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Here, you can explore the world of Cerebus the Aardvark - the longest running independently published comic book in history. From 1977 to 2004, Dave Sim and Gerhard (who began working on the book in 1984) produced 300 issues (some 6000 pages) about a misanthropic, three foot tall talking Aardvark.

A "funny" animal in a world of humans, Cerebus quickly evolved from its early days as a Conan parody into a far reaching exploration of religion, relationships and politics. The result was a dense world filled with one of the most entertaining menageries in comic history.

Dave Sim and Gerhard revolutionized not only the comic book format, but were also responsible for what would become the modern trade paperback comic collection -- large collections of issues dubbed "phone books" by Cerebus fans. The now complete story is collected and readily available in 16 volumes:

Cerebus (ISBN 0919359086) Collects issues 1-25 (1977-1981)
High Society (ISBN 0919359078) Collects issues 26-50 (1981-1983)
Church and State I (ISBN 0919359094) Collects isses 52-80 (1983-1985)
Church and State II (ISBN 0919359116) Collects issues 80-113 (1985-1988)
Jaka's Story (ISBN 0919359124) Collects issues 114-136 (1988-1990)
Melmoth (ISBN 0919359108) Collects issues 139-150 (1990-1991)
Flight (Mothers and Daughters vol. 1) (ISBN 0919359132) Collects issues 151-162 (1991-1992)
Women (Mothers and Daughters vol. 2) (ISBN 0919359140) Collects issues 163-174 (1992-1993)
Reads (Mothers and Daughters vol. 3) (ISBN 0919359159) Collects issues 175-186 (1993-1994)
Minds (Mothers and Daughters vol. 4) (ISBN 0919359167) Collects issues 187-200 (1994-1995)
Guys (ISBN 0919359175) Collects issues 201-219 (1995-1997)
Rick's Story (ISBN 0919359183) Collects issues 220-231 (1997-1998)
Going Home (Going Home vol. 1) (ISBN 0919359191) Collects issues 232-250 (1998-2000)
Form and Void (Going Home vol. 2) (ISBN 0919359205) Collects issues 251-265 (2000-2001)
Latter Days (Latter Days vol. 1) (ISBN 0919359221) Collects issues 266-288 (2001-2003)
The Last Day (Latter Days vol. 2) (ISBN 0919359213) Collects issues 289-300 (2003-2004)

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