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* DearNegativeReader: Sim has a severe case of InsistentTerminology with being labeled a misogynist. While for the most part, he wears his highly controversial views on gender roles on his sleeve and lives on a philosophy of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity, he considers that particular term to carry connotations of describing the "lowest, subhuman form of life in our society" and feels that he cannot adequately defend himself against it, as the label causes most people to dismiss him outright.
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!! This comic has [[TropeNamers named the following tropes]]:
* CerebusRetcon: This kicks in extremely gradually.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Despite the general prevalence of the next trope, the series undergoes constant mood shifts on a story arc by story arc (and sometimes page by page) basis.
* CerebusSyndrome: Occurred only a tenth of the way through its 300 issue run.
* KnightOfCerebus: {{Iron|y}}ically, [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample this is actually averted in the story]].
* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: ''Guys'' can be seen as this after the overall serious nature of the "Mothers and Daughters" arc.
* CerebusRetcon: This kicks in extremely gradually.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Despite the general prevalence of the next trope, the series undergoes constant mood shifts on a story arc by story arc (and sometimes page by page) basis.
* CerebusSyndrome: Occurred only a tenth of the way through its 300 issue run.
* KnightOfCerebus: {{Iron|y}}ically, [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample this is actually averted in the story]].
* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: ''Guys'' can be seen as this after the overall serious nature of the "Mothers and Daughters" arc.
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* HypotheticalCasting: Sim has said he hears Creator/GeorgeCScott when Cerebus talks.
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* CreatorBreakdown: And then some. In particular, it's difficult not to see a correlation between Sim's ranting about women being "leeches" and the collapse of his marriage and his resulting emotional wreck tendencies. (His ex-wife Deni Loubert was interviewed later in ''The Comics Journal'', saying that Sim was "very scared" judging by the essay in #186.)
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* CreatorBreakdown: And then some. Gerhard referred to Sim as “schizophrenic” after the comic ended, and he may not have been joking. In particular, it's difficult not to see a correlation between Sim's ranting about women being "leeches" and the collapse of his marriage and his resulting emotional wreck tendencies. (His ex-wife Deni Loubert was interviewed later in ''The Comics Journal'', saying that Sim was "very scared" judging by the essay in #186.)
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* FanNickname: Fans tend to call the trade paperbacks "phonebooks" due to their size.
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He's not one as he mantains a vlog to this day.
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* CreatorBreakdown: And then some. In particular, it's difficult not to see a correlation between Sim's ranting about women being "leeches" and the collapse of his marriage and his resulting emotional wreck ReclusiveArtist tendencies. (His ex-wife Deni Loubert was interviewed later in ''The Comics Journal'', saying that Sim was "very scared" judging by the essay in #186.)
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* CreatorBreakdown: And then some. In particular, it's difficult not to see a correlation between Sim's ranting about women being "leeches" and the collapse of his marriage and his resulting emotional wreck ReclusiveArtist tendencies. (His ex-wife Deni Loubert was interviewed later in ''The Comics Journal'', saying that Sim was "very scared" judging by the essay in #186.)
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Like many independent comics of the 1970s that were created in part as a response to the restrictive Comics Code Authority, ''Cerebus'' was ''never'' conceived or marketed as a comic book for kids. However, the fact it featured a funny animal as its lead led to this title back in the early days often being cited in discussions about whether or not comics were becoming too adult for young readers.
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* TalkingToHimself: In [[http://www.cerebus3d.com the 2012 movie]], John [=DiCrosta=] will provide the voices of ''both'' Cerebus and Lord Julius.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Like many independent comics of the 1970s that were created in part as a response to the restrictive Comics Code Authority, ''Cerebus'' was ''never'' conceived or marketed as a comic book for kids. However, the fact it featured a funny animal as its lead led to this title back in the early days often being cited in discussions about whether or not comics were becoming too adult for young readers.
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* CreatorBacklash: Dave Sim himself has come to dislike some aspects of this comic. In particular he regrets how he portrayed feminism and the female characters in general, feeling they were overly [[StrawmanPolitical idealized/simplified]] and unrealistic. His contributor Gerhard hated working on the thing in general as he slowly lost any ability to read it and was overworked to exhaustion. He motivated himself to work on ''The Last Day'' by repeatedly reminding himself that he would finally be done with the comic.
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* ShrugOfGod: [[spoiler:Whether Cerebus went to Hell (as the ending heavily implies) or whether he actually went to Heaven and was just panicking needlessly at the last second.]]
