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Dumbo and Friends - Calling All Animals! (2005 UK DVD)

Dumbo and Friends: Calling All Animals! is a full special length movie, this movie is narrated by Emma Tate in the UK and Emma Elizabeth in the US. Includes five songs in the movie and one song from the ninth series.

## Songs

1. Busy
2. Trying
3. Together
4. Animal Roll Call Song
5. Dream Song

## Dumbo and Friends: Calling All Animals! (2005 UK CD)

1. Busy - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
2. Trying - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
3. Together - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
4. Animal Roll Call Song - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
5. Dream Song - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
6. Dilemma - Nelly
7. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
8. Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
9. Small's Seaside Trip - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
10. The Snow Song - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
11. All Night Long - Lionel Richie
12. Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
13. Endless Love - Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross
14. What Kind Mouse Am I - Tutter
15. Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
16. It's Great to be a Friend - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
17. Wake Up Song - Sing Up
18. Don't You Want Me - Human League
19. House Of Fun - Madness
20. Happy New Year - ABBA
Dumbo and Friends - Bumper Party Collection!

Bumper Party Collection! is a bumper party-length DVD Celebrating 2002 and 2003 of Dumbo the Blue Elephant, featuring eight sixth series episodes and four seventh series episodes narrated by Emma Tate.

## Episodes

1. Dexter to the Rescue
2. A Bad Day for Nok Tok
3. Twin Trouble
4. Small's Chocolate Crunch
5. Dumbo the Jet Elephant
6. The World's Strongest Friend
7. Dumbo, Small and the Squeak
8. Toto the Very Useful Animal
9. Three Cheers for Dumbo
10. Black Blanket and Dressing Gown
11. What's the Matter with Angelina?
12. Rainbow Dash and the Rollercoaster
Marty

**Marty** was a patron at the bar beside the Wall of T'si. He eventually opened a tavern with his wife Beulah.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 201* and *Cerebus No. 202*
* *Cerebus No. 206* and *Cerebus No. 207*
* *Cerebus No. 209*
* *Cerebus No. 211* through *Cerebus No. 213*
* *Cerebus No. 218*
* *Cerebus No. 231*
* *Cerebus No. 300* - cameo

## Basis

Marty is a parody of Martin Humble, from James A. Owen's *Starchild* comic, who is a parody of Marty Feldman's portrayal of Igor in *Young Frankenstein*.
Dumbo and Friends: Classic Collection Season 7 (2008 UK DVD)

Dumbo and Friends: Classic Collection Season 7 is a british DVD in 2008, all twenty six episodes from the seventh series narrated by Emma Tate.

## Episodes

1. Black Blanket and Dressing Gown
2. Three Cheers for Dumbo
3. Small Gets it Right
4. Toto's Brass Band
5. What's the Matter with Angelina?
6. Tiny and the Queen of the Circus
7. The Ferocious Beast's Windmill
8. Yojojo Rides Again
9. Nok Tok and the Flying Horse
10. Bad Day at Castle Loch
11. The Old Bridge
12. Snow White's Tea Shop
13. Rainbow Dash and the Roller Coaster
14. Captain Feathersword's Stormy Tale
15. Pocoyo, Pato and Squirtle
16. Snow Animal
17. Best Dressed Animal
18. Squirtle Breaks the Rules
19. The Spotless Record
20. Peace and Quiet
21. Trusty Twilight Sparkle
22. The Runaway Elephant
23. Pinkie Pie's New Clothes
24. The Grand Opening
25. Something Fishy
26. Not So Hasty Puddings
27. A Tale for Dumbo
28. Dumbo and the Moles
29. Mittens' Windy Day
30. Small Helps Out
31. The Tortoise and the Hare
32. Dumbo's Trusty Friends
33. On Site with Dumbo
34. Timmy has Kittens
35. A Happy Day for Small
36. A Visit from Dumbo
37. Mud, Glorious Mud
38. Otus Owns Up
39. Small's Scary Tale
Dumbo and Friends: Classic Collection Season 6 (2007 UK DVD)

Dumbo and Friends: Classic Collection Season 6 is a british DVD in 2007, all twenty six episodes from the sixth series narrated by Emma Tate.

## Episodes

1. No Sleep for Noisy
2. Captain Feathersword's Secret
3. Dexter to the Rescue
4. A Bad Day for Nok Tok
5. De Li meets the Disney Princesses
6. The Snowbear
7. Otus Jumps In
8. A Friend in Need
9. It's Only Snow
10. Twin Trouble
11. The World's Strongest Friend
12. Scaredy Animals
13. Small and the Haunted Mine
14. Middle Animal
15. Tiny and the Red Balloon
16. Jack Frost
17. Black Blanket Takes a Tumble
18. Small's Chocolate Crunch
19. Buffer Bother
20. The Ferocious Beast Had a Little Lamb
21. Dumbo, Small and the Squeak
22. Dumbo the Jet Elephant
23. Toto the Very Useful Animal
24. Dunkin Applejack
25. Twilight Sparkle Saves the Day
26. Faulty Sounds
Dumbo and Friends - Bumper Play Time Collection

Bumper Play Time Collection is a bumper-length UK DVD release, featuring six first series episodes and six second series episodes narrated by Whitney Houston, as well as ten third series episodes, six fourth series episodes, five fifth series episodes, eight sixth series episodes and four seventh series episodes narrated by Emma Tate.

