Cerebus is hired on as Lord Julius' bodyguard as thanks for helping his son out previously. Cerebus takes his job seriously and ends up foiling an assassination attempt on Julius. Cerebus official title is Kitchen Staff Supervisor. You see, Julius has given everyone improper job titles so that only he knows how things really work in Palnu. It helps provide job security.
Well, first of all, I read this before yesterday's Silverspoon story. I didn't know that story existed until after I read issue #14 and was doing some side reading. I have a Cerebus phonebook printed before that story was included. So I really had no idea it existed. It was originally written in a different magazine. So I'll have read 301 issues of Cerebus by the time this blog concludes at the end of the year
This issue is the first appearance of Lord Julius in the actual Cerebus series. He's one of my favorite characters as he's a Groucho Marx satire. If you don't know who Marx is, you should watch some of the Marx Brothers movies to get an idea of how Julius sounds when he speaks. Lord Julius is probably the smartest character in the entire series of Cerebus. He's always one step ahead of everyone and he's one of the few characters that is always a step or two ahead of Cerebus. Cerebus thinks of him as an idiot but unfortunately for him, he has greatly underestimated Julius with that idea.
This issue also moves Cerebus into Palnu which will be very important as High Society opens up. This issue offers a nice brief glance at the political structure of the city. Things aren't great here and the people are mostly unhappy.
I think it is also safe to say that this issue marks the beginning of the end of the barbarian satire. I think there are still a few sword and sorcery style stories left but the pieces have almost all fallen into place for the deeper and more political tales that are closely approaching us.
Until next time!
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