tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post4532457802494544123..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Weekly Update #50: Cerebus Archive Number Two -- Launches Today!A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-77320218890520115952014-09-30T22:53:18.270-05:002014-09-30T22:53:18.270-05:00Dave,
Thank you for your reply to my letter and r...Dave,<br /><br />Thank you for your reply to my letter and redirecting me here.<br /><br />I volunteer at Billy Ireland. It is . . . incredible. It is both a library and a museum. Got an Eisner exhibit up right now. If I had any pull, there'd be a Sim exhibit.<br /><br />Releasing Cerebus into the public domain and preserving your home are both extraordinary gestures toward the folks who love your work.<br /><br />Glad I found the online Cerebus Clubhouse!<br /><br /> <br /><br />Terry Hardcastlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-4885576025620963812014-09-30T17:24:08.600-05:002014-09-30T17:24:08.600-05:00'Kay, I'm in.
Wish I'd known about th...'Kay, I'm in.<br /><br />Wish I'd known about the first one in time, but whatreyagonna do? Looking forward to this one.Will Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125312209711458722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-20118633954715806492014-09-28T03:36:38.289-05:002014-09-28T03:36:38.289-05:00If Wilf is retiring, shouldn't he be good enou...If Wilf is retiring, shouldn't he be good enough at it by now that it's not "practicing" law at this point? Nyuk nyuk nyuk!<br /><br />More seriously, I'm looking forward to the covers book. I think there are enough cases in recent years with art books focused on particular comics creators that it's a "thing", and of the Cerebus project, the covers offer a nice chunk of art that also, as Dave says, nicely highlights Gerhard's contributions as well, so it's something that I could certainly see as a perennial seller. <br /><br />I don't know how much commentary Dave is currently doing or planning, but if it hasn't come up, could the "Synchronicity triptych" (covers 74-76, I think?) essay that was online several years back get included? I think it was something featured on the Beguiling's website, but I haven't searched hard enough online to find it, plus I'd rather have it in print, if possible. As I recall, it was entertaining and meaty, and while I certainly don't expect that much of an in-depth look at ALL the covers, if there are some that merit that focus, it will be good to have in print.<br /><br />Also, and this is more of a Ger thing, and it doesn't fit in the covers thing, but if there ever is a "Cerebus Auxiliary" volume of various short stories (the Zero issue and the World Tour book, plus anything else that might qualify), the "how to draw backgrounds" piece Ger did for Wizard is something that ought to be included. I remember my reaction: "Dave doesn't even draw the rice cakes?!"Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-78434530210633068182014-09-27T04:37:10.535-05:002014-09-27T04:37:10.535-05:00D'oh! Considering how annoyed I get about see...D'oh! Considering how annoyed I get about seeing anything other than "Winsor McCay" and how I can spell "Sienkiewicz" without looking it up, I am chagrined that I did not look up Harold Gray's name and get it right in the first place. Mea culpa! I didn't figure Dave would spotlight it, either! <br /><br />It's...because we were discussing England. Yeah. That's the ticket. They spell color with a "u", for cryin' out loud!<br /><br />Anyway, I should also add that I was not trying to imply that Harold Gray was a racist (although one might infer that from my comment), but that I do agree more with what (I think) Dave said here: the change in race would be inappropriate not because it was inherently a bad thing but because Annie's always been white. (However, I don't know that there's anything inherent in the musical's premise that would preclude Annie being non-white, so it is an interesting choice, anyway!)Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-86434967542964201012014-09-26T20:45:16.867-05:002014-09-26T20:45:16.867-05:00Hit me up if you need help with your copier or pri...Hit me up if you need help with your copier or print production questions (indesign stuff?), happy to help. Anything to further your comic forthcomings! Joeyhttp://ecopierlease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-18108475293061414282014-09-26T17:26:13.476-05:002014-09-26T17:26:13.476-05:00Surely those going home covers could be printed 4 ...Surely those going home covers could be printed 4 to a page.<br /><br />And the book should only be the 1-300 covers, phonebook covers, Swords covers and supplemental sketches and commentary. NO stories, save those for another volume.<br /><br />But that's just me.Adam Ellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-86587125775899568882014-09-26T16:15:24.728-05:002014-09-26T16:15:24.728-05:00Dave is quite correct: it is "Harold Gray&quo...Dave is quite correct: it is "Harold Gray", not "Harold Grey". That's how we spell grey in Canada, and I carelessly carried it over. And my crack last week was meant to imply that I thought it changing Annie's race in the movie is a smaller matter than missing major points about the strip in crafting the movie in the first place. (Does anyone recall that the movie didn't even credit Harold Gray anywhere?)<br /><br />Do people really think that the <i>Cerebus Covers</i> book will be a big seller? Who will buy it? The covers aren't paintings by fan-favourite artists; they aren't pin-ups of "Cerebus in costume using his powers". By Dave's own admission, they were often after-thoughts or chores -- to be dispensed with quickly so he could get to the real meat of telling the story.<br /><br />I fear that the <i>Covers</i> book is of interest only to <i>Cerebus</i> fans and Dave Sim fans -- both small groups, and with a great deal of overlap. They're not even of great interest to cartoonists interested in studying Dave's technique, because many of Dave's strengths are unrepresented in the covers.<br /><br />I think a more marketable book would be <i>Cerebus Extras</i>: the <i>Swords</i> stories, the <i>Jam</i> stories, the <i>Epic</i> stories, maybe the <i>Turtles</i> and <i>Spawn</i> and etc. stuff. That's material from disparate sources, that has never been collected, that's hard to find, and that would be interesting to a reader as well as a <i>Cerebus</i> collector or completist.<br /><br />Not, of course, that I wish the <i>Covers</i> book ill in the marketplace. What we want, I feel confident saying, is for Dave to have enough of an income that he can devote himself to <i>Strange Death</i> rather than spend his time repackaging his old work or accepting commissions. I hope that, if the <i>Covers</i> book does not sell to his expectations or hopes, he is not soured on the comics business and doesn't feel further that "there's no place for Dave Sim in comics", but rather considers that this was perhaps the wrong product for that marketplace.<br /><br /> -- Damian T. Lloyd, zazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-5112230520903183592014-09-26T11:35:24.777-05:002014-09-26T11:35:24.777-05:00Roll on 6pm!Roll on 6pm!Lee Thackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674011430761589511noreply@blogger.com