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Mealc

**Mealc** was a small island in the Sea of the South. It's capital was Mealca.

## Quotes about Mealc

* "Guarded on two of its three sides - the horthwest and the south -- by impregnable walls of massive and stately palm trees from which it derives its ancestral name - Mealc e'Najer 'Wal - "Palms which flower from the sea"...it is acessible only from the northeast. Accessible to large supply ships and barges at the deep-water port of Mealca and to smaller craft -- further along the coast -- at rough hewn jetties which tumble, crookedly, into . . .luminous and azure waters. . .as white sand beaches crouch . . .obediently , at the foot of majestic gray cliffs.

Upon one of these cliffs is the artists' colony which I mentioned to you before - Chateau Euterpe, as it is known - enclosed within a lovely, grassless garden - the garden bounded on one side by the Chateau itself from which it flows and into which it runs on two sides by an old village and on the last by a cliff falling by ledges to the sea. . .
A sea as mysteriously coloured as the agates and cornelians of childhood. . .green as green mild. . .blue as laundry water. . .win dark. Distant images of the Mealcan archipelago are cast across the waters and lie quivering in the ripples and rings sent up by sea plants fifty yards away the Sea of the South yields up its pigments moment by moment to the brutal sunshine." - F. Stop Kennedy
Fred, Ethel and the Little Fellow with the Hair

**Fred, Ethel and the Little Fellow with the Hair** was a merged being formed by the Artist, Sump Thing and Woman Thing.

## Quotes about Fred, Ethel and the Little Fellow with the Hair

* "Fred, Ethel, and the little fellow with the hair...drift in the hard vacuum of space for a number of years until they re-enter earth's gravitational field...they are drawn into the atmosphere, accelerating faster and faster, until they burn up from the friction and fall, as a light sprinkling of ash, over an area of several hundred square miles...A not altogether inappropriate fate for someone attempting to merge a male and a female messiah into one...but..I'm getting ahead of myself..." - The Judge

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 82*
* *Cerebus No. 105* and *Cerebus No. 106*
* *Cerebus No. 106* - mentioned

## References

 1. ↑ *Church & State II*, page 1137
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 107*, page 17
Mr. Colin-Hampton

**Mr. Colin-Hampton** (sometimes seen as "Mr. Colin Hampton") was president of the Bank of Iest.

## History

When the artificial demand for gold coins put pressure on the Bank of Iest, Mr. Colin-Hampton sent Mr. Tucker to see Adam Weisshaupt to explain that Mr. Colin-Hampton would "take the next step" to restore order. Mr. Colin-Hampton was then seen falling outside the window as Mr. Tucker and Weisshaupt looked on.
Katrina

**Katrina** was a student at Madame DuFort's School for Gifted Debutantes. She was a niece to Lord Julius Tavers and had a sister who would visit the school. Later, the Regency Elf listed Katrina among the women to whom she bore a resemblance.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 23* and *Cerebus No. 24*
* *Cerebus No. 167* - mentioned
Koshie

**Koshie** (a.k.a. **Kosher**) was one of the Three Wise Fellows, the younger brother of Shem and Moshie. His real name was Jerome "Jerry" Howard. When they were children, Moshie called him "Babe". He was married four times.

## History

Koshie joined the Three Wise Fellows when his eldest brother, Shem left the group.

On the fifty-ninth day of Springmonth in the Year 18, he suffered a stroke that forced him to leave the group. He was replaced by Joe Schlimmer.

He married his fourth wife, Valerie, and they had a daughter, Janie. He suffered several additional strokes and died in the year 24.

## Basis

Like the other Wise Fellows, he is based on a member of The Three Stooges, Curly Howard, whose real name was Jerome Lester Horwitz. The description of Koshie's illness and death closely parallels the fate of Curly Howard.
McBee's Owner

**McBee's Owner** was a Five-Bar Gate sponsor, in addition to owning the tavern McBee's. He took on Cerebus after seeing how he was able to defeat all local players. He brought Cerebus to his first championship in Moosehat, but made him ride on top of the carriage for the trip home after being soundly defeated by champion Paul "Coffee" Annan. As Cerebus continued to lose to Annan year after year, the owner treated Cerebus worse and worse, eventually shipping him to Moosehat as luggage. He paid Cerebus a large amount of money to leave McBee's for good.
Cerebus' fur

**Cerebus' fur** was notorious for smelling very bad when wet.

## Instances

* The Pigts stated that Cerebus' wet fur has "...the smell of a thousand dung worms mating in the noon sun."
* Lord Julius commented on Cerebus' wet fur: "*Circulate a memo...'any member of the household staff allowing Cerebus within ten feet of Lord Julius on a rainy day is to be executed!'*"
* Cerebus got caught in the rain and thought to himself that he "...smelled like the back end of a horse with dysentery..."
* While staying in his room in the Regency Hotel, the desk clerk entered Cerebus' room and asked about the whereabouts of his boy. Cerebus stated that he left because "*when Cerebus' fur gets wet it takes a strong stomach to stay in the vicinity...*" and the desk clerk replied "*I see what you \*koff\* mean. Sort of lingers in the air doesn't it?*"
* Once, when Cerebus accidently got wet, Astoria began coughing and held out a towel for him. Cerebus told her to "*Try breathing through your mouth.*" and Astoria responded "*Who's breathing?*" as she continued to cough.
* Later, the Countess Michelle tipped Cerebus into a fountain. She then walked behind Cerebus, coughing while Cerebus told her not to follow so closely, breath through her mouth and turn her head.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 5*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 14*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 17*
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 26*
5. ↑ *Cerebus No. 49*
6. ↑ *Cerebus No. 53*
Cerebus the Newsletter

***Cerebus the Newletter*** is a fanzine published beginning with the Jan/March 1981 issue. It was published by the original Friends of Cerebus for the first five issues (1 - 5), by Aardvark-Vanaheim for the next eight (6 - 13) and was revived in 2009 by a new Friends of Cerebus for an additional eight issues (14 - 21).

