Utah’s Deseret Morning News takes a loving look at Dave Sim and Cerebus:

Starting Cerebus’ career as a Conan the Barbarian parody, Sim evolved his warrior aardvark into a lover and a fighter, a prime minister and then a pope, all of which provided Sim the perfect foil to explore topical issues over the years. Politics, religion, violence, issues of gender — their importance and their flaws — were the mainstay of the “Cerebus” world.

And readers loved it — particularly adults. At its height, “Cerebus” sold 30,000 copies a month.

It was the controversy in the story lines, not superheroes, that earned Sim and Gerhard mountains of awards, admirers — and enemies.

“I don’t have fans,” Sim said on his Web site shortly before coming to Salt Lake City, “I have readers.”

Sim and Gerhard appeared Oct. 27 as part of the Great Salt Lake Book Festival.

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