tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post2864592657314086557..comments2024-03-28T05:23:01.707-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Crowd-sourcing Church & State I Revisions!A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-65500199771205208222015-04-25T21:47:52.436-05:002015-04-25T21:47:52.436-05:00Yeah, there was a rough patch in the 50s issues, b...Yeah, there was a rough patch in the 50s issues, but from 64 to 76 with no obvious mistakes was a good run.Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-40546616259425157372015-04-25T20:45:50.586-05:002015-04-25T20:45:50.586-05:00"fun" doing the re-read, not "fund&..."fun" doing the re-read, not "fund"! Man... ;)<br /><br />Kidding again, Jeff. I know sometimes we hit publish a bit too quickly, and internet comments don't seem as "real" as print stuff. <br /><br />Actually, I remember being surprised for the later stuff when Diana Schutz was proofreading, and then finding out that Dave wasn't showing her the comics pages, only the back page text pieces. I don't remember seeing much in the way of obvious typos, so I'm rather impressed that on the undoubtedly tight schedule the monthly was on, Dave was able to not make mistakes very often.Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-68428651571907004132015-04-25T16:40:27.921-05:002015-04-25T16:40:27.921-05:00Hey, Travis, good joke.
Actually, proofreading Ce...Hey, Travis, good joke.<br /><br />Actually, proofreading Cerebus is hard because of all the ethnic voices and because missing periods (especially) and missing commas (sometimes) were more of a stylistic choice by Dave than a mistake (or, "mistake").<br /><br />I remember in some letter he wrote me that he had just spent about half an hour deciding whether to put a period at the end of a word balloon, or not. I think that was in glamourpuss, though.<br /><br />But I got it all done in one sitting, mainly because after issue 64, I found zero things that needed to be corrected. It was fund doing the re-read, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17904496116020946043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-40942174992767326602015-04-25T00:25:24.274-05:002015-04-25T00:25:24.274-05:00How much can we trust Seiler's proofreading if...How much can we trust Seiler's proofreading if he can't spell punctuation properly?! ;)<br /><br />Kidding, Jeff. Don't take out the "orifi" when we get to Jaka's Story, though!Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-25599391345883029222015-04-25T00:17:20.721-05:002015-04-25T00:17:20.721-05:00Punctuation, that is.Punctuation, that is.Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-38120340991039700532015-04-25T00:16:44.415-05:002015-04-25T00:16:44.415-05:00Okay, Sean, all proofreading of issues 51-76 is do...Okay, Sean, all proofreading of issues 51-76 is done and ready to pass on. Approximately 40 corrections, mostly punctuatio, including about 15 important ones and 5 or 6 crucial, including about 3 words used completely incorrectly (non-words).Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-60277443498234104442015-04-24T15:26:58.342-05:002015-04-24T15:26:58.342-05:00Hi, Sean---I will certainly go over C&SI and l...Hi, Sean---I will certainly go over C&SI and look for any "spelling errors or punctuation oddities". One question, though: Did you want that done for the phonebook only, because I don't own a copy of that, or if I do, can't find it.<br /><br />I can certainly do it by looking through the monthlies issue by issue, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17904496116020946043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-31410801196583994722015-04-24T07:59:01.301-05:002015-04-24T07:59:01.301-05:00Hey Dean--
Great idea. I'll talk to Dave, but...Hey Dean--<br /><br />Great idea. I'll talk to Dave, but I think his general stand on these things is "don't add". But you're right-- the in-text reference to the dream does seem to differentiate it from the other "miscellaneous" stories, putting it more in the "GOAT" and "Silverspoon" category than some of the others.<br /><br />Michael-- excellent idea re: compiling quotes from previous interviews. I don't know how likely totally new material or commentary would be at this point...<br />Thanks for all the excellent suggestions everyone. please keep them coming!Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794186823194520775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-71105420558589568052015-04-23T09:00:35.274-05:002015-04-23T09:00:35.274-05:00My local store (in NL, Mexico) only ordered one co...My local store (in NL, Mexico) only ordered one copy, it got here on april 20th (numbered 94/850). There is no minimum per store at Diamond.baaltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788495907760902413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-11695109292755546162015-04-23T06:37:51.937-05:002015-04-23T06:37:51.937-05:00Will, Diamond is being a real pain in the ass late...Will, Diamond is being a real pain in the ass lately. It's quite possible that if your store tries putting in the order again, they'll get the book.