## Episodes

1. Twilight Sparkle to the Rescue
2. Woolly Bear
3. Dumbo and Black Blanket
4. Tiny and the Robots
5. Noisy Bugs
6. Dexter to the Rescue
7. A Bad Day for Nok Tok
8. Twin Trouble
9. Small's Chocolate Crunch
10. Yojojo
11. You Can't Win
12. Small’s Promise
13. Twilight Sparkle and the Boulder
14. Dirty Work
15. Paint Pots and Queens
16. Buzz, Buzz
17. Dumbo and the Special Letter
18. Dumbo, Small and the Dragon
19. Angelina's Forest
20. The Ferocious Beast and the Flood
21. Fluttershy Gets Lost
22. Trouble With Poo
23. Trust Dumbo
24. Dumbo the Jet Elephant
25. The World's Strongest Friend
26. Dumbo Comes to Breakfast
27. No Joke for Tiny
28. Pop Goes the Elly
29. Dumbo, Small and the Squeak
30. Toto the Very Useful Animal
31. Three Cheers for Dumbo
32. Scary Ghosts
33. Small Runs Away
34. Gallant Old Friend
35. Black Blanket and Dressing Gown
36. What's the Matter with Angelina?
37. Rainbow Dash and the Rollercoaster
38. Dumbo, Apricot and the Snow
39. Snow
40. The Flying Kipper
41. A Scarf for Small
42. Special Hats
43. Dumbo’s Christmas Party
44. Dumbo and the Missing Christmas Tree
45. Dumbo and Small's Christmas Adventure
Dumbo and Friends - The Great Discovery (2008 UK DVD)

Dumbo and Friends: The Great Discovery is a full special length movie, this movie is narrated by Charlotte Spencer in the UK and US. Includes four songs in the movie and one song from the eleventh series.

## Songs

1. Dumbo and Tiny are Racing
2. There's a Job for Everyone
3. Where, oh Where is Dumbo?
4. Animal Roll Call Song
5. Dumbo, You're The Leader!

## Dumbo and Friends: The Great Discovery (2008 UK CD)

1. Dumbo and Tiny are Racing - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
2. There's a Job for Everyone - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
3. Where, oh Where is Dumbo? - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
4. Animal Roll Call Song - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
5. Dumbo, You're The Leader - Kayne West and Modjo
6. Don't Cha Poison - 99 Souls
7. Rasputin - Boney M
8. Valerie Call On Me - Steve Winwood and Eric Prydz
9. The Little Big Club Theme - The Little Big Club
10. Ode to Black Blanket - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
11. Nok Tok Song - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
12. A World Around You - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
13. Football's Coming Home - Lightning Seeds
14. Vindaloo - Fat Les
15. Surprises - Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity
16. The Promise - Girls Aloud
17. You Can Do Anything - Stephen Bishop
18. See You Again - Charlie Puth
19. Stitches - Shawn Mendes
20. Flobbadance - Bill and Ben
Five New Friends In The Circus

Five New Friends In The Circus is a first song from seventh series in 2008.

## Lyrics

* (Dumbo and Friends Season 1-7 theme)
* Barney: Good morning sunshine, brand new day
* Milly and Molly: Busy day for the circus
* Blossom: Animals rolling to and froing
* Bubbles: Rushing by on the circus
* Kami: But today is a special day for
* Twilight Sparkle: Have you heard the news?
* Fluttershy: Something special is happening, happening
* Pinkie Pie: Have you heard the news?
* Rarity: Have you heard, pass the word, have you heard
* Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity: There are five new friends in the circus Five new friends in the circus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Can you believe your eyes? Five new friends in the circus Celebrate the big surprise and raise the banners high For the five new friends, great new friends Five new friends in the circus
* Barney: Pinkie Pie, with her curly hair, the laughter to be seen on the circus
* Milly and Molly: Dexter and his laboratory, but he'll take the strain on the circus
* Blossom and Bubbles: Captain Feathersword is from The Wiggles, he'll tell a tale or two
* Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy: Pingu too, is shy but true, he'll be there for you
* Pinkie Pie and Rarity: Look, there's Doof. He's a villain. He'll just go on and on
* Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity: There are five new friends in the circus Five new friends in the circus Welcome to one and all Everybody say hello Five new friends in the circus Dumbo and all the friends are here So let us raise a cheer For the five new friends, great new friends Five new friends in the circus There are five new friends in the circus Five new friends in the circus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Can you believe your eyes? Five new friends in the circus Celebrate the big surprise and raise the banners high
* Kami: There's Doof
* Blossom: And Pingu
* Bubbles: And Pinkie Pie
* Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity: And Dexter
* Barney, Milly and Molly: And Captain Feathersword.
* Barney, Milly, Molly, Blossom, Bubbles, Kami, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity: There are five new friends, great new friends Five new friends in the circus
* (Dumbo and Friends Season 1-7 End Credits Short)
Dumbo and Friends - Bumper Collection: Seasonal Scrapes

Dumbo and Friends - Bumper Collection: Seasonal Scrapes is a bumper-length UK DVD release, featuring three first series episodes and two second series episodes narrated by Whitney Houston, as well as six third series episodes, three fourth series episodes and three fifth series episodes narrated by Emma Tate, set in the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. It also includes three songs from the fifth series.

## Episodes

1. Twilight Sparkle to the Rescue
2. Woolly Bear
3. Yojojo
4. You Can't Win
5. Small's Promise
6. Angelina's Forest
7. The Ferocious Beast and the Flood
8. Fluttershy Gets Lost
9. Trouble With Poo
10. Dumbo, Copper and the Snow
11. Snow
12. The Flying Kipper
13. A Scarf for Small
14. Special Hats
15. Dumbo's Christmas Party
16. Dumbo and the Missing Christmas Tree
17. Dumbo and Small's Christmas Adventure

## Songs

1. It's Great to be a Friend
2. Small's Seaside Trip
3. The Snow Song
Cerebus Dreams II

**"Cerebus Dreams II"** is a story by Dave Sim and Gerhard with 3D effects by Ray Zone.

## Summary

Cerebus, in his role as "Most Holy", flies around a dreamscape. At the end, he wakes up.

