Notebook 21: Posts Listing

MARGARET LISS:

A few years ago I scanned all of Dave Sim's notebooks. He had filled 36 notebooks during the years he created the monthly Cerebus series, covering issues #20 to 300, plus the other side items -- like the Epic stories, posters and prints, convention speeches etc. A total of 3,281 notebook pages detailing his creative process. I never really got the time to study the notebooks when I had them. Just did a quick look, scanned them in and sent them back to Dave as soon as possible. So this regular column is a chance for me to look through those scans and highlight some of the more interesting pages.

We’re continuing our look at Dave Sim’s 21st notebook used during the creation of Cerebus #164 to 187. We’ll be looking at this notebook, which there were 260 out of 300 pages scanned, until we’ve seen every single page of it. Well, the pages scanned. If you want to see all of the notebook #21 posts to date, just use the Notebook 21 tag. 

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Last week we finished looking at Dave's 21st notebook. Here are all of the posts for the notebook. 

Notebook 21: issues 164 to 187

• Alcohol Is Free and There Is No Last Call (Sept 2015): Front cover, 21, 31
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #164 beginnings (June 2025): p. 1, 2, & 4
• Roach. . .Nevermore (Oct 2018): p. 5
• Swooncommamortals (Feb 2019) p. 3 & 7
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #164 Page Nine (June 2025): p. 5 & 6
• Notebook 21: The Real Cirin Speaks (June 2025): p. 8 & 9
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #164 page 11 (June 2025): p. 10, 11, 12
• Astoria Goes Shopping (Nov 2020): p. 13 & 14
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #164 page 12 & 13 (July 2025): P. 15, 16, 17
• Notebook 21: Oct 1992 Calendar & Cerebus #164 Page 17 (July 2025): p. 18, 20
• Ends & Odd Bits (Nov 2014): 19, 29, 30, 259
• Notebook 21: End of Cerebus#164 & Spawn 10 (July 2025): p. 22, 23, 24
• Crossing Over (Oct 2014): page 25, 26, 64
• Crossing Over Part Two (Nov 2018): p. 27 & 28
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #165 Cirinists Dialogue (July 2025): p. 32, 33, 34, & 35
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #165 Book Excerpts (July 2025): p. 36 & 37
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #166 & 167 (Aug 2025): p. 38, 39, 40, & 41
• Notebook 21: Spawn #10 Dialogue (Aug 2025): p. 42, 43, & 44.
• Notebook 21: The Clueless (Aug 2025): p. 45, 46, 47, & 48
• Notebook #21: Campaign '93 Part One (Aug 2025): p. 50 & 51
• Cerebus Campaign '93 (Sept 2025): Reprints Dave's Cerebus Campaign '93 materials from Cerebus #167, no notebook materials, ties in w/ the notebook on Campaign '93.
• Notebook 21: Campaign ’93 Materials Part Two (Sept 2025): p. 52 & 53
• Notebook 21: Campaign ’93 Materials Part 3 (Sept 2025): p. 54 & 55
• Notebook 21: Campaign ’93 Materials Part 4 (Sept 2025): p. 56
• Campaign '93 Notes (July 2016): page 57, 58, 59, 60
• Notebook 21: Spawn #10 Dialogue Part 2 (Oct 2025): p. 61, 62, 63
• Notebook 21: Spawn #10 Dialogue Part 3 (Oct 2025): p. 64 & 65
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #168 Part One (Oct 2025): p. 66, 67, & 68
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #168 Part Two (Oct 2025): p. 69, 70, & 71
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #168 Part Three (Oct 2025): p. 72, 73, 74
• Jaka's Dream (Sept 2021): p. 75
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #169 Part One (Nov 2025): p. 76 & 77
• Dany Snowy Storm (Feb 2019) p. 78
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #169 Part Two (Nov 2025): p. 79 & 80
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #169 Part Three (Nov 2025): p. 81, 82, & 83
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #170 Part One (Nov 2025): p. 84, 85, 86, & 87
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #171 and #173 (Dec 2025): p. 88 & 89
• (Dec 2025): p. 90, 91, & 92
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #173 (May 2025): p. 93, 94, & 95
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #174 pages 1 - 3 (Dec 2025): 96 & 97
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #174 page 4 (Dec 2025): p. 98 & 99
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #174 Page Layouts (Jan 2026): p. 100, 101, & 105
• The Gathering (August 2014): page 102, 103, 104
• Page 16 of Cerebus #174 (June 2023): p. 106
• Three Saviors? (April 2017): page 107, 108, 109
• Page 20 of Cerebus #174 (June 2023): p. 110
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #175 Reads Text (Jan 2026): p. 111, 112, 113, & 114
• Notebook 21: Unused Material for Reads (Jan 2026): p. 115, 116, 117
• I Want To See Your Armpit (Feb 2015): page 118, 163, 164
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #175 Preliminary Writing (Jan 2026): p. 119 & 120
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #175 Preliminary Writing Part 2 (Feb 2026): p. 121, 122, 123, & 124
• Notebook 21: Victor meets Oscar. . .Kind Of (Feb 2026): p. 125, 126, 127, & 128
• Notebook 21: Victor and Oscar talking with Publishers (Feb 2026): p. 129, 130, 131, & 132
• Notebook 21: Victor and His Works (Feb 2026): p. 133, 134, 135, & 136
• Notebook 21: Publishers, Conventions, and Cognac (March 2026): p. 137, 138, 139, & 140
• Notebook 21: Conventions & Contracts (March 2026): p. 141, 142, 143, & 144
• Notebook 21: Agreements and Illustrations (March 2026): p. 145 & 146
• Dialogue from Reads (Oct 2020): p. 147 - 149
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #176 Victor’s Text (March 2026): p. 150, 151, 152, & 153
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #176 Cote d’Azur Becomes Part of Ascension (Apr 2026): p. 154, 155, 156, & 157
• Dialogue From Reads Part Two (Oct 2020): p. 158 - 160
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #179 and Astoria’s Revelations (Apr 2026): p. 161 & 162
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #180 & Cirin’s Left Armpit (Apr 2026): p. 163 & 164
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #180 Page 2 Unused Material (Apr 2026): p. 165 & 166
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #181 – Viktor Davis’ Introduction (Apr 2026): p. 167, 168, & 169
• Viktor Davis Notes on Reads (Nov 2020): p. 170 - 172
• Notebook 21: Reads More From Viktor Davis (May 2026): p. 173, 174, 175, & 176
• Notebook 21: Even More From Viktor Davis (May 2026): p. 177, 178, 179, 180
• Viktor Davis Continues His Monologue (May 2026): p. 181, 182, 183