinisme from 1797-98. In this infamous work Weishaupt is depicted as the secret instigator and manipulator of the French Revolution.
At this point, the Cerebus series had great dialog and characters, but the artwork had very sparse backgrounds. This was soon to change though.
At this point, the Cerebus series had great dialog and characters, but the artwork had very sparse backgrounds. This was soon to change though.
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About Dave Sim
David Victor Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, best known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creator's rights, and his controversial political, philosophical and religious beliefs.
Sim dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comics, and rose to prominence after he began Cerebus in December 1977. Initially, Cerebus was a parody of Conan the Barbarian and other sword and sorcery comics, but after two years Sim came to conceive of the series as a self-complete work, which would run for 300 issues and be subdivided into "novels". By the time the 6000-page work was completed in March 2004, Sim had delved into politics, theology, metaphysics, and a controversial examination of feminism and gender issues, while becoming progressively more sophisticated and experimental in his storytelling and artwork.