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last seen in Cerebus No. 66; next appearance in Cerebus No. 67)*

## Publication

* *AV in 3D*, December, 1984
* *Following Cerebus No. 10* - in 2D
Joseph Cerebus

**Joseph Cerebus** is Cerebus' father. He took Cerebus to see Magus Doran in Imesh when Cerebus was young. Both he and Cerebus' Mother were strict Tarimites and they would take Cerebus with them to church.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus* No. 190 - heard talking with Magus Doran
* *Cerebus* No. 191 - his right hip is seen
* *Cerebus* No. 265 - mentioned
Michelle

*This article is about Cerebus' first girlfriend. For the noblewoman, see Countess Michelle Detin.*

**Michelle** was Cerebus' first girlfriend. He met her before he became a mercenary. He lived with her when he worked as a tax collector. At the time, Cerebus was eighteen and she was "not old enough to get married", although he told the Countess he probably would have married her had she been. She dumped him for another man, leaving a note that read "I'm leaving you forever. Don't try to find me, it's over. Michelle and Thomas."

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus the Newsletter No. 13*, back cover
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 53*
3. ↑ "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 55*
Epic Illustrated

***Epic Illustrated*** is a magazine-sized comic that was published by Marvel Comics from 1980 to 1986. Its focus is on creator-owned comics. Dave Sim (and, later, Gerhard as well) did several stories for the publication.

## Cerebus-related Stories

* "Arnold the Isshurian", *Epic Illustrated No. 16*
* "His First Fifth", *Epic Illustrated No. 26*
* "A Friendly Reminder", *Epic Illustrated No. 28*
* "Selling Insurance","The Girl Next Door", *Epic Illustrated No. 30*
* "Ages of Cerebus", *Epic Illustrated No. 32*
Dave

**Dave** is the writer and artist of the *Cerebus* comic book, documenting Cerebus' life.

For a time he communicated with Cerebus, speaking directly in Cerebus' head, which he also did with Rick Nash on at least one occasion.

While Cerebus was working as a bartender, he showed up and talked to Cerebus about staying in a bar for too long. He left a package with Cerebus, which turned out to be Missy.

## Quotes

* "You're the baker and your life is the bread."
* "An uncomfortable truth is always preferable to a comfortable lie."
* "Suicide kills not only the body, but the soul as well."

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 181*
* *Cerebus No. 192* through *Cerebus No. 198* - voice only, talking to Cerebus
* *Cerebus No. 199*
* *Cerebus No. 200*
* *Cerebus No. 226* - voice only, talking to Rick Nash
* *Cerebus No. 229*
* *Cerebus No. 291* - voice only, talking to Cerebus

## Basis

Dave is the manifestation within the comic of creator/writer/artist Dave Sim. He serves as an avatar for Sim in a slightly different way from Viktor Davis, another Sim avatar.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 181*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 192* through *Cerebus No. 198*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 226*
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 229*
5. ↑ *Cerebus No. 193*
6. ↑ *Cerebus No. 194*
7. ↑ *Cerebus No. 196*
Ambassador Suite

The **Ambassador Suite** was a set of commodious apartments in the Regency Hotel where Cerebus stayed during his time as Ranking Diplomatic Representative of Palnu and as candidate for the Prime Minister's office in Iest. It was notable for its dyed burlap curtains, 8th century Borealan and Black Tower Dynasty vases and not least, the Regency Elf.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 26* through *Cerebus No. 65*

## Quotes About the Ambassador Suite

* "Ah! The Ambassador Suite...The Regency's fifth-floor coal-mine." / "Dyed Burlap. How like The Regency." - Harmon Blakely
Glamourpuss

***glamourpuss*** is a comic book series written and illustrated by Dave Sim and published by Aardvark-Vanaheim. It was published from April, 2008 to July, 2012, running for 26 issues. It is primarily a parody of fashion magazines. The series featured several variant covers.

## The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

A back-up feature focused on the death of Alex Raymond. This would eventually become the graphic novel *The Strange Death of Alex Raymond*.

## Cover gallery

All covers by Dave Sim, except where noted.

*glamourpuss No. 1*
The Comics Edition*glamourpuss No. 1*
Comic Industry Preview Edition*glamourpuss No. 1*
Fashion Edition*glamourpuss No. 1*
Gold Fashion Industry Preview Edition*glamourpuss No. 1*
Platinum Fashion Industry Preview Edition*glamourpuss No. 2**glamourpuss No. 3**glamourpuss No. 4**glamourpuss No. 4*
Zombie "gammakpooz" Variant*glamourpuss No. 5**glamourpuss No. 5*
Zombie "gammakpooz" Variant*glamourpuss No. 6**glamourpuss No. 7**glamourpuss No. 8**glamourpuss No. 9*
cover by Gene Colan*glamourpuss No. 10*
cover by Gene Colan*glamourpuss No. 11*
cover by Russ Heath*glamourpuss No. 12*
cover by Russ Heath*glamourpuss No. 13*
cover by Russ Heath*glamourpuss No. 14**glamourpuss No. 15**glamourpuss No. 16**glamourpuss No. 17**glamourpuss No. 18**glamourpuss No. 19*
cover by Mike Allred*glamourpuss No. 20**glamourpuss No. 21**glamourpuss No. 22**glamourpuss No. 23**glamourpuss No. 24**glamourpuss No. 25**glamourpuss No. 26*
## Zootanapuss

Sim attempted to relaunch the title by sending out variants of the final five issues (No. 22 - No. 26) as *Zootanapuss*, even renumbering them on the cover as No. 1 through No. 5. This did not help sales and the title ended after No. 26.

