Strange Death of Alex Raymond Fundraising Edition

Hi, Everybody!

"Hey! Where the @#$% is Cerebus & Hobbs?"

They got the week off, because:

BIG NEWS!

I got an email from Heir to the Throne, and the Big Kahuna, Eddie Khanna:

Hi everyone! 

*cough*rip-off*cough* 

My name is Eddie Khanna

The Big Kahuna.

and I've been working with Dave Sim on the research side of THE STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND for about ten years now.

It's true. I could post the beginning from the letters pages of glamourpuss if you guys don't believe me.

We've already solicited the Dave Sim Patreon folks and the CEREBUS ARCHIVE KICKSTARTER backers for support, and now we're soliciting the comic-book field in general interested in helping to finance the signed-and-numbered First Printing of THE STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND VOLUME ONE (FUNDRAISING EDITION) with personalized page one signed by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh.

Voila:

[Obviously, "YOUR NAME HERE" will be ya know, YOUR NAME there. Also, the 70 will be changed to whatever the number ends up being, obviously... -Matt]

This will be to help fund (one per store) IN-STORE NOT-FOR-SALE HAND-SELLING copies for California retailers in advance of THE CALIFORNIA TEST-­MARKET EDITION (t.b.a.).

I think he means the California Death of a Comics Salesman tour, which is on hold until the world re-opens from this COVID-19 thing...

This FUNDRAISING EDITION ...

[It's called that to distinguish it from the REGULAR RETAIL EDITION which will hopeful/y retail for $20 or so when THE STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND VOLUME ONE is published in 2021 (? 2022? 2023? depends on how things go). In the same sense that a $100-a-plate FUNDRAISING dinner doesn't involve $100 worth of food. The idea is you're paying more than the thing is actually worth to generate financial support for a good cause.]  

... will be going to press (God willing) in June.

There are 70 orders so far (as of April 22nd). The FUNDRAISING EDITION will be numbered out of however-many-copies have been sold by May 31st.

Everybody got that? You have UNTIL MAY 31st to get your order in.

"How do we do that Matt?"

I'm so glad you asked:

There are two ways to pay:
1) by cheque,

Or check if you're American..."USA! USA! USA!"

money order, bank draft, etc. for $50 US payable to
AARDVARK-VANAHEIM Inc.
Box 1674 Stn. C
Kitchener ON N2G 4R2 CANADA 

If you wanna donate more to help the cause, I'm sure Dave and Carson and Dave's and Carson's creditors will GREATLY appreciate it. *hint* *hint*

OR:

2) through cerebusdownloads.com with PAYPAL using the DONATE TO THE DAVE SIM FUND button about halfway down the C.D.L. home page. Please enter $75
(the Canadian equivalent of $50 US as of 22 April. C.D.L. takes payments in CDN$. Paypal will convert the amount to USD if you're ordering from the US)

When you have ordered, email me (Eddie Khanna)

The Big Kahuna.

at eddiesdoar@gmail.com to let me know how you want the PERSONALIZED PAGE ONE to read (YOUR NAME or RECIPIENT'S NAME) and I'll email you back confirming the SPELLING and letting you know which # you will be receiving based on when I received your e­mail. First come, Lowest number.

And for the love of all that's Holy, don't think that eddiesdoar@gmail.com is an email for Dave Sim. Dave DOESN'T do email. If you need to get a hold of Dave, the address is:
AARDVARK-VANAHEIM Inc.
Box 1674 Stn. C
Kitchener ON N2G 4R2 CANADA

or call and leave a message at: (519) 576-0610

or fax him at: (519) 576-0955
 

There is no limit on the number of copies you can order and you're welcome to specify a different RECIPIENT for each copy you do order. 

Thanks for any support you're willing to provide as we continue to soldier on into the second STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND decade.

Eddie Khanna

The Big Kahuna.

Order a dozen, they'll make GREAT stocking stuffers at Christmas...

So if you wanted to know when SODAR Vol. 1 is going to be coming out, now you know: 2021 (optimistically...).

But you can order a copy of the Fundraising edition (I BELIEVE that the regular edition is going to have better binding and paperstock than the Fundraising and California Test-Market Editions. I think, I might be wrong,) right now. (And read it a year or more before the Regular Edition comes out.)

Next Time: Margaret, unless something BIGGER comes down the pike in the next twenty-four hours...