Dave Sim
Dave Sim
David Victor "Dave" Simis a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, best known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creator's rights, and his controversial political, philosophical and religious beliefs...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth17 May 1956
CountryCanada
mean thinking blood
I think the more rational explanation is that the excision of a five-to-six-foot leech from the surface of a human body means that that body is going to have more of its own blood in its own veins. Unless the leech finds another body, it is going to go hungry.
couple thinking generations
The evidence that I see around me in society indicates that not only is thinking very much out of favor, but I'm not sure that the last couple of generations - Generation X and Generation Next, or whatever you want to call them - even know what a thought is, having been raised to be women.
leftists subject
Leftists always want to... circle around subjects... rather than addressing any subject directly.
audience
I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.
comic fill pure stamina whether
It was pure guesswork on my part back in 1979 as to whether I would have the stamina to write, pencil, ink, letter, tone, and fill the back of a monthly comic book for 26 years.
leftists relive trying
North American leftists just keep trying to relive the '60s, or to make the '60s happen again.
work
'Cerebus' is my attempt at a literary work.
reality ideas darkness
These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness.
life odds flames
You can walk as carefully as you want through a mine field; it is still a mine field. But it's also true that if you step up to the plate worrying that you're going to strike out, the odds are that you're going to strike out. Not doing a large ambitious work because you're convinced that Danger Lurks Around Every Corner, the old 'I might be dead this time next year,' is a waste of the Inner Radiance that found you. It's like life insurance. It's betting against yourself. It's blowing out your own flame before someone beats you to it.
beauty reality hands
Gone is the blinding glow in his hands - gone, too, is the illusion of purity and beauty! In it's place all that remains is mind-numbing, spine-chilling reality!
mistake consciousness hallmark
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness.
falling-in-love smoking looks
Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint.
axes use grind
God grinds the axes he intends to use.
freedom men use
I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use..