## Gallery

### Friends of Cerebus

*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 1*
1981
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 2*
Spring, 1981
cover by Steve Hendricks*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 3*
July / September, 1981
cover by Steve Henricks*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 4*
cover by Ernie Chan*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 5*
cover by Dave Sim
### Aardvark-Vanaheim

*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 6*
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 7*
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 8*
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 9*
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 10*
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 11*
cover by Dave Sim*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 12*
cover by Dave Sim & Gerhard*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 13*
cover by Gerhard
### Friends of Cerebus

*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 14*
April, 2009
cover by Jeff Tundis*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 14*
2nd printing*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 15*
cover by Thomas Finkelstein and David Branstetter*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 15*
2nd printing*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 16*
*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 16*
2nd printing*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 17*
cover by Aviv Itzcovitz*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 17*
2nd printing*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 18*
*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 19*
*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 20*
cover by David Branstetter*Cerebus the Newsletter No. 21*
cover by James Smith
Archie

**Archie** was a citizen of Iest.

## History

After Necross/Thrunk arrived in Iest declaring himself to be the Living Tarim and ousting Cerebus from his role as "Most Holy", Archie stood at the golem's feet and repeated everything "Most Holy" said - as if he was passing Tarim's commands to the masses. Once "Tarim" declared ""Anyone pretending to *speak* for Tarim will be squashed into a greasy wee spot on the pavement...", Archie immediately changed his tactics.

## Basis

Archie is based on Archie Goodwin of Marvel Comics as a nod to the period when Archie was second in command at Marvel to the much taller Jim Shooter.
Harrison Starkey

**Harrison Starkey** was one of the two bartenders at the Wallis Pub by the Wall of T'si, alongside his lookalike brother, Richard George. He left to go south with Prince Mick.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 201* through *Cerebus No. 203*
* *Cerebus No. 205* through *Cerebus No. 213*
* *Cerebus No. 300* - cameo

## Basis

He and his brother are both parodies of The Beatles, specifically Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey) and George Harrison.
Lower Felda

**Lower Felda** is a country of Estarcion just to the west of Iest. Its capital city is Beduin.

When the Sepran army left Upper Felda, Lower Felda sent in its army to occupy Upper Felda. Since Upper Felda had nothing of value to take to finance the occupation, the Lower Feldan government started to lose money. The existing oligarchy was then overthrown by a military coup.

Lower Felda was governed by a five-man military tribunal. At one point, Weisshaupt made an unsuccessful takeover attempt.

There was a Kevillist rebellion in Lower Felda in 1408.

## Basis

The local language of Lower Felda is represented by French, although the first time we hear French in Lower Felda, it is uttered by the non-native Elrod.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 196*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 21*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 22*, page 12
4. ↑ *Cerebus No, 12*
Cerebus Bi-weekly

***Cerebus Bi-weekly*** is a comic book series published by Aardvark-Vanaheim. It ran for twenty-six issues from December 2, 1988 to November 24, 1989 reprinting the first twenty-five issues of *Cerebus*, plus the story "Silverspoon". Each issue includes all of the material from the original issues, including ads, editorials and letters. Beginning with the February 10, 1989 issue, each issue has a one-page original comic story by a different creator. It was followed by *Cerebus: High Society*.

## Gallery

*December 2, 1988*
(*Cerebus No. 1*)CerebusBw2.jpg*December 16, 1988*
(*Cerebus No. 2*)CerebusBw3.jpg*December 30, 1988*
(*Cerebus No. 3*)CerebusBw4.jpg*January 13, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 4*)CerebusBw5.jpg*January 27, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 5*)CerebusBw6.jpg*February 10, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 6*)CerebusBw7.jpg*February 24, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 7*)CerebusBw8.jpg*March 10, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 8*)CerebusBw9.jpg*March 24, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 9*)*April 7, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 10*)*April 21, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 11*)CerebusBw12.jpg*May 5, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 12*)CerebusBw13.jpg*May 19, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 13*)CerebusBw14.jpg*June 2, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 14*)*June 16, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 15*)CerebusBw16.jpg*June 30, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 16*)CerebusBw17.jpg*July 14, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 17*)CerebusBw18.jpg*July 28, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 18*)*August 11, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 19*)CerebusBw20.jpg*August 25, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 20*)CerebusBw21.jpg*September 8, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 21*)CerebusBw22.jpg*September 22, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 22*)CerebusBw23.jpg*October 6, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 23*)CerebusBw24.jpg*October 20, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 24*)CerebusBw25.jpg*November 3, 1989*
(*Cerebus No. 25*)*November 24, 1989*
("Silverspoon")
Daniel

**Daniel** was a writer/artist who created the graphic read *Eggball*.

## History

Daniel visited the Wallis Pub near the Wall of T'si where he had a run-in with Squinteye. After Squinteye bumped into him and referred to *Eggball* as "Five-Hole", Daniel called Squinteye a "meretricious philistine". Squinteye then grabbed Daniel's shirt and threatened to "poun'" him if "that 'merry trishness' and 'philly steen' is insulks..."

