Hello there. You must be our listeners. You see, we’re currently recovering from amnesia caused by prolonged exposure to the mind-altering vortex of issues 13 (“Black Magiking”) and 14 (“The Walls of Palnu”), as well as the short story “Magiking” and the “Silverspoon” strips. Look, buddy, it’s transient; shifting like water.

So far, this is the only time a story has made us do a “lightning round!” We hate the Thrunk! Also, these Prince Valiant parody strips are predictably racist! Other key words for the day: Groucho Marx, multiple systems (again), God’s Hedgehog Messenger, and the Kool-aid Man.

Note: Ed advances an argument in this episode concerning Dave Sim and antipsychiatry which they correct somewhat in episode 8. In the 2-week interregnum, they are happy to summarize thusly:

I believe the place I arrived at in the previous episode was that Dave Sim held his antipsych beliefs, and specifically his beliefs about schizophrenia, because they suited him, and that he wasn’t being entirely honest, accurate, or both about his own internal state. I don’t believe this - it legitimizes the idea that "someone with a mental disorder" or whatever is meaningfully distinct from someone without.

Instead, I’d like to argue that Sim is doing the same thing when he goes thru the finer points of a schizophrenia diagnosis – drawing a line between "actual schizophrenia" and "me.” Whether or not Sim has schizophrenia or not is immaterial to me; his lack of rigor with regards to antipsychiatry is what matters.

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Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

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We are the night! We are episode 6 of Swords Against Cerebus! This one covers issues 11 (“The Merchant & the Cockroach”) and 12 (“Beduin by Night”). In the dark, mean streets of Kitchener, Ontario, one man has an idea: what if Batman but “craaaazy?”

Just in case you thought these issues were starting to get any good, we unpack a big helping of ableism, along with the return of Elrod’s return, and Dave Sim’s account of himself.

Find your hosts elsewhere:

Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

Have questions about the eternal soul? Email us at swordsagainstcerebus@gmail.com!

Swords Against Cerebus’s theme song was composed by Avery Crimes!

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Somewhere in the deserts of Mars, a hand falls to the ground, twitches once, and then ceases to move forevermore. The last of the forces sent to P’razz has been extinguished. The Venusian attack was swift and devastating. With the human economy decimated, there was no time or money to invent a bulwark against the arc lightning cannons, and nothing to prevent the loss of one of the most important strategic locations in all of the solar system.

In a lead-lined command center on Earth, a general puts their head in their hands. No one says anything. The comm links beep out and fall silent.

Finally, a great sigh rumbles out from the general’s chest. They look up, looking each and every person in the situation room in the eye. Words aren’t needed to express (in fact, couldn’t convey) the sorrowful resolve it inspires in everyone in the room.

“There’s only one thing to do,” the general says, and everyone knows how the sentence is going to end before it clears their lips.

“Send out the fifth episode of Swords Against Cerebus.”

If you’re hearing this, it means you have clearance to hear episode five of Swords Against Cerebus, covering issues 9 (“Swords Against Imesh”) and 10 (“Merchant of Unshib”). Important take-aways include:

The economic situation of Estarcion (it’s a mess)

The invention of buz (it’s a mistake)

The remarkable sexlessness of Cerebus’ misogyny (it’s, well, bad)

Oh, and Cerebus gets his back blasted by balls.

Find your hosts elsewhere:

Ed’s comic, IA IA IA.

Ed’s previous podcast, News of the World (available wherever you get your podcasts).

Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

Have a hot tip on Venusian battle plans? Email us at swordsagainstcerebus@gmail.com!

Swords Against Cerebus’s theme song was composed by Avery Crimes!

And follow Swords Against Cerebus through our RSS Feed, on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts, or just at Gruppeshrike!

Find your hosts elsewhere:

Ed’s comic, IA IA IA.

Ed’s previous podcast, News of the World (available wherever you get your podcasts).

Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

Got a Cerebus plush to donate? Email us at swordsagainstcerebus@gmail.com!

Swords Against Cerebus’s theme song was composed by Avery Crimes!

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Do you smell that? No, it’s not a wet aardvark — it’s Swords Against Cerebus episode 3, covering issues 5 (“The Idol”) and 6 (“The Secret”)!

While your hosts felt these issues were a breath of fresh air after issues 3 and 4, we’re also expert haters, so fear not — there’s plenty of shocking twists and turns in this episode. We’re setting our sights on Phil Seuling, the ending of issue 6, and (don’t say you didn’t see it coming) Dave Sim, again! You don’t actually need to write down every single embarrassing thought you’ve ever had!

Anyway, some important characters are introduced, or whatever.

Find your hosts elsewhere:

Ed’s comic, IA IA IA.

Ed’s previous podcast, News of the World (available wherever you get your podcasts).

Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

Have questions about the eternal soul? Email us at swordsagainstcerebus@gmail.com!

Swords Against Cerebus’s theme song was composed by Avery Crimes!

And follow Swords Against Cerebus through our RSS Feed, on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts, or just at Gruppeshrike!

I’m calling a shot here. This one is going to be the definite article. Covering issues 3 (“Song of Red Sophia”) and 4 (“Death’s Dark Tread“), it’s episode 2 of Swords Against Cerebus.

Just in case you thought we were going to have a good time reading this, it’s a back-to-back bad issue bonanza. Red Sophia is a misogynist caricature! Elrod’s no fun! Frank Thorne’s roleplaying in the letters! No one’s getting out of this one looking good. Except for us.

Find your hosts elsewhere:

Ed’s comic, IA IA IA.

Ed’s previous podcast, News of the World (available wherever you get your podcasts).

Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

Have questions about the eternal soul? Email us at swordsagainstcerebus@gmail.com!

Swords Against Cerebus’s theme song was composed by Avery Crimes!

And follow Swords Against Cerebus through our RSS Feed, on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts, or just at Gruppeshrike!

The inaugural episode of the only podcast covering every issue of Cerebus from start to finish, covering issue 1 (“Cerebus the Aardvark”) and 2 (“Captive in Boreala”).

LEARN:

Does “Cerebus Syndrome” actually manifest in the eponymous comic?

Which book of the Bible will we eventually be forced to discuss?

Is Bell Canada a white hat covert operative?

SEE:

Cerebus’s secret Star Wars origin!

The best sentence ever written!

The final word on the eternal soul!

Find your hosts elsewhere:

Ed’s comic, IA IA IA.

Ed’s previous podcast, News of the World (available wherever you get your podcasts).

Sophia Goodnight’s podcast, We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar (also available wherever you get your podcasts).

Have questions about the eternal soul? Email us at swordsagainstcerebus@gmail.com!

Swords Against Cerebus’s theme song was composed by Avery Crimes

And follow Swords Against Cerebus through our RSS Feed, on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts, or just at Gruppeshrike!