### Cover gallery

*zootanapuss No. 1*
(*glamourpuss No. 22*)*zootanapuss No. 2*
(*glamourpuss No. 23*)*zootanapuss No. 3*
(*glamourpuss No. 24*)*zootanapuss No. 4*
(*glamourpuss No. 25*)*zootanapuss No. 5*
(*glamourpuss No. 26*)
Gustav Crimson/The Bloodline System

### Quests

Quests are missions given to the host in exchange for a reward for completion/punishment for failure.

## Chapter 2: Unknown Man

 Host shall now go into deep sleep!

## Chapter 3: System Interface

 To check out what this power entails, call out; System Interface!

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## Chapter 5: Echelon Academy

 Host is the definition of a damned thing!

## Chapter 7: Bloodline Acquisition

 Does host desire to steal this bloodline - Yes/No.

## Chapter 8: Confirmation

 Host has received 50 exp.

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## Chapter 10: Slow Progression

 Daily quest changed.

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## Chapter 11: Cafeteria Incident

 Host injuries has been healed completely.

## Chapter 12: Bravery Achieved!

 Dash has been deactivated.

## Chapter 14: Compensation

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## Chapter 15: Punishemnt Begins

 Host has learned cooking skill: Frying pickled eggs.

## Chapter 18: Rumours Of Violence

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## Chapter 19: Mental Fortitude

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## Chapter 24: Death Crisis

 Does host desire to steal this bloodline - Yes/No

## Chapter 27: Energy Drained

 Host will go into sleep mode if energy isn't consumed!!!

## Chapter 28: Visiting Gami Dojo

 +1 energy point has been recovered

## Chapter 35: Getting An Apartment

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## Chapter 49 - Stacking Up Paper Bills

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## Chapter 53 - A Surge Of Emotions

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## Chapter 69 - Gustav's Ploy

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## **Chapter 80 - Uproar**

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## Chapter 93 - The Ancient Market

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## Chapter 104 - Bloodlines

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Following Cerebus No. 7

***Following Cerebus No. 7*** is an issue of *Following Cerebus* published by Win-Mill Productions.

## Articles

* Wolverroach sketch on inside front cover
* "The TV Issue"
	+ "Dave Sim: Marathon Man"
	+ "Cerebus & Buffy: The Pre-Game Introductions"
	+ "My First Buffy"
	+ "The Post-Game Show"
	+ "Dave Sim 'On TV'" by Craig Miller & John Thorne
	+ "Dave Sim on TV" by Dave Sim
	+ "Automatic Pilot" by Lee Sandlin
* "Who Reviews the Reviewers?" by Dave Sim
* "About Last Issue" by Dave Sim
* "Mind Games" letter column
* "Thou Good and Faithful Cerebite" by Bryan Douglas
* "Another Thing Coming"
Judge's Evil Twin

The **Judge's Evil Twin** (or his "Know-It-All-Wise-Guy Evil Twin") was a manifestation of unknown origin who was identical to the Judge.

## History

The Evil Twin appeared before "Death" and claimed to have been created by him as a means to enlighten "Death" as to his true identity upon the arrival of the Apocalypse. The Evil Twin claimed to have arrived early because the succubi that were draining "Death" of his life essence would soon deplete him. Being thus convinced of his inevitable demise, "Death" ceased to exist.

He later faced off against the real Judge on The Moon, where the Judge declared that the Evil Twin was merely a manifestation of his own subconscious fear that the Judge was really Tarim under a self-imposed restriction to only watch and not act. The Evil Twin could do what he would do if he were, indeed, the living Tarim, including destroying Death, which Tarim would blame on himself for unleashing it on mankind. The Evil Twin then disappeared, never to be seen again.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 151*
* *Cerebus No. 156* and *Cerebus No. 156*
* *Cerebus No. 157* - mentioned
* *Cerebus No. 161* - mentioned
His First Sword

**"His First Sword"** is a short story by Dave Sim told across seventeen portfolio plates. It was published as a part of *The Animated Cerebus*.

## Summary

A blacksmith hammers the finishing touches on a long, silver sword. Cerebus, having been waiting patiently, gets the blade tossed to him. He proceeds to slash it about, testing the meddle of the metal, pleased by the results. He thrusts forth, then pulls back widely, accidentally stabbing the backsmith in the chest. Cerebus is stunned as the man collapses to the ground, dead. He looks around for a moment, drops the three coin payment in the corpse' hand, then departs with his new weapon.

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last seen in "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"; next appearance in "A Well-Equipped Bar")*
* Blacksmith *(only appearance; dies)*

## Dave Sim on "A Well-Equipped Bar"

* "I went through a number of ideas before I came up with this one, again. Not much to say about it, really. "I had recently seen a Fleischer "Popeye" cartoon that I recalled quite vividly from my days as a wee tad (sic) when I would watch an hour of "Popeye" every morning. All the action took place in a blacksmith shop as Popeye and Bluto competed in shoe-ing horses. So Bluto was very much on my mind as an archetypal Blacksmith as I contemplated young Cerebus eagerly awaiting the completion of his first sword. It's also something of a comment on the mentality of those enamoured of articles of destruction. but primarily it is just another incident in the young earth-pig's life."

* "This was how he got his first sword, unlike his more famous later sword."

## References

 1. ↑ *The Animated Cerebus*
2. ↑ Cerebus Archive Report #4
Following Cerebus No. 4

***Following Cerebus No. 4*** is an issue of *Following Cerebus* published by Win-Mill Productions.

## Articles

* "Covering the Issue" by Craig Miller & John Thorne
* "Why Will Eisner?" by Craig Miller & John Thorne
* "My Dinner with Will & Other Stories" by Dave Sim
* "Cerebus Jam"; original pencils for and full reprint of "Cerebus Versus The Spirit"
* "The Will Eisner Library: An Overview"
* "Will Eisner's Elektra"
* "Comic Book Storytelling: Will Eisner, Dave Sim, and Archie Goodwin on Good and Bad Storytelling"
* "About Last Issue" by Dave Sim
* "Dave Sim's Favorite Buffy Pic This Month"
* "Mind Games" letter column
* "Thou Good and Faithful Cerebite" cartoon story by Bryan Douglas
Chaos Gem

The **Chaos Gem** was a magical gem that Cerebus possessed at one time.