## Basis

Daniel and his publication are parodies of Daniel Clowes and his comic *Eightball*.
Lord Gorce

**Lord Gorce** was Governor of the Vessariat district of Palnu.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 18* and *Cerebus No. 19*
* *Cerebus No. 22 - mentioned*

## Dave Sim on Lord Gorce

* "Lord Gorce was created ... to establish what would appear to be a major threat to Lord Julius' control of Palnu."

* "A power struggle between Lord Julius and Lord Gorce? Hardly likely. Gorce is a lightweight, suffering from the same myopia as Cerebus. The world of Estarcion is in the middle of a great social upheaval. There is great wealth and the rise of the merchant class is making all these chaps with the big armies something of the past. If Lord Gorce tried to wrest power from Lord Julius, he would be trying to buck the largest inter-related old-boy network on the continent. Lord Julius pays his armies well and his bureaucrats even better. And if Lord Gorce thought that defeating a bunch of uncouth barbarians from the north was going to win him power by acclamation, he was not facing the fact that virtually the whole population of Palnu is either directly or indirectly employed by the government. With Lord Julius' rotating bureaucracy [...] his chances of finding somewhere to drive the thin end of his revolutionary wedge were two-fold; slim and nill [sic]. The result is a paralysis on his part, but not a complete loss of influence. Like most of the rebels in Palnu he will be facing the dilemma of being independent and powerless or acquiescent and influential."

## References

 1. ↑ *Swords of Cerebus Volume Five*, Introduction to Issue 19
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 26*, Letters
Cerebus No. 197

***Cerebus No. 197*** is an issue of *Cerebus* published by Aardvark-Vanaheim.

## Story

### "Mothers & Daughters 47"

Cerebus tries vainly to get his relationship with Jaka right by telling Dave to do this or that, but Dave says Jaka is planning on leaving him in less then a year's time. Dave says that "I can make her love you, but I can't make her love stronger than her need to be happy. . .or her instinct for self-preservation." So Cerebus tells Dave to make her happy to be with Cerebus no matter what. Dave then shows Cerebus hitting Jaka in the face and she is saying how she is sorry, she is just so happy to be with him. Cerebus thinks he understands why that wouldn't work, and says "if Cerebus hits Jaka all the time she'll end up looking uglier than she looks with her hair cut short. Cerebus hadn't thought of that." So he asks Dave to make it so she is happy to be with Cerebus all the time, and makes it so Cerebus never hits her again or threatens to hit her again.

Time passes and Cerebus is watching his new neighbor, Joanne, hanging laundry with her breasts almost falling out of her dress. Cerebus puts on his blue sweater, because Jaka says it makes him look thinner, and goes out in the hot summer sun to look at the leaves in his yard. He does this for the next couple of days until Joanne comes over and asks if he is hot in that sweater. The two make small talk, Joanne mentions that she is married to a guy name Fred. The two continue these meetings, talking about various things, until one night they have sex outside their houses.

After the deed, Cerebus heads home, clutching his back from the pain. At the door, he finds a note with his name on it in Jaka's hand writing.

### "Thieves & Kings: A Cerebus Preview"

by Mark Oakley
Katara, angry with her brother, storms off and finds herself face-to-face with a troll.

## Additional

* "Dear Bill Schanes" by Dave Sim
* "Aardvark Comment"

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 196*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 198*)*
* Dave *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 196*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 198*)* Voice-Only
* Jaka Tavers *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 196*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 199*)*
* Joanne *(first appearance; next appearance in Cerebus No. 216*)

## Publication Notes

* The Cerebus story is reprinted in *Minds*.
Eastern Church

The **Eastern Orthodox Church of Tarim** (generally known as the "Eastern Church") was a religious denomination devoted to the worship of Tarim. It was based in the Upper City of Iest.

## History

* Suenteus Po II began the first siege of Iest, then controlled by Pope Clovis IX.
* In 1414, Pope Harmony II was executed by Pope Harmony III. A month later Harmony III was executed by Pope Harmony IV.
* Later in 1414, Pope Harmony IV was executed by the authority of the Lion of Serrea for being a Cirinist. Cerebus was a witness to this event while visiting the Papal Throne Room.
* Cerebus, after being nominated by Adam Weisshaupt, was named the new pope following the execution of Pope Harmony IV.

## Dave Sim on the Church of Tarim

* **Q1.** What caused the split of the Church of Tarim into Western and Eastern divisions?

'*DAVE:* I’m afraid I never got very far with that. As I recall, it centered on whether or not Tarim had incarnated on earth in the form of the coin-maker—the coin that drew other coins to it and began to form a sphere when Cerebus picked it up. One of the churches believed that Tarim was a deity and the other church believed Tarim was a deity and an earthly incarnation. The Illusionist innovation was to decide that there was Tarim as deity and when Tarim incarnated as a human being he called himself Suenteus Po and wanted everyone who followed him to call themselves Seuenteus Po. That’s my rough recollection of the high-altitude mapping. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I really thought that I could fit the history of several worlds into 6,000 pages and, over the course of High Society and Church & State found out exactly how little you could get into 500 and 1200 pages respectively. My initial ambition was to tell the story of Iest pretty thoroughly over the course of High Society and then do a companion volume that would tell the history of Serrea and the Sepran Empire (this might be a good place to point out that Serrea was a typo/misreading on my part of Michael Loubert’s microscopic pencil lettering. The first “r” was supposed to be a “p” and was intended to be the more natural-sounding “Seprea” as the capital of the Sepran Empire) for which Astoria’s assassination of the Lion of Serrea would serve as a spiritual/thematic link. As you can see the assassination itself became about the deepest I was able to delve into the Sepran Empire. The entire Cerebus storyline became Iest-centered because of the space constraints. Michael Loubert was (and I assume still is) a great enthusiast of history and had excited my interest with his knowledge of the various schisms which had taken place in Christianity in general and the Catholic church in particular and the varying reasons behind them. So way, way back I had envisioned Cerebus as a kind of religio-political Tale of Two Cities. There’s a residue of this to the story, but just a residue.
## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 105*, page 10
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 58*, page 139
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 58*, page 147
4. ↑ Dave answers questions about *High Society*
Fred's Tavern

