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its clear that messrd with everyones minds. so why dont anyone bring that up

I own a copy of DK publishing The Vertigo Encyclopedia by Alex Irvine. 😊

I don’t think there are any parallels. I think this was just a “tangent” if you will, as Sim was won’t to do. Beautifully done, mind you, but I don’t think there’s any point trying to read something into the larger narrative, since there isn’t one.

I think if there is any kind of overall “story arch” to Cerebus at the culmination of Mothers and Daughters, it’s that Cerebus being revealed as a hermaphrodite is a reflection of Sim’s projection of anything having to do with “feelings”s being “female” and male qualities being “rational” in his mind, with Cerebus clearly being a stand in for himself, he is saying the male qualities he has defined are exemplary and that female traits as defined by him are not only negative, but pernicious. It’s almost textbook case of mommy issues and wanting to dominate women younger or less powerful than you.

Cerebus is one of those most infuriating literary journeys where the payoff ends up being nothing more than watching a talented artist masturbate on page for decades. There is no message in the end and you end up feeling drained you devoted that much of your life and time to such 💩.

Of all the good things he had done in his work, he had to re-con to justify his increasing mental deterioration. It’s unfortunate and devastating, really.

Id read a series on brother power from the brave and the bold

I'd like to hear more....

Steve Ditko referenced me in one of his essays. I felt honored, though he was complaining about me

I think The Authority has that vibe of superheroes from the 90's. Ultimate X-Men by Mark Millar, felt a bit more like X-Force by Rob Liefeld, so forth and so on.

Where are the panels starting at 9:29 from? they look awesome.

As someone worth a deep irrational phobia of sea creatures, I love this so much. I'm half joking because maybe that terror is what Lovecraft's characters feel at the abominations. That's an interesting insight, to me personally.

Okay but KISS Meets Scooby Doo is one of the most awesome things in the explored universe

Ahhhhhhhh. SO good.

This is what made me fall in love with your channel. Exposure to works I haven't experienced.

It's a mysterious work of Art!

Hmmm…you have intrigued me, sir…going to pick this series up

Good God this guy is hitting every nerve for me, I need to check him out

No, it's a QR code.

I always found Aknaton a rather tragic character. I think he desrved more of a mention in this. He undertook the Infinity Horn task out of mercy rather than revenge, and one can see when he communes with his god Ra on whether or not he's right to use the Horn, it's obvious what he wants is for Ra to give him a third alternative: stop the Zygoteans without destroying everything. His method reminded me of the aliens from _2001,_ who birthed sentience and sapience in the races they came across and left them to interpret the Universe as they were. Aknaton struck ne as someone who would've spent his time enlightening and empowering others to pursue their own destinies if the Zygoteans hadn't been on the scene. Murder, especially cosmic scale mass murder, went against his karma, and if he had been forced to live with destroying the Milky Way, he might've turned into a Zygotean himself (figuratively), imho.

Ive always thought that the death of Gwen Stacy was the end of the silver age of comics. Maybe its just my opinion

This was cool. I have never seen this before.

I guess I'm the only one who saw Alan Moors run as lazy and just a rip-off, rather then a deconstruction of superman.

100% a rip off but at least it's a good rip off.

At this moment Stan Lee is rolling in his grave at this bullshit

Jason has been one of my favorite creators since I discovered Low Moon & I Killed Adolf Hitler. I've collected all his works since and am always surprised/excited when someone else knows who he is. Thanks for the video!

I loved so many of his books but it is such a pain to look up his work when his pen name is just "Jason"

Why does he have a Capt. marvel ( or Black Adam?) T- Shirt ?

I've read Brother Power's original issues, Neil Gaiman story and Vertigo one-shot, and I've honestly become a non-ironic fan of the character, both for his inherently goofy nature, but also for the potential his character could have in the modern era under proper care! There's a lot to talk about with the hippie movement, like why it failed and how many of the people involved have abandoned it or become what they had once hated, and I think a reimagined Brother Power having to deal with this in the modern era and become better than his creators while still retaining his soul and optimism in a much darker world (hence "a thing that fights and lives for it's soul") could be really resonant and interesting!

I've seen the dog-headed style character around a fair amount, but I've never read any of this guys comics. It's interesting then, given how seemingly well known his drawings are, he's apparently obscure outside of Europe.

Bro gassed up Fantastic a lot looool

I'm primarily familiar with Jason by reputation. I have always thought that I'd enjoy his work but this video fully cemented that I want to pick some of his stuff up, it seems just up my alley

Truly a hidden gem that most people would never hear of if not for your video. These underground artists are so amazing

Way better that Capt America for sure!

I quite enjoy his work.

Thanks again for covering something new and different, for me at least. My main exposure to European comics was Heavy Metal when i read it. Its nice to get a taste of something other than American superhero books, not that i dislike those. I will look up Jason's work thanks to this.

Talking of number 2.. I could do with one right now

I disagree with what you say about the sets looking cheesy and the effects kitchy. Maybe by today's standards they could look that way but not in 1967. they looked futuristic and cool

The best and my all time favourite programme ever made

I love Werewolves of Monmarte

Jason’s style has always reminded me of the movies by Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismäki, those directors are masters of deadpan humor, narrative economy and minimal simplicity. My favorite Jason book is The Last Musketeer.

I love the balance between complex stories and simple presentations. I believe his comics, in the hand of another more detailed/line-oriented, wouldn´t have the same impact.

I'm so happy that you're covering Jason's works. This video is so insightful. Hopefully you can cover more of his works in detail. Also I love your video essays as well. Keep up the good work!

Jason makes me want to make comic books. After watching this, I gave my paycheck to Fantigraphics.

I would highly recommend up to, and including "High Society" - I did find "Church and State" started well enough, but became rather long in the tooth as it trundled along. I jumped off when that concluded simply because I was bored. I have, later in life, read Cerebus in its entirety, it was a slog, especially the latter half, Sim going slowly nuts was painful to watch.

One of the things I love about Jason is the malleability of his style. He does genres ranging from Noir to Horror to Scifi to Memoir to Absurdist comedy and every variation in between, but he draws the same animal-ish characters and the same angle on the action and the same limited emotions. He rarely even does more than 4 panels a page at this point. It shows that a lot detail and rendering and visual excess isn't necessary and may even detract from storytelling. It's pure cartooning. Thanks for highlighting him, I hope more people give his work a try.

I love JASON. THE LEFT BANK GANG is in my Top 10 graphic novels.

Any chance on getting a video where you explore silent comics? I've got one called The System sat on my shelf and it's a very interesting little thing to own

I got Isle of 100,000 Graves from the library a few years ago. I tried to find more work from the artist but I couldn't at the time. The more indy and alternative comics I read, the more I realize that there's an audience for stories that are non-traditional, and that I am very much part of that audience.

I’ve read “I Killed Adolf Hitler.”