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The Onion's Dave Sim interview
Apr. 1st, 2004 02:44 pmI dunno how many people know Sim and his work, but even those who don't might be interested in this interview:
http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/
Sim's the author behind the often brilliant, often convoluted 300-issue comic opus "Cerebus," (finally completed after 30 years of work) whose... ahem... personal beliefs have led to some controversy. In his own words: "Well, I've always been more of a thinker than a "feeler," so I've always assumed that if you can frame a persuasive argument—as I think I did with "Tangent"—that, all things being equal, that should open up a dialogue on the merits of the argument. But when you're dealing with feminism, you're dealing with women, and that means if you frame a persuasive argument with which they disagree, they will, instead, indulge in character assassination. Was Dave Sim abused as a child? Is Dave Sim gay? Is Dave Sim insane? Does Dave Sim have misogyny issues? It's evasive. But then, the defense of feminism is always going to be evasive, because it's indefensible."
This guy's a freak. He's more defensive than *I* am. He thinks every other question is a personal attack on him, and he has no problems about being a snide asshole to the interviewer. Love him or hate him, this guy's always entertaining.
But I did like this quote. When asked if he would do any follow-ups or spin-offs to Cerebus, he responded, "No. Cerebus is my attempt at a literary work. A literary work doesn't have follow-ups or spin-offs. It's ridiculous to think about More Crime, More Punishment or The Sons & Nephews Karamazov."
Which is an ironic thing to say, really, when one considers that Doestoevsky intended to write a sequel to the Bothers K. But then again, I am a big flaming geek who would know that.
http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/
Sim's the author behind the often brilliant, often convoluted 300-issue comic opus "Cerebus," (finally completed after 30 years of work) whose... ahem... personal beliefs have led to some controversy. In his own words: "Well, I've always been more of a thinker than a "feeler," so I've always assumed that if you can frame a persuasive argument—as I think I did with "Tangent"—that, all things being equal, that should open up a dialogue on the merits of the argument. But when you're dealing with feminism, you're dealing with women, and that means if you frame a persuasive argument with which they disagree, they will, instead, indulge in character assassination. Was Dave Sim abused as a child? Is Dave Sim gay? Is Dave Sim insane? Does Dave Sim have misogyny issues? It's evasive. But then, the defense of feminism is always going to be evasive, because it's indefensible."
This guy's a freak. He's more defensive than *I* am. He thinks every other question is a personal attack on him, and he has no problems about being a snide asshole to the interviewer. Love him or hate him, this guy's always entertaining.
But I did like this quote. When asked if he would do any follow-ups or spin-offs to Cerebus, he responded, "No. Cerebus is my attempt at a literary work. A literary work doesn't have follow-ups or spin-offs. It's ridiculous to think about More Crime, More Punishment or The Sons & Nephews Karamazov."
Which is an ironic thing to say, really, when one considers that Doestoevsky intended to write a sequel to the Bothers K. But then again, I am a big flaming geek who would know that.