**Fred's Tavern** was a tavern in Cirinist territory.

## History

Using the money he had earned from charging taverns in Northern Isshuria to *not* represent them in the Five-Bar Gate championships at Moosehat Gardens, Cerebus purchased the tavern, hiring dancers and allowing alcohol to be sold freely. He advertised the tavern widely, as a ploy to get the Cirinists to arrest him. But when the Three Wise Fellows recognized him, they disguised themselves as Cirinists, scaring off all of the customers and the one Cirinist who did show up. They then bound Cerebus and took him away to the Sanctuary.
Cerebus Bi-weekly - December 2, 1988

***Cerebus Bi-weekly - December 2, 1988*** is the first issue of *Cerebus Bi-weekly*, reprinting *Cerebus No. 1*.

## Reprinted Material

* "Note from the Publisher" by Deni Loubert
* Introduction to *Cerebus No. 1* from *Swords of Cerebus Volume One*
* "Cerebus the Aardvark" aka "The Flame Jewel"
* "Coming Next Issue - Captive in Boreala"
* "Aardvark Comment"

## New Material

* Notes on the original publication throughout
75 More Sleeps No. 1

***75 More Sleeps No. 1*** is a collection of trading card art produced by Dave Sim for the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No. 8 - Remastered & Expanded* Kickstarter campaign. It was published by The Waverly Press in collaboration with Aardvark-Vanaheim.

## Contents

As part of the promotion for the Kickstarter, Dave Sim produced one original art sketch card for the 75 days leading up to the launch of the campaign, counting down from "75 more sleeps" to "1 more sleep". *75 More Sleeps No. 1* collects the art for all 75 cards, plus new pinups by Sim.

Evidently, at least two of the cards are misidentified in the book, so any particular designation may not be accurate.

## Publication History

The comic-sized book was made available as part of the *TMNT No. 8* Kickstarter campaign, with remaining copies sold through Indiegogo and the Waverly Comics web site. The book had a print run of 500 copies.

## References

 1. ↑ TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #8 (Remastered) Kickstarter campaign
Following Cerebus No. 9

***Following Cerebus No. 9*** is an issue of *Following Cerebus* published by Win-Mill Productions.

## Articles

* Moon Roach and Cerebus commission on inside front cover
* "Neal Adams, Niagara Falls and Other Forces of Nature" A Magazine-Length *Following Cerebus* Special by Dave Sim
* "Neal Adams's Influence on *Cerebus*"

## Publication Notes

* This issue is a square-bound double-sized issue.
Eighth Sphere

**The Eighth Sphere** was an location or locations on the borders of the Seventh Sphere.

## History

Suenteus Po claimed to have meditated for 72 years in order to attain the Eighth Sphere.

## Nature

The Eighth Sphere appears to have been a general term for any of a number of areas on the "borders" of the Seventh Sphere, with particularly curious properties. The Eighth Sphere is malleable and its structure can be manipulated by the minds of those within it. In parts of it, the past and future may be experienced.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 28*
* *Cerebus No. 156* & *Cerebus No. 157*
Leopold

**Leopold** was a Tarimite priest, known as the "Gambling Priest".

## History

He was rumored to have funded the west wing of the temple at Denieau with his winnings from two hands of Diamondback.
He later claimed, while playing Diamondback against Cerebus at the Dog and Raven Tavern in Pedron, that Tarim had instructed him to build an orphanage at L'echeau.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 28*
2. ↑ "The Name of the Game Is Diamondback", *Swords of Cerebus Volume One*
Batvark Penis No. 1

***Batvark Penis No. 1*** is a one-shot issue of *Cerebus in Hell?* published by Aardvark-Vanaheim. It is notable for being the only issue of *Cerebus in Hell?* to have a proper second printing. The cover is a parody of *Batman: Damned* from DC Comics, notable for a possibly unintentional illustration of Batman's penis.

## Stories

### "The Insult That Turned a "Cuck" into an "Anal Rapist""

In a parody of the famous Charles Atlas ad ""The Insult that Made a Man out of Mac", Vark is mocked for not having a strong enough member. When he has it "marbleized", his girl leaves him to re-evaluate her priorities in choosing men.

### "Cerebus in Hell?"

Batvark has a new penis, taken from Michelangelo's *David*. He talks about it for a while, then mentions a dream where he is in a remake of Neil Gaiman's *The Books of Magic*, illustrated with an image of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. He then launches into a series of gags tying together The Joker, Joe E. Lewis, Frank Sinatra and his 1957 film *The Joker Is Wild* in which he portrayed Lewis. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner joins the *Books of Magic* remake and much is made of his visual similarity to John Constantine (who he is not). The Whore of Babylon appears and *Mandrake the Magician* is discussed along with this issue's similarity to *Batman: Damned*. To highlight this, the Whore of Babylon is shown to be a "hot chick in fishnet stockings" before leaving to sue for workplace harassment. Batvark wraps things up with a special appearance by Joe E. Lewis, who is dead.

