Phonebook

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What collections of Cerebus single issues are called due to their size.

Dave Speaks about the trades

Issue 49 in Aardvark Comment

"After that I'm hoping to arrange for the first twenty-five issues to be published as a collection ("Cerebus the Barbarian") followed sometime later by the publication of the 500 page "High Society" under one cover as a graphic novel... I have arrived at this decision for a number of reasons (a) the difficulty involved in keeping each volume of Cerebus in print at all times, (b) the convenience of being able to introduce new fans to Cerebus with two large volumes and (at most) two dozen back issues, (c) a manageable format for someday having all 300 issues available (a twelve volume set of 500 page hardcovers), (d) the opportunity to expand Cerebus' exposure by making in available in bookstores."

Notes on Printings

• From a news article entitled "Cerebus collection has printing defect; Sim tells stores: Give them away, he'll replace them" in Comic Buyer's Guide #1048 High Society's fifth printing had a printing error wherein pages #160 - 192 appeared in random order. Dave states that approximately 1,200 copies had shipped as of Nov 22, 1993. What hadn't been shipped was scrapped, and a sixth printing was done to replace the fifth.

Foreign Translations

High Society

• High Society has been translated into Spanish by Pontent Mon. (April 2010).
• High Society has been translated into French by Vertige Graphic (August 2010).
• High Society has been translated into Italian by Black Velvet (November 2010).

Church & State I

• Church & State I has been translated into Spanish by Pontent Mon. (July 2011).
• Church & State I has been translated into Italian by Black Velvet Edrice. (November 2011).
• Church & State I has been translated into French by Vertige Graphic. (November 2011).

List of Phonebooks

There are 16 phonebooks in the Cerebus story:

Cerebus issues 1 - 25	High Society issues 26 - 50	Church & State I issues 52 - 80	Church & State II issues 81 - 111
Jaka's Story issues 114 - 136	Melmoth issues 139 - 150	Flight issues 151 - 162	Women issues 163 - 174
Reads issues 175 - 186	Minds issues 187 - 200	Guys issues 201 - 219	Rick's Story issues 220 - 231
Going Home issues 232 - 250	Form & Void issues 251 - 265	Latter Days issues 266 - 288	The Last Day issues 289 - 300

See Also

• In-Between Issues For individual issues not in the phonebooks.
• Cerebus Miscellany A list of Cerebus stories not in the 300 issues of the comic