Church & State I
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| Church & State I | |
 First US edition cover |
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| Author | Dave Sim |
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| Illustrator | Dave Sim, Gerhard |
| Cover artist | Dave Sim |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cerebus the Aardvark |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, comedy, Political satire, Spirituality |
| Publisher | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| Publication date | May 29, 1996 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 592 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-919359-09-4 |
| Preceded by | High Society |
| Followed by | Church & State II |
First half of a two-part storyline. After some travels, Cerebus returns to Iest and is manipulated into again becoming Prime Minister, now under the thumb of Adam Weisshaupt, who is promoting a federation of states as a bulwark against the Cirinists. Weisshaupt over-reaches himself when he has Cerebus appointed Pope of the Eastern Church of Tarim. Finally out from under anyone else's control, Cerebus lets absolute power go to his head and demands that all the citizens must give him all their gold or face the end of the world. Cerebus also discovers that Jaka is married and pregnant. He is finally ejected from the Upper City by the sudden invasion of the giant stone Thrunk, a character previously seen in Cerebus.