## History

Cerebus picked up the Chaos Gem in Serrea. It was being sought by "Death", who wished to use it, in conjunction with his other twelve gems, to bring on a "new golden age" of death. Cerebus tossed it into a well upon escaping from Southgate Prison.

Unlike the other gems held by "Death", which were actually succubi in disguise, the Chaos Gem apparently has real significance, as it was one of the elements of Cerebus' past that Dave mentioned while showing Cerebus how his decisions had altered his fate.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 4*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 151*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No, 196*
Deni Loubert

**Deni Loubert** (aka Deni Sim) is a former comics publisher and ex-wife to Dave Sim. She co-founded *Cerebus* publisher Aardvark-Vanaheim with Sim and, following their separation, she founded Renegade Press to handle many of the non-*Cerebus* former A-V titles.

She returned to Cerebus in 2012/2013, narrating her "A Note from the Publisher" columns as part of *Cerebus: High Society - The Digital Audio/Video Experience*.

Her brother is Michael Loubert, creator of the map of Estarcion.
Moosehat

**Moosehat** was a city in Northern Isshuria and was considered the Five-Bar Gate capitol of Estarcion. One of its most legendary features was the shrine to the sport, Moosehat Gardens.

## Dave Sim on Moosehat

* "Moosehat combines Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) and Medicine Hat (Alberta), both quintessential Canadian place names -- which also serves notice that "I've got my 'moose hat' on this issue": "rah-rah" flag-waving being consider by most Canadians (myself included) to be a little outre where it is not considered to be downright tacky."
Harmon Blakely

**Harmon Blakely II** was a high-ranking member of Iest's legislature, and a devout Tarimite. He was raised in a monastery in the Kota Mountains. He once tried to register for PetuniaCon.

It was said that Blakely's famous relative, Cyrus N. Blakely, was the first Prime Minister of Iest and the namesake of the Iest district of Blakely.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 33* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 37*
* *Cerebus No. 39*
* *Cerebus No. 41*
* *Cerebus No. 42* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 43*
* *Cerebus No. 49*
* *Cerebus No. 58*
* *Cerebus No. 60*
* *Cerebus No. 64* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 102* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 156* and *Cerebus No. 157* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 166* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 300* - cameo
A Friendly Reminder

**"A Friendly Reminder"** is a three-page story by Dave Sim and Gerhard first published in *Epic Illustrated No. 28*.

## Summary

The shadow of a man cowers behind a wooden door, as it is beaten into splinters by Cerebus, who is employed as a tax collector. The man's quivering shadow is cast against the approaching aardvark, who proceeds to smash the man into a pulp. Cerebus picks three gold coins from the man's corpse, places them in his tax revenue bag, and departs through the broken door. He stops and turns to us imposingly, as four ominous words friendly remind us that "Next year, file early".

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last appears in "The Defense of Fort Columbia"; next appearance in "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do")*
* Taxed Man *(only appearance; dies)*

## Story Notes

* The story takes place in 1403, when Cerebus was eighteen years old.

## Dave Sim on "A Friendly Reminder"

* "Canon", "A Friendly Reminder", "(1985/02) Epic Illustrated 28", "pre-issue 1", "While there is no way to pin-point where the story goes on the timeline because it takes place prior to issue 1\, it is relevant to both character and theme. Most likely set in 1403\, while Cerebus was living with Michelle.", "Color. May need to be printed in a separate volume\, or perhaps in the middle as a color insert/supplement.", "1403.1"

Dave: "AGREED – Dave Sim [would need to be cross-referenced with the ‘Breaking Up is Hard to Do Story” and the back cover of one of the issues of the Cerebus Fan Club newsletter that depicted the original Michelle and footnoted in “The Countess & The Aardvark”]"
## References

 1. ↑ "Note from the President", *Cerebus Jam No. 1*
2. ↑ Cerebus Archive Report #4
Black Blossom Lotus

The **Black Blossom Lotus** was a legendary object of mysterious origin and reputed magical qualities. One version states that the magician Herces made it for the new ruler of Amstanat. It disappeared during a period of strife, while being transported to a hiding place in Eshnosopur. Several years later, alleged pieces of the lotus began to appear.

However, this version was disputed by Red Sophia, who claimed that the grand vizier of Amstanat had a copy of the lotus made, and it was this copy that disappeared. The vizier was later robbed by bandits and, without knowing what they had, the bandits sold it to a jeweler in Ress, likewise unaware of its significance.

When the jeweler died, a merchant from Unshib came across it in his wares and bought it. The jeweler's son, Miergen, was suspicious and identified the lotus, but too late to stop the merchant. He recruited Red Sophia to help him steal it back. While trailing the merchant's caravan, they encountered Cerebus, who they easily recruited. Unfortunately for them, the aardvark double-crossed them, taking the lotus for himself. Cerebus took the lotus to Palnu to sell it. A merchant bought it but promptly dropped it in the river, explaining that he wanted to keep powerful magical items out of the hands of magicians.

Years later, the lotus was still lying at the bottom of the river.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 10*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 11*
3. ↑ *Flight*
Konigsberg

**Konigsberg** brought Cerebus a copy of the Torah, a mission handed down to him from his father.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 280* through *Cerebus No. 287*

## Basis

Konigsberg is a parody of American filmmaker Woody Allen, whose birth name is Allan Stewart Konigsberg.

