[JenB]

Elfquest was too cute-looking for me, I couldn't get past the first couple pages. Cerebus I've never heard of.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Oh, no, don't let the "cuteness" put you off of Elfquest. The story is great, one of the classics of U.S. comics! Make it through Fire and Flight and I think you'll be hooked; the next volumes in order are The Forbidden Grove, Captives of Blue Mountain and Quest's End. That covers the original story; the first two follow-on series Siege at Blue Mountain (vol. 5 & 6) and Kings of the Broken Wheel (vol. 7 & 8) are also worth reading. After that, the quality of both story and art became hit or miss, as new artists and writers were brought in to expand the franchise.