<br /><br />Or it'll just show up months later for absolutely no fathomable reason.<br /><br />I've had a number of "back of the book" stuff from Diamond lately do weird stuff according to my shop guy. I wanted the 2nd issue of the Soaring Penguin Meanwhile book (with the new Strangehaven et al), but something about the listing came in late, and because they got the orders late, they weren't able to fill it or some such. Very annoying. <br /><br />I prefer to patronize my local shop owner, not to have to wander online to order something that is clearly offered for sale in a catalog set up explicitly for that purpose.Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-90647651953909169302015-04-23T06:24:52.880-05:002015-04-23T06:24:52.880-05:00Yeah, it didn't make any sense to me, either. ...Yeah, it didn't make any sense to me, either. I don't know why Diamond wouldn't fill that order, but that's what the store owner told me. No reason to think he made it up.Will Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125312209711458722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-38042601087576199382015-04-22T23:54:15.394-05:002015-04-22T23:54:15.394-05:00Cerebus Bi-Weekly ran up through the end of C &...Cerebus Bi-Weekly ran up through the end of C & S Vol. 1. Those were facsmile editions. No slipcase, though.<br />Original first editions of the rest of the series should be plentiful for the small audience that would want them instead of the trades. <br /><br />It would be great to get appendices for the older Cerebus volumes. The first book should at least include the introductions written for the Swords volumes. Maybe a choice interviewer could talk with Dave and Gerhard and produce commentary for the intervening works, or compile their comments from past interviews and statements about each work. Michael Grabowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-75577821021642875392015-04-22T22:23:07.594-05:002015-04-22T22:23:07.594-05:00Will - I don't think you can blame Diamond her...Will - I don't think you can blame Diamond here. There is no minimum per-store order on HS (or almost anything really.) They will happily fill an order for 1 copy of the book if they have any left.futurepastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11951742415979204706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-34316846350109605182015-04-22T17:53:21.221-05:002015-04-22T17:53:21.221-05:00Something to pass along to Dave... is Diamond requ...Something to pass along to Dave... is Diamond requiring a minimum per-store order for the new High Society trades? The store I pre-ordered from told me today the copy I'd reserved had been canceled by Diamond for "not enough orders."<br /><br />No skin off my nose (other than being irritating), I ordered a copy from Atomic Empire, but still pretty lame on Diamond's part.Will Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125312209711458722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-78915419389606427412015-04-22T17:34:37.300-05:002015-04-22T17:34:37.300-05:00sorry - this is strictly off topic - what I'd ...sorry - this is strictly off topic - what I'd most like to see is a facsimile collection of all of the monthly comics, with the notes from the president, letters pages and everything included. Just on good old newsprint with floppy covers and all, but in a slip case. Although, considering the size of the collection, it would probably have to come with it's own personalised Cerebus long-box. <br /><br />on topic - A gallery of the covers from the original comics would be good.<br /><br />commentary from Dave and Gerhard on the contents of the collection would be amazing. Was Gerhard building mock sets at this point? if so - photos of those sets would be cool as well.<br /><br />I think - as a rule - all 'to be continued' should be removed. Title pages serve as chapter headings - so they should be included.<br /><br />one last off topic subject - the mind games poster that was shown a short while ago - that should SO be released as a fold out comic that opens out to be the poster.iestynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451525711033030181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-28624537400017430512015-04-22T15:34:52.801-05:002015-04-22T15:34:52.801-05:00Hey Sean,
If there is a way to include the dream s...Hey Sean,<br />If there is a way to include the dream sequence from the AV 3D, that could be kind of cool (not in 3D of course). I believe Cerebus even references it within the pages of the monthly publication at some point (for that I will have to re-read it) so it would be cool to include it here.<br />DeanDean Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554594239085305304noreply@blogger.com