## Dave on Konigsberg

* "With Woody Allen, I actually tried to follow the course of his filmic career as well as doing him, so I'm rather more pleased with Konigsberg than I was with Lord Julius and/or Duke Leonardi, because I set myself a more complicated challenge both in that structural way and in the fact that I depicted him in a variety of cartooning styles."
Baskin

**Baskin** was the stenographer and assistant to Lord Julius Tavers in Palnu. He held the title Minister for Executive Planning "in honor of his paying two hundred pieces a month".

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 15*
* *Cerebus No. 26* - cameo
* *Cerebus No. 38* and *Cerebus No. 39*
* *Cerebus No. 43*
* *Cerebus No. 72*
* *Cerebus No. 138*
* *Cerebus No. 151*
* *Cerebus No. 162*
* *Cerebus No. 169*
* *Cerebus No. 300* - cameo
A Well-Equipped Bar

**"A Well-Equipped Bar"** is a short story by Dave Sim told across sixteen portfolio plates. It was published as a part of *The Animated Cerebus*.

## Summary

Cerebus is sitting at a table in a tavern with a mug beside him. He spots a glass filled with a red substance on the bar. He looks left, then right and then tiptoes up to the bar. He grabs the glass and drinks the substance.
Cerebus gets back to his chair, and reacts to the strength of the potent liquid. A man approaches the bar and spits into the glass, refilling it with the same red substance as before. Realizing he just drank from a makeshift spitoon, Cerebus literally melts in his chair into a big pile of goo.

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last seen in "His First Sword"; next appearance in "The Applicant")*
* Spitting Man *(only appearance)*

## Dave Sim on "A Well-Equipped Bar"

* "I started sifting through the Earth-Pig's past (he does have one, I just haven't spilled the cat all over the bean bag yet) going over locations and incidents. Naturally the one that came up the most frequently was "the bar", "the tavern", "a corner table".

"I had heard a joke some years ago (like, when I was ten) about two fellows having a bet that no one in the bar would dare drink the contents of the spittoon nearby. There is an elaborate description of each patron of the bar having a try. So and so tries and he barely tilts it up before he gets sick. So and so tries, etc. etc. Finally, one guy drinks it all down. And one of the first two fellows says "that's amazing. How can you do that?" The answer is the punch line and for the life of me I can't remember it. But it was this story that my mind strayed to (as it is wont to do when forced to write pictures). I had this over-riding feeling that if I could just remember the punchline, I would have the ideal vignette. After twisting my limited grey (sic) matter this way and that I had a sudden burst of insight. The punch-line wasn't the key element. The key element was the profound chord that the words "drink the contents of a spittoon" strike in the human animal. I did a quick sketch of the first frames, then jotted down little notes like (2) looks left (3) looks right (4) tiptoeing. The next day I went in drew it. One down."
A Note from the Publisher

**"A Note from the Publisher"** is a regular editorial column by then-Aardvark-Vanaheim publisher Deni Loubert that appears in *Cerebus No. 1* through *Cerebus No. 70*. A title-specific version of the column also appears in non-Cerebus titles published by A-V during Loubert's tenure as publisher.

Following Loubert's departure from Aardvark-Vanaheim, the column was replaced with "Note from the President" by Dave Sim in issues of *Cerebus*, but continued in titles taken over by Loubert's Renegade Press.
Loshie

**Loshie** (a.k.a. **Losher**) was one of the Three Wise Fellows.

## History

Losher was one of the original Three Wise Fellows, alongside brothers Moshie and Shem. He stayed throughout Shem's original tenure, through his departure and replacement by Koshie.

He was married to Mabel.

After Koshie suffered a debilitating stroke, Shem rejoined Moshie and Loshie.

Following the death of Shem, Moshie sent a letter to Loshie claiming the sole power to choose Shem's replacement, requiring Loshie's signature. Loshie did not sign and Joe Schlimmer was chosen over Moshie's objections.

Mabel died in the year 39 and Loshie had his first stroke in 41. He had additional strokes in 46 and 47, dying on the 26th of Wintermonth that year.

## Basis

Like the other Wise Fellows, he is based on a member of The Three Stooges, Larry Fine. The description of Loshie's later years and death closely parallels that of Larry Fine.
Kitchen Knife Incident

The **Kitchen Knife Incident** is an event in the life of Cerebus from when he was a child. While still living in Sand Hills Creek, he took his mother's kitchen knife out of the house. A young boy named Trevor got ahold of it and stabbed Cerebus, who was scared because he had disobeyed his mother and gotten his new sweater all bloody. His injuries caused Cerebus' female organs to become infertile.
Kevillists

The **Kevillists** were a religious faction that split off from the Cirinists.

## Notes

* "A rebellious faction that's only recently come to light in Upper Felda -- in Cirin's own government. ... A fanatic's fanatic." - Suenteus Po The First
* The faction was likely founded by Astoria. Astoria wrote the Kevillist tract *Kevillist Origins*.
* Apparently, was a favorite faith of medical people.
* The Kevillists share the Cirinist mania for stenographers and record-keeping.

## Dave on Kevillists

* **Jeff:** Could we have a quick summary of the beliefs of the Kevillists? Sometimes they sound very enlightened, sometimes very frightening.

**Dave:** R...state-owned prostitution, pharmaceutically-assisted miscarriages, ownership of men, guaranteed minimum incomes for women over the age of fifteen and the inalienable right to self-determination within those parameters...S (Astoria, Church & State pg. 622). She accommodates a number of dissenting views and has a few of her own that she doesn't advance publicly, but that pretty much sums it up.<ref>1992 USEnet Interview
## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 28*, page 5
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 62*, page 10
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 168*, page 18
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Fret Mac Mury

**Fret Mac Mury** was a Pigt.

## History

He began to speak of the Pigtish isolationism and remaining underground when he was struck and killed by lightning.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 5*
* *Cerebus No. 67* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 156*
* *Cerebus No. 157* - cameo or mention

## Basis

His name is a parody of actor Fred MacMurray.
Eshnosopur

**Eshnosopur** was one of the Southern City-States of Estarcion. It was located south of the Kota Mountains on the Sea of the South and west of Panrovy.