## Characters

* Francis Albert
* Vark
* Batvark
* Harry Potter
* Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
* The Whore of Babylon
* Joe E. Lewis

## Publication Notes

* This issue was printed initially with three different covers. One with the full title, one with "XXXXX" in place of "Penis" and a "virgin" cover, with no text. Sales were strong enough to justify a second printing, with a modified cover.

## References

 1. ↑ "After Revealing Bruce Wayne's Penis in Batman: Damned, DC Is Rethinking Its Black Label Imprint", Gizmondo
AV in 3D

***AV in 3D*** is a comic book published in 1985 by Aardvark-Vanaheim. It contains 3D glasses for use with the 3D stories found within.

## Stories

* "A Mist-Tree Talk in Tree-D": A Ms. Tree story By Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty
* "The Bandit Moons": A Flaming Carrot & Sponge Boy story by Bob Burden and Roxanne Starr
* "The Man Called normalman": A normalman story by Jim Valentino and Diane
* "Vengins": A Journey story by Willaim Messner-Loebs
* "Neil the Horse": A Neil the Horse story by Arn Saba
* "Cerebus Dreams II": A Cerebus story by Dave Sim and Gerhard
Moosehat Gardens

**Moosehat Gardens** was the legendary shrine of Five-Bar Gate in Estarcion, located in Moosehat, Northern Isshuria.

## Dave Sim on Moosehat Gardens

* "It wasn't until I needed a name for the *place* Cerebus would go every year to lose the big final that I decided to *really* make the connection to the Toronto Maple Leafs more direct. . .Moosehat Gardens is my take on Maple Leaf Gardens, the Grand Old Lady of Carleton Street which is described (invariably) as a hockey *shrine* so "state religion" is not entirely hyperbolic."
Cerebus Jam No. 1

***Cerebus Jam No. 1*** is a comic book published by Aardvark-Vanaheim. It features four stories of Cerebus from throughout his life. The stories were done in collaboration with several creators (noted below) and the cover is by Bill Sienkiewicz.

## Stories

### "The Defense of Fort Columbia"

with Scott Hampton and Bo Hampton

Cerebus attempts to provide mercenaries for a pair of brothers tasked with defending Fort Columbia.

### "The First Invention of Armour"

with Murphy Anderson

A blacksmith invents "iron clothing" that he is sure will revolutionize warfare.

### "Squinteye the Sailor"

with Terry Austin

A young Cerebus travels north in search of his idol.

### "Cerebus Versus The Spirit"

with Will Eisner

When Cerebus is arrested, he finds himself facing a fighter as tough as he is.

## Characters

* Cerebus
* Bo and Scott
* Hagbad Spleen
* Bear
* Squinteye
* Pluto
* Sheriff Dolan
* The Spirit
* Will Eisner

## Story Notes

* *Cerebus Jam* marks the first and only appearances of many of the guest characters. Only Squinteye and Pluto would be seen again, and then only in voice-over.

## Publication Notes

* *Cerebus Jam* was conceived as an ongoing series, but only one issue was ever published.
* "Cerebus Versus The Spirit" was reprinted in *Spirit Jam* from Kitchen Sink Press in 1981 and *Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 26* from DC Comics in 2009.

## Dave Sim on...

* "This one took a while to do, kids. I don't think I've ever been so proud of a project that I've been involved in as I am with this first issue of the Jam."

## References

 1. ↑ "Note from the President", *Cerebus Jam No. 1]]*
Great Andrena

**Great Andrina** was the leader of the Council of the Goddess in the Upper City of Iest.

## History

She put Suenteus Po on trial and had him executed for heresy. This event was experienced as an echo by both Astoria (as Po) and Cerebus (as Andrena) during Astoria's trial and again afterward.

Cerebus later experienced another echo of her while tending bar near the Wall of T'si.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 160*, page 9
2. ↑ *Cerebus No.99*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 102*
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 220*
Five-Bar Gate

**Five-Bar Gate** was a two person game played with a racket, a ball, and a net on a rectangular court. One player was the goalie while the other was the shooter. The shooter had five shots at the goal, after which the players switched positions. The first player to score fifteen goals was the winner.

Cerebus once challenged Bear to a game while drunk. He would later go on to spend thirty years as a professional Five-Bar Gate player in Northern Isshuria.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 208* through *Cerebus No. 210*
* *Cerebus No. 267*

## Dave Sim on Five Bar Gate

"...whatever-it-was-I-was-going-to-call-that-stupid-tennis-racket-game-that-I-invented-when-I-was-eleven...Five Bar Gate, ultimately, came from a George Harrison line in *A Hard Day's Night*..."

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 202*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 267*
3. ↑ *Latter Days*, Notes
Boreala

**Boreala** was a northern area, south of The God's Fence mountain chain, north of the port of Temza.

## History

* Cerebus battled Borealan mercenaries on more than one occation.
* Cerebus also once encountered Borealan renegades on the Sofim River.

