Issue 33

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Dec 1981: Friction

Issue 33
Writer & Artist	Dave Sim
Publisher	Deni Loubert
Circulation	Unknown
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1 Issue Summary
2 Characters
3 Locations
4 Artist Notes
5 Annotations
6 Back up material

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Issue Summary

Astoria manages to control the Moon Roach, and suddenly seems to be much more sober than when she was seducing Cerebus. In his anger the Moon Roach decides to go it alone, and drops a moon on someone he shouldn't. Cerebus has his own troubles with the Elf. Messages about Cerebus' bathroom practices are showing up in public places signed, "You Know Who." To top it all off, on the last page Cerebus hears a distinctively Elrodish, "Y'all seen a kid in a bunny suit around h'yar? Locally, that is..."

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Characters

Astoria (last seen in issue 31; next appearance in issue 34)
Cerebus (last seen in issue 32; next appearance in issue 34)
Elrod (last seen in issue 22; next appearance in issue 34)
The Moon Roach (last seen in issue 32; next appearance in issue 39)

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Locations

Iest

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Artist Notes

If Dave has something to say on the issue, add it here

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Annotations

Astoria "seems to have come un-drugged pretty quickly" -- implying that perhaps earlier was an act to attempt to bed Cerebus.
"(you-know-who)" is the Elf, whom Cerebus angered last issue.
It's possible that the heels were actually not a look-alike, but the real Astoria, who has more important things to do than salve the ego of an oversized bug.
It's unclear if "pixee" is a deliberate misspelling of "pixie".
The talk between the bureaucrats imply that the PM is opposing the tariffs. It Presumably this is the same tariff increase that Cerebus authorized in Issue 32 to satisfy the PM, so why would the PM oppose it? In Issue 35, we told that the legislature is hesitant to oppose the tariff increase because they're worried that that Palnu will cancel Iest's credit -- yet then we're told that Palnu can't cancel the credit because of danger of foreclosure from the Sepran Empire. But why wouldn't the legislature know that?
Apparently there was some confusion about Cerebus' bribe of the messenger, since he bet that the messenger would deliver the message to the wrong person, and the messenger actually did. Cerebus didn't actually give the 100 crowns to the messenger.
The note is written by a "Blake" -- this is probably Blakely, and probably not "Blake Jockley, cab driver" (one of the Cockroach's identities).
Astoria jokes about Cerebus trying out for the Pope's job, but in about 30 more issues...
The "inferring" vs. "implying" rejoinder will appear again in Issue 36, where Cerebus will discover that just because a woman can use it on him effectively doesn't mean he can use it on a woman effectively.
The guest on the last page is Elrod, whom we'll see more of next issue.