## Notes

* Cerebus once visited Eshnosopur during a hot summer.
* An attempt was once made on the life of Lord Julius using a toxin, pentazin, that was native to Eshnosopur.
* Plate Armor was invented in Eshnosopur in 1456.
* Cerebus once spoke about the Grand Rebellion and how Prince Rashazar left the city dressed as a woman. Cerebus also indicated that he had been to the city several other times in the past.

## References

 1. ↑ "The Challenge"
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 14*
3. ↑ "The First Invention of Armour"
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 24*
Archbishop Posey

**Archbishop Posey** was an Archbishop of the  Eastern Orthodox Church of Tarim.

## History

Archbishop Posey first met Cerebus when he delivered "Most Holy" his Papal robes. After Cerebus took his wife and mother-in-law to a hotel near the East Wall, Posey was sent to deliver a message by Archbishop Powers. Initially, Cerebus was going to have Bear rough him up and send him back with a message carved in his forehead. Instead, Cerebus dictated a letter to Boobah on Posey's behalf denouncing both Powers and the Lion of Serrea. After that, Posey stayed with Cerebus and the rest of his group at the hotel.

Later, Posey was sentenced by the Cirinists to five years hard labor for being an orthodox cleric in violation of Upper City quarantine. At one point, believing he saw Cerebus in his robes as Most Holy, he cried out, only to be killed by the Cirinists.

## Nature

* Archbishop Posey was timid and shy. He would stutter when he spoke.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 64* through *Cerebus No. 66*
* *Cerebus No. 87* and *Cerebus No. 88*
* *Cerebus No. 98*
* *Cerebus No. 100* and *Cerebus No. 101*
* *Cerebus No. 146*
* *Cerebus No. 160*

## Dave Sim on Archbishop Posey

* "I had to work to make him look wimpy enough. First, the beard had to go. ...I was gradually moving in the right direction. Someone who looks like a stiff breeze would blow him away. Placid. Baaaa. You get the idea. I still needed to make it look more like his neck was blowing bubbles, but I was on the right track...Finally his neck is blowing bubbles and he's ready for his debut. People ask me who he's based on. He's sort of the generic Warner Brothers "timid soul" character. Chuck Jones was very good at drawing him, but so was Robert McKimson. My turn."
Death

**Death** was a mystical being who attempted to manipulate Cerebus in order to gain the Chaos Gem.

## History

According to the Judge's Evil Twin, "Death" was, in fact, a mouse-fraternity demon during pre-Sepran totemistic Estarcion, who rose in divine rank through nefarious means, eventually becoming the patron of music, poetry and the arts. In a few regions, he even ousted the importance of his deital father, Tarim, by co-opting the identity of Belinus, intellectual God of Light. But thanks to his unscrupulous methods of ascension, he became paranoid, which entities associated with him exploited. Fearful, but also omniscient, he used his great powers to take on the identity of Death. As Death, he was able to view the world's acts of violence and destruction, gloating over them as personal triumphs, but he failed to ever properly utilize the influence the position gave him in these events. This would lead to his eventual legacy in the hierarchy of realities as being remembered as the least productive and most powerful being to ever have existed.

Aware of the pitfalls of total role submersion, Death supposedly created a being that looked identical to the Judge, implanting within him the knowledge of his true history in the event of the Apocalypse.

Seeking the Chaos Gem, which was then in the possession of Cerebus, Death manipulated him into an encounter with Elrod, which only led to Cerebus tossing the gem down a well.

After 7,007 years, 4 months and 7 days as Death, the false Judge arrived and revealed to him his history, not due to an approaching Armageddon, but because the twelve gem-disguised succubi he kept had finally drained the last of his life essence. This revelation came too late to do anything, leading to Death ceasing to exist, save for a pile of robes and his hourglass.

Dave told Cerebus that this "bogus Death" was just a manifestation of Cerebus closing the door on his destiny when he sold his helmet.

Suenteus Po wore robes and an hourglass identical to Death's so that he would remain unmolested as he travelled to the Church in Iest.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 4*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 151*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 196*
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 174*
Mr. Zulli

**Mr. Zulli** was an artist in Palnu.

## History

Zulli was commissioned by the Palnan Arts Council to paint a portrait of Jaka Tavers. She was not happy with the painting, so they met to discuss him doing another. His second painting depicts Jaka and her uncle, Lord Julius Tavers and met with her approval.

As thanks for his work, she sent him a box with an eggshell split in half. He then hand carved a wooden box and sent it to her with half of the eggshell inside.

Jaka later wrote the introduction to Zulli's "Faces of Nature" lithograph series.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 175*
* *Cerebus No. 193*
* *Cerebus No. 243* - mentioned
* *Cerebus No. 247* - mentioned

## Basis

He is based on comic book creator Michael Zulli.
Ferry Tits Jerrold

**Ferry Tits Jerrold** was the right hand man to Todd McSpahn.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 275* and *Cerebus No. 276*

## Basis

He is a parody of Terry Fitzgerald, longtime friend and employee of Todd McFarlane, the basis for McSpahn.

## Dave Sim on Ferry Tits Jerrold

* "I probably owe terry Fitzgerald an apology for what I did to his name. Terry is (or was?) Todd's right-hand man, not nearly as short or as fat as I depicted him. Dicking around with another guy's name is a very "guy" ting to do, moving the letters around or reversing teh syllables, anything you can do to see if there's something embarrassing you can make of it. Why? It's just what guys do. A way of keeping everyone humble and aware that they put their pants on one leg at a time, I suspect. My name backwards, as an example, is "Miss Evad," which most guys when I was in public school had no trouble coming up with and then using to see if they could get a rise out of me. Likewise with reversing my intitals: Save Dim. Also good for a laugh.