## Notes

* Bran Mac Mufin was said to have made the finest Boreala Cole Slaw west of the Sofim River.
* Cerebus marked the first time he beheaded a Borealan as one of his happiest memories.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 2*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 6*
3. ↑ "Passages"
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 5*
5. ↑ *shown in* Cerebus No. 157
6. ↑ *Cerebus No. 6*
Cerebus No. 183

***Cerebus No. 183*** is an issue of *Cerebus* published by Aardvark-Vanaheim.

Pirate Peg, Sophie and their robot Roshi face off against a space monster. As Roshi lies close to his end, Sophie thinks "What would Nurse Nebula do?" before gathering he courage and going after Peg.

## Additional

* "Note from the President" by Dave Sim
* "Aardvark Comment"

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 182*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 184*)*
* Cirin *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 182*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 184*)*
* Viktor Davis *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 182*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 184*)*
* Elrod *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 180*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 300*)*

## Story Notes

* Viktor Davis claims that while he was drawing issue 24, he decided to end the series at issue 200, not revealing this prior decision until fourteen years later, "issue one hundred and eighty-three, a year and five months before the end: November 1995." This reflects Dave Sim's assertion that *Cerebus No. 200* is the end of the main *Cerebus* storyline, with the remaining one-hundred issue being an epilogue.

## Publication Notes

* "Endgame" is reprinted in the *Reads* phonebook.
Cerebus' sword

**Cerebus' sword** was a magical items, forged by a Pigt shaman-king from a hard, gray metal.

## History

According to Dave, the shaman-king creator of the helmet (and also a helmet and a set of medallions) gathered his people together and stated that those items would be his, plunged the sword into his chest and spilled his blood all over the items, killing himself in the process. This gave the objects special powers.

Cerebus obtained these items in his travels, although he eventually traded the helmet for a vest, black paint and a paintbrush. Had Cerebus been in possession of all three objects when he later met the Pigts and found their aardvark sculpture, the objects would have turned into gold and Cerebus would have had the ability to command the sculpture and conquer the land.

Cerebus lost his sword in Lower Felda while attempting to acquire the gold hoard of the Cockroah. Jaka Tavers returned it to him years later when she visited him in the Regency Hotel in Iest.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 195*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 5*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 196*
4. ↑ *Cerebus No. 12*
5. ↑ *Cerebus No. 36*
Infinity Serpent

The **Infinity Serpent** was a mystical being, a manifestation of Cerebus' Magnifier Effect during the final days of Rick Nash's stay at the Wallis Pub.

## Dave Sim on the Infinity Serpent

* The magnifying echoes bouncing between them become so strong that they start manifesting in the physical world, chipping paint off of the Seat of Truth and manifesting in super-reality as the big (actually little) round glowing white strange thing over the Seat of the Right Hand page 170 panel 1 and the Infinity Serpent on the Seat of the Left Hand page 170 panel 3-who then beats a hasty retreat. I got partway through laying out page 170 with the Infinity Serpent basically slipping out through a mouse-hole in the baseboards after passing through the chair leg (doosh). Just a funny visual: "feets don't fail me now!" And then as I was tightening it up, I thought, Hang on. Where do you think you're going? I mean, it's all fiction, right?

Unless it isn't. " That old serpent," as he/she/it is called in Revelation whether it's Chauah's fictitious snake in the Garden of Eden, Satan, Leviathan, Alan Moore's sock puppet, the question became an obvious one: which team am I on? And to me, there was only one answer: I've got to catch the snake. So I basically did the cartoony little drawing you see here, with the snake making a break for it out of the heavenly Sanctuary (as Rick saw it), getting trapped in a cartoon book and dropped into hell. And then I thought, this really resonates with some comic-book history and with my own history: because the little cartoon snake was so small, he looked like a worm, instead of a snake, and I flashed on the first extended comic-book serial-Cerebus' first ancestor in a very real sense-the Mr. Mind serial in Captain Marvel Adventures (issues 22 to 46) where Otto Binder (interesting name, eh?) and C.C. Beck had built up this suspense about this thoroughly evil character who wasn't seen on- panel for several months (an unheard of length of time in the age of the self-contained comic book story) and who turned out to be this super-intelligent…worm.
## References

 1. ↑ "Dave Answers 6 Questons", Cerebus Fangirl Site
Missy

**Missy** was a doll that belonged to Jaka Tavers.

## History

After Jaka's mother died when Jaka was three, one of the staff that worked in the building where Jaka lived gave her the doll. She considered the doll to be her best friend growing up.

After Jaka was sent back to Palnu, Cerebus held on to Missy while sitting in a semi-catatonic state inside Dino's Cafe. Once roused by overhearing two Cirinists talking about abusing Jaka while she was imprisoned, Cerebus went on a murderous rampage, holding on to Missy throughout much of the action.

Later, while Cerebus was tending bar near the Wall of T'si, Dave gave Cerebus a package. It contained Missy and, soon after this, Cerebus was reunited with Jaka and returned Missy to her.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 135*
2. ↑ *Melmoth*
3. ↑ "Mothers & Daughters"
Albatross

The **Albatross** was a statue of a little white bird sought by representatives of both the Eastern and Western Churches. There was at least one counterfeit statue created.

## History

An Albatross statue was the ransom paid to the McGrew Brothers as part of Cerebus' kidnap plot. Lord Storm'send later stated that that statue was a fake.

Father Gesolde, an official representative of the Lion of Serrea, visited Cerebus with a message from the Lion asking him to secure the Albatross for the Western Church.