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* ShrugOfGod: [[spoiler:Whether Cerebus Whether [[spoiler:Cerebus went to Hell Hell]] (as the ending heavily implies) or whether he [[spoiler:he actually went to Heaven and was just panicking needlessly at the last second.]]second]], as Sim hints might have actually been the case in the author's notes in the phonebook of ''The Last Day''.
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** ''High Society'' was originally conceptualized as a ComicBookAdaptation of ''WarAndPeace''.
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* FanNickname: Fans tend to call the trade paperbacks "phonebooks" due to their size.
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!! Trivia tropes for this work:
* CreatorBreakdown: And then some. In particular, it's difficult not to see a correlation between Sim's ranting about women being "leeches" and the collapse of his marriage and his resulting emotional wreck ReclusiveArtist tendencies. (His ex-wife Deni Loubert was interviewed later in ''The Comics Journal'', saying that Sim was "very scared" judging by the essay in #186.)
* DoingItForTheArt
* FlipFlopOfGod: The philosophy and symbolism of the story is retconned whenever Sim's own personal views change.
* TheOtherDarrin: ''Cerebus Live!'' where people read/performed scenes from the comic at various conventions. In the first series of skits (available [[http://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/DaveSim.mp3 here]]), Sim played all the roles. By the time ''Cerebus Live II'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5CPi1k-qfo Cerebus Live III]]'' came around, almost all the parts had been recast and the only character Sim still played was Lord Julius.
* ShrugOfGod: [[spoiler:Whether Cerebus went to Hell (as the ending heavily implies) or whether he actually went to Heaven and was just panicking needlessly at the last second.]]
* TalkingToHimself: In [[http://www.cerebus3d.com the 2012 movie]], John [=DiCrosta=] will provide the voices of ''both'' Cerebus and Lord Julius.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** ''High Society'' was originally conceptualized as a ComicBookAdaptation of ''WarAndPeace''.
** ''Rick's Story'' was going to be a simple parody of ''Literature/TheBible'', but Sim's reading of it for research led to his religious conversion.
* CreatorBreakdown: And then some. In particular, it's difficult not to see a correlation between Sim's ranting about women being "leeches" and the collapse of his marriage and his resulting emotional wreck ReclusiveArtist tendencies. (His ex-wife Deni Loubert was interviewed later in ''The Comics Journal'', saying that Sim was "very scared" judging by the essay in #186.)
* DoingItForTheArt
* FlipFlopOfGod: The philosophy and symbolism of the story is retconned whenever Sim's own personal views change.
* TheOtherDarrin: ''Cerebus Live!'' where people read/performed scenes from the comic at various conventions. In the first series of skits (available [[http://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/DaveSim.mp3 here]]), Sim played all the roles. By the time ''Cerebus Live II'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5CPi1k-qfo Cerebus Live III]]'' came around, almost all the parts had been recast and the only character Sim still played was Lord Julius.
* ShrugOfGod: [[spoiler:Whether Cerebus went to Hell (as the ending heavily implies) or whether he actually went to Heaven and was just panicking needlessly at the last second.]]
* TalkingToHimself: In [[http://www.cerebus3d.com the 2012 movie]], John [=DiCrosta=] will provide the voices of ''both'' Cerebus and Lord Julius.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** ''High Society'' was originally conceptualized as a ComicBookAdaptation of ''WarAndPeace''.
** ''Rick's Story'' was going to be a simple parody of ''Literature/TheBible'', but Sim's reading of it for research led to his religious conversion.
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!! This comic has [[TropeNamers named the following tropes]]:
* CerebusRetcon: This kicks in extremely gradually.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Despite the general prevalence of the next trope, the series undergoes constant mood shifts on a story arc by story arc (and sometimes page by page) basis.
* CerebusSyndrome: Occurred only a tenth of the way through its 300 issue run.
* KnightOfCerebus: {{Iron|y}}ically, [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample this is actually averted in the story]].
* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: ''Guys'' can be seen as this after the overall serious nature of the "Mothers and Daughters" arc.
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* CerebusRetcon: This kicks in extremely gradually.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Despite the general prevalence of the next trope, the series undergoes constant mood shifts on a story arc by story arc (and sometimes page by page) basis.
* CerebusSyndrome: Occurred only a tenth of the way through its 300 issue run.
* KnightOfCerebus: {{Iron|y}}ically, [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample this is actually averted in the story]].
* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: ''Guys'' can be seen as this after the overall serious nature of the "Mothers and Daughters" arc.
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