Cerebus: High Society #20
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Cerebus' Six Crises: Crisis Number One The Bureaucratic Rebellion," Prime Minister Cerebus stumbles into a war with a neighboring nation on the flimsiest of pretexts, hoping to divert attention from his misrule in Palnu. With his usual blend of self-interest and absurd logic, he’s about to learn that even a war isn’t a guaranteed fix when the other side hasn’t had a real budget in a decade—let alone a functioning army. Written and illustrated by Dave Sim, this issue delivers sharp satire and escalating chaos in a story that’s as much about the mechanics of power as it is about the futility of its misuse. The cover by Dave Sim captures the moment with deadpan precision.
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As Prime Minister, Cerebus begins looting Palnu, ticking off pretty much everybody. To distract them from thoughts of a lynching, he decides to start a war with a neighboring country using a slim pretext. Besides, war brings profits. Right? Not in this case; it turns out the other country had been broke for ten years. Well, they DID have twenty thousand bolts of burlap cloth, but that doesn't really help much.
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