## Quotes

* "th'ransom the McGrew Brothers picked up for you - that one was a fake. . .the Kevillists sent that one hopin' you'd think it was the real one and tip your hand early. Twenty people died afore sumbuddy had the sense to chip off the enamel t'find out it was only lead underneath." - Lord Storm'send
* "My dear Prime Minister, since the Exodus Inward of our Eastern brethren is now a reality, the albatross becomes of paramount importance to us both. We propose, therefore, that a pact of non-aggression be struck, to prevent the unleashing of chaotic forces sure to result from one of the other of us seeking to become preeminent." - message from the Lion of Serrea

## Basis

* The Albatross and the search for it bear a strong resemblance to the plot of the classic film *The Maltese Falcon*.

## Dave Sim on the Albatross

* **Q2:** Why can an Albatross be used to reunite the Eastern and Western churches?

**DAVE:** Because it is the most formidable power object in the known universe: a wildly improbable plot device. Like the Maltese Falcon only more politically formidable. In a Real World context, I called my notebooks my Albatrosses because I was as saddled with them much like Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner. So I was declaring in a way—by making the albatross statue that significant in High Society—that I was ambitious enough to want to do something of remarkable significance with all the half-witted notions and half-baked philosophies I was sketching out and jotting down in my own “albatrosses”. “Invoke often,” is the first rule of the sort of mysticism that one finds in used paperbacks in 5 for a dollar bins. Unless one is in a New Age bookstore, in which case one can pay 50 dollars to be told the same thing between hemp-derived hard covers.
## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 29*, page 12
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 44*
3. ↑ *Cerebus No. 46*
4. ↑ Dave's Q&A for *High Society*

Albatross From issue 90, brought to Cerebus by Bishop Powers. Art by Dave Sim and Gerhard
Cerebus No. 43

## *Cerebus the Aardvark No. 43*

***Cerebus the Aardvark No. 43*** is an issue of *Cerebus* published by Aardvark-Vanaheim.

## Stories

### "Election Night"

It's election day. Everybody is gathered at the Regency Hotel to await the results. Astoria is trying to get Cerebus to go out and talk to the masses, but he doesn't want to. The McGrew Brothers are watching the back and forth as Astoria shouts at Cerebus, while Bran Mac Mufin takes a different tack. He calmly tells Cerebus that "the masses" wish to prove their "gratitude" before his "magnificent person". Cerebus listens to him and goes out to the balcony only to see Elrod there. Cerebus tosses him to the floor. Harmon Blakely stops by to show his support. The proceedings are described from the point of view of one of Cerebus' party members on the floor of the Hotel. The election and Cerebus' aims are described in idealistic terms, which are at odds with the real action behind the scenes.
Lord Julius' goat takes an early lead. Cerebus makes plans for armed rebellion if he loses. Lord Julius discovers he's sold all his soldiers to run his campaign and buy a squid-shaped bathtub. Julius is seen taking some drastic measures including having his son, Lord Silverspoon turned into a "Human Torch". The election results have a problem. It's a tie with one vote missing.

### "The Damned"

by Michael T. Gilbert
A man dragging a heavy ball and chain faces up to his final exit.

## Additional

* "A Note from the Publisher *by Deni Loubert*
* "Aardvark Comment"

## Characters

* Astoria *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 42*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 44)
* Baskin *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 39*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 72)
* Harmon Blakely *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 41*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 45)
* Bran Mac Mufin *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 41*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 45)
* Cerebus *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 42*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 44)
* Elrod *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 39*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 51)
* Eugene S. Filgate *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 42*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 46)
* Lord Julius Tavers *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 41*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 46)
* Lord Rodney *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 42*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 46)
* Lord Silverspoon *(first regular series appearance; last seen in "Silverspoon"; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 52)
* McGrew Brothers *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 42*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 46)
* The Moon Roach *(last seen in* Cerebus No. 42*; next appearance in* Cerebus No. 44)

## Story Notes

* Baskin speaks to Lord Julius from off panel and it is revealed he has 26 weeks of severance pay.
* Cerebus' party is called the Theocrats.
* William Lyon of Oldham is mentioned as the inventor of the "continuous action loom", which was first mentioned in the "Arnold the Isshurian" story from *Epic Illustrated*.

## Publication Notes

* Reprinted in *Cerebus: High Society No. 18*. Cerebus story reprinted in the *High Society* phonebook.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

**"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"** is a three-page, text-with-illustrations story by Dave Sim with colors by Tom Luth. It was published in March, 1986 as the cover story to *Anything Goes! No. 3* from The Comics Journal.

## Summary

Cerebus, having been dumped by his live-in girlfriend Michelle (the first), has a mental breakdown. He dons the expensive silk blouse he bought for her just before the break-up, and arms himself with an heirloom cheese-slicer gift, and goes about his job of "Regional Representative of His Highness' Chancellor of the Exchequer and Agent of the Municipal Treasury", or rather, tax collector. An intelligentsia notices Cerebus dressed like a member of a Panrovian Harem and refers to him as having gone "bugfuck". Despite the apparently limited effectiveness of his kitchen utensil, Cerebus kills the man with the cheese-slicer, proving that the level of determination makes the tool.

## Characters

* Cerebus *(last seen in "A Friendly Reminder"; next appearance in "His First Sword")*
* Unnamed Intelligentsia *(only appearance; dies)*

## Dave Sim on "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"

* "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”]*"
Joanne

**Joanne** was Cerebus' one-time girlfriend.

## History

Cerebus first met Joanne in a "what if" life shown to him by Dave, where she is his next door neighbor. During this "life", Cerebus is married to Jaka, but has an affair with Joanne.

