Anybody familiar with the man? He's the madman/genius behind the Cerberus comics... and he's a very prolific and well spoken misogynist. He writes tons of lengthy articles for anybody who'll publish them (Comics Journal, Etc) but he says a lot of really horrible things about women. Nobody is entirely sure if he's serious or just does this to get a reaction out of people, but it nearly got his comic canceled (cerberus has been going for over twenty years, its a run of 300 issues and he's very near the end of it.)
I'll see what I can link to regarding him.
http://www.theabsolute.net/misogyny/sim.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/9923/isim.html
"It wouldn't be that big a stretch to categorize my writing as Hate Literature against women . . . in this Fascistic Feminist country" - Dave Sim
''If you read 300 issues of 'Superman' or 'Spider-Man,' '' said Sim, ''they don't make sense as a story or a life. When I started 'Cerebus,' uppermost in my mind was the thought that I wanted to produce 300 issues of a comic book series the way I thought it should be done - as one continuous story documenting the ups and downs of a character's life - Dave Sim
I have to say, that I really really like Cerberus and Dave Sim... but I dont agree with him. He's a lot better than Steve Ditko anyway (I'll take a misogynist over an objectivist any day of the week.)
(http://img47.photobucket.com/albums/v145/zombiezombiezombie/sim1.jpg)
QuoteI really really like Cerberus and Dave Sim... but I dont agree with him.
Pretty much everyone says that.
Eh, I've only read Church & State I and II, but I like his drawing style. It's just best to take his themes with a grain of salt, and to ignore what he says. Did you read The Onion's interview with him? It was a few weeks ago--pretty standard DAve Sim stuff.
Quote from: Wenchmaster KQuoteI really really like Cerberus and Dave Sim... but I dont agree with him.
Pretty much everyone says that.
Eh, I've only read Church & State I and II, but I like his drawing style. It's just best to take his themes with a grain of salt, and to ignore what he says. Did you read The Onion's interview with him? It was a few weeks ago--pretty standard DAve Sim stuff.
No, but I'll make sure to go back and re-read it... and Dave Sim isnt a hard guy to like, but he's just too extreme for most people to empathize with him. Personally, I think the thematics of his work is really hillarious. Its hard to agree with Dave Sim, its really easy to die laughing reading his stuff... though.
As a counterpoint to feminism, misogony is just as silly.
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