"'Fairy Tits" Jerrold.
"Now, I'm sure I'm not the first to have come up with it, but I was probably the first one since maybe, you know, grade four. And I'm sure Terry could've died a happy man never to have heard it again or seen it in print for the rest of his life but, well, there you go."
## References

 1. ↑ *Collected Letters 2004*, page 478-9
Lord Rodney

**Lord Rodney** was a nobleman from Newcastle in the Oldcastle section of Iest.

## History

Filgate went to Rodney's home to offer him a cabinet position in Cerebus' government in return for his area's ten votes in the election. He ended up getting the position of "Minister of Optimism".

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 42* and *Cerebus No. 43*
* *Cerebus No. 46*
* *Cerebus No. 48* - message from him is read
* *Cerebus No. 51*

## Quotes

* "Elections. Every four years y'get t'make your last mistake worse, y'know what I mean?"
* "Last time I didn't read the fine print. . .and I ended up ordering a quarter-ton o'goat chow."

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 42*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 42*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 42*
Cerebus Bi-weekly - November 24, 1989

***Cerebus Bi-weekly - November 24, 1989*** is the final issue of *Cerebus Bi-weekly*, reprinting the stories "Magiking" and "Silverspoon".

## Reprinted Material

### "Magiking"

from *Swords of Cerebus Volume Four*

Cerebus is summoned by a magician.

### "Silverspoon"

from *The Buyer's Guide to Comic Fandom*

Cerebus faces off against pirates alongside Lord Silverspoon.

## New Material

### "Friday, November 3rd 1989"

by Dave Sim
Self-portrait caricature noting the need for an inside front cover.

### "I Have a Dream"

written by John De Mocko, art by Seiko Sato
President Bush dreams.

### "A Cautionary Tale"

by Dan McMurphy
A man muses on the nature of God and prophets and bear attacks.

### untitled story

by Matt Levin
Impressionistic musings on The Single Page / advertisement for Walking Man Comics.

### "The Single Page"

by Tuazon
Old West shoot-out with a visual gag punchline.

## Notes

* This is the only issue of *Cerebus Bi-weekly* to not reprint an actual issue of *Cerebus*. Consequently, this issue has no notes on the material, like previous issues.
Clovis

**Clovis** was a god of Estarcion. According to Cirin, Clovis was "a construct of Tarmite missionaries -- a merging of the Borlealan thunder-god, Baan, and the Tarimite star-son mythology. . ." and that the wolves G'Gasch and Famladuir, were part of the Clovis tradition.

## Used as an Oath

* "By Clovis' Beard!"
* "Clovis' beard!"
* "Clovis' beads!"
* "By Clovis' teeth!"
* "Clovis' blood!"
* "Clovis' molars!
* "Clovis' ears!"
* "By Clovis!"
* "Clovis' teeth and tankard!"
* "Clovis' orbs!"
* "Clovis' tonsils!"
* "By Clovis' rack and irons..."
* "Clovis' Lobotomy scar..."

## Legacy

The name "Clovis" was used by various Popes, including Clovis IX of the Eastern Church, a "dangerously in-bred" pontiff who was "a hemophiliac with a cleft palate and an unsavory interest in young boys"

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 187*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 1*, page 5
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 2*, page 6
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 2*, page 17
5. ↑ *Cerebus No. 2*, page 4
6. ↑ *Cerebus No. 3*, page 10
7. ↑ *Cerebus No. 4*, page 15
8. ↑ *Cerebus No. 2*, page 18
9. ↑ *Cerebus No. 2*, page 16
10. ↑ *Cerebus No. 3*, page 7
11. ↑ *Cerebus No. 3*, page 11
12. ↑ *Cerebus No. 3*, page 15
13. ↑ *Cerebus No. 3*, page 16
14. ↑ *Cerebus No. 4*, page 4
15. ↑ *Cerebus No. 4*, page 21
16. ↑ *Cerebus No. 8*, page 8
17. ↑ *Cerebus No. 12*, page 5
18. ↑ *Cerebus No. 20*, page 16
19. ↑ *Cerebus No. 108*
Diamondback

**Diamondback** was a betting card game played throughout Estarcion. It could be played by between two and four players. It was played with a deck of either 15 (2 players), 29 (three players) or 43 (four players) cards of varying character and point value. Players were dealt two cards per hand and the winner was the player with the hand with the highest point value. Variations included Dealer's Diamondback and Match Diamondback, preferred by Onliu soldiers.

## Publication

A real-world version of Diamondback was published in 1981 by Aardvark-Vanaheim.

## References

 1. ↑ *Swords of Cerebus Volume One*, "The Name of the Game Is Diamondback"
2. ↑ The Name of the Game is Diamondback on CerebusFangirl.com
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 27*, page 11
4. ↑ Diamondback Cards at *A Moment of Cerebus*
Conniptin Tribes

The **Conniptin Tribes** were nomadic, northern tribes that gradually encroached into the Red Marches. Their war cry was "Might makes Right! Might for Right! Might for Might! Right for Might! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

## History

* The Conniptin Tribes once ruled Iest.
* At the time Cerebus encountered them, they had been pushing the Hsifan Khanate northward for two centuries.
* He found them to have more advanced medicine than that with which he was familiar.
* Later, Iest's military mistook them for invading Hsiffies, which led to unfortunate consequences.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 8* and *Cerebus No. 9*
* *Cerebus No. 28* - cameo or mention
* *Cerebus No. 49*
* *Cerebus No. 50* - cameo or mention

## Dave Sim on the Conniptin Tribes

* Sim stated that they never had any real chance.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 8*, page 12
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 8*, page 11
3. ↑ *High Society*
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 26*, letters page