Later, Joanne appears at the bar beside the Wall of T'si where Cerebus is bartending. Cerebus and Joanne fall in love and begin a relationship. However, Cerebus begins making plans to leave, prompting Joanne to get upset and leave herself.

She later comes back and falls in love with Rick, who eventually breaks up with her.

Towards the end of Cerebus' life, the general public, unaware of Jaka, thinks of Joanne as the pivotal woman in Cerebus' life.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 197*
* *Cerebus No. 216* through *Cerebus No. 219*
* *Cerebus No. 221*
* *Cerebus No. 223* through *Cerebus No. 225*
* *Cerebus No. 227*
* *Cerebus No. 288*, mentioned

## Basis

Joanne's name and physical description were inspired by a waitress at a bar Dave Sim used to frequent.

## References

 1. ↑ *Minds*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 197*
3. ↑ Cerebus No. 288
Holland M. Hadden

**Holland M. Hadden** was a senior partner in the firm Hadden, Hadden, and Dipp.

## History

His pet project was to sell gold-plated streetlamps. When he learns Cerebus is the new trade representative for Palnu, he gives Cerebus a check for seven hundred Iestan crowns to remember his firm and his product.

Later, Cerebus calls him back for a second audience at the Regency Hotel. Hadden gets drunk on whiskey and on the promise that (according to Cerebus) Palnu wants *solid gold streetlamps*. Cerebus even promises him that he will become one of the "inside people". Hadden signs a document forgiving Iest's debts to his firm, which was Cerebus' only goal.

When Cerebus pushes him out of the hotel and towards a carriage, Hadden begins to come to his senses. He knows he has made a mistake, since Cerebus has given him nothing in return. Without warning, though, the Moon Roach drops a huge stone on Hadden, killing him instantly.

## Appearances

* *Cerebus No. 26*
* *Cerebus No. 30*
Lord Draser

**Lord Draser** was a wealthy aristocrat.

## History

While seeking a window onto the street in order to make a proclamation, Cerebus entered the home of Lord Draser, who was conversing with the fourteen-year-old daughter of his best friend. Humbled before "Most Holy", Lord Draser confessed his sins and begged forgiveness, but Cerebus declared that he would "spend all of eternity hip-deep in molten lead..."

Lord Draser later withdrew all of his money from the Bank of Iest, with the assurance from "His Holiness" that it would guarantee that the molten lead only came up to Lord Draser's shins.

## References

 1. ↑ *Cerebus No. 65*
2. ↑ *Cerebus No. 66*
Cerebus in Hell? Trading Cards

***Cerebus in Hell? Trading Cards*** are a set of trading cards from Benjamin Hobbs. They are released in conjunction with various Kickstarter campaigns for the hardcover editions of *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* There is a main series that extends across multiple campaigns, as well as subsets *League of Extraordinary Cerebi*, *LGBTQ Etc People* and *Vark Wars* sold in addition to the main set.

## Gallery

### Cerebus in Hell?

*note: nudity on some cards has been pixelated in accordance with Fandom policy.*

**1. Cerebus****2. Batvark****3. Jingles****3. Jingles** (alternate)**4. Dante****5. Super-Cerebus****6. Satan****7. Unbeddable Vark****8. Virgil****9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Cerebi****10. Kent Olsen****11. Dr. Varkhatten****12. Cerberus****13. Fiendix****14. "Pink" Floyd****15. Bizzarabus****16. Cerebus Woman**

*[CENSORED]***17. The Iron Manticore****18. Betty****19. Vark Thing****20. Super-Cerebus Girl****21. The Varking Dead****22. Silver Cerebus****23. Deluxe Varking Dead Sandwich****24. The Girl****25. The Watchvark****26. Hermann****27. Cerebus (The Duck)****28. Whore of Babylon**

*[CENSORED]*
### Sketch Cards

The first *Cerebus in Hell?* sketch card was made available as part of the Kickstarter campaign for *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* Volumes 9 & 10. Another was released for the *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* Volumes 11 & 12 campaign. Each was available with either a sketch of the named character by Benjamin Hobbs or blank.

**A-1. Cerebus Original Art**
(with sketch)**A-1. Cerebus Original Art**
(blank)**A-2. Dr. Varkhatten Original Art**
(with sketch)**A-2. Dr. Varkhatten Original Art**
(blank)
### League of Extraordinary Cerebi

These were available as part of the Kickstarter campaign for *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* Volumes 5 & 6.

**0. Francis' Fantasy Baseball League**

Signed and numbered title card**1. Francis (Team Manager)****2. The Visible Vark****3. Super-Cerebus****4. Batvark Triplets****5. Dr. Cerebus / Mr. Vark**
### LGBTQ Etc People

These were available as part of the Kickstarter campaign for *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* Volumes 7 & 8.

**1. Borderline Bobbiey****2. Belvedere****3. Lesbiana Hombre****4. Redwood City**
### Vark Wars

These were available as part of the Kickstarter campaign for *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* Volumes 9 & 10.

**1. Darth [Redacted]****2. Cerebus Fanboy****3. Baby Yoda Cerebus****4. No-Duh**
## References

 1. ↑ Cerebus In Hell?: Hardcovers 9 &10
2. ↑ Cerebus In Hell?: Hardcovers 11 & 12
3. ↑ Cerebus In Hell?: Hardcovers 5 &6, Variant Covers, Cards!
4. ↑ Swords of Cerebus in Hell? Hardcovers Volume 7 and 8
5. ↑ Cerebus In Hell?: Hardcovers 9 &10