Astoria

Astoria is a sharp, politically savvy human woman who becomes a key power broker in the world of Cerebus, manipulating events from behind the scenes during the High Society arc, where she serves as a formidable schemer navigating Iest's treacherous political landscape.

Sharp, calculating, and impossible to ignore, Astoria made her entrance in Cerebus #43 in 1982 — right in the thick of the Bronze Age's most ambitious and unconventional corner of independent comics. A creation of Dave Sim and a fixture of Aardvark-Vanaheim's groundbreaking self-published universe, she's most at home in Cerebus: High Society, that celebrated arc where political intrigue and dark satire reign supreme. Across thirteen years of publication she shares the page with Cerebus himself, Lord Julius Tavers, Moon Roach, and Elrod, which tells you everything about the richly eccentric world she navigates. For readers who love complex, enduring characters at the heart of indie comics history, Astoria is absolutely worth seeking out.