Review of
Color Your Own Cerebus in Hell?,
by Aardvark-Vanaheim
Five out of five stars
An adult coloring book and a parody of Christian purgatory
While all people
in adolescence and beyond can color in this book, it is clear that it is designed
for people that aspire to create comic books and cartoons. It will take a fine
and steady hand to color most components of these images, excellent training
for the artist.
The story
itself features Cerebus the Aardvark in purgatory along with many classic
philosophers engaged in debates over issues trivial and occasionally important.
Socrates and Plato are identified by name. For example, there are two captions
where Cerebus asks the philosophers “’sup, guys?” The response from a philosopher
is, “We were just discussing the right to privacy versus the public’s right to
be well-informed.” Cerebus then says, “For instance?”, and the philosopher’s
response is, “High-resolution color photos of botched celebrity book jobs.”
Most of the images are from the depiction of purgatory
throughout Christian history, so to understand the context of the comic as a
parody, it is necessary to know something about the history of how the
Christian purgatory has been depicted in ancient times. For all others, they
can simply enjoy the challenge of difficult coloring tasks.
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