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Cerebus the Aardvark

Cerebus (/ˈsɛrəbəs/; also Cerebus the Aardvark) is a comic book series, created by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim, which ran from December 1977 until March 2004. The title character of the 300-issue series is an anthropomorphic aardvark who takes on a number of roles throughout the series, including barbarian, prime minister, and pope. The series stands…

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Genre
Parody of sword and sorcery (early issues), fantasy, comedy, political satire, drama (mid-period issues), theological fiction (later issues)
Publication date
December 1977 – March 2004
Publisher
Aardvark-Vanaheim
Artist(s)
Dave Sim Gerhard
Created by
Dave Sim
Format
Limited series

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Cerebus the Aardvark

Nodes153
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Triples19
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013072
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Cerebus the Aardvark

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related to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 · 7
Cerebus the Aardvark → Aardvark, Cerebus, Eastman, Gerhard, Laird, Sim, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Artist(s) · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → Dave Sim Gerhard
Created by · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → Dave Sim
Format · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → Limited series
Genre · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → Parody of sword and sorcery (early issues), fantasy, comedy, political satire, drama (mid-period issues), theological fiction (later issues)
ISSN · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → 0712-7774
Main character · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → Cerebus
No. of issues · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → 300
Publication date · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → December 1977 – March 2004
Publisher · 1
Cerebus the Aardvark → Aardvark-Vanaheim

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Cerebus the AardvarkArtist(s)Dave Sim Gerhard1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkCreated byDave Sim1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkFormatLimited series1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkGenreParody of sword and sorcery (early issues), fantasy, comedy, political satire, drama (mid-period issues), theological fiction (later issues)1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkISSN0712-77741.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkMain characterCerebus1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkNo. of issues3001.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkPublication dateDecember 1977 – March 20041.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkPublisherAardvark-Vanaheim1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkScheduleInitially bimonthly, then monthly1.00infobox
Cerebus the AardvarkWritten byDave Sim1.00infobox
Comics Revueinstance ofand Cerebus has made cameo appearances on the covers of magazines0.80text

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