I finally got my hands on Cerebus #2, one of the earliest indie titles I ever read.
I started with issue #16 and read it from there to the end at #300.
I have been filling in #1-15 slowly over the years. Now I just need #3 to complete my run of original issues.
Cerebus is a book that many people consider to be a "classic" on indie comics. Creator Dave Sim set out to tell a 300 issue story and ultimately did just that, ending the series with #300 over 20 years after putting out #1.
The easiest way to get into Cerebus (if you're not a hard core comic book collector who needs to have the originals like me) is to read the big collected editions that they call "phone books". They're not that hard to get your hands on, Vol. 1 can be had for $18-$25 at Amazon and contains the 1st 25 issues.
https://www.amazon.com/Cerebus-1-Dave-Sim/dp/0919359086/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534808796&sr=8-1&keywords=cerebus
The art improves drastically from #1 to #25, with Sim really hitting his stride by the end of the 1st volume.
Also, keep in mind that the 1st volume has a lot of humor/parody of Conan (Cerebus himself starting as a Conan parody) we also see Elrod (Elric), and Moon Roach (Moon Knight) and others in the first volume, including the character Lord Julius (based on Groucho Marx).
But it is volume 2 "High Society" where the series really hits its stride and becomes the book that people talk about reverently to this day, wherein Cerebus becomes Prime Minister, and then in Volumes 3 & 4 "Church & State" he becomes Pope! ...and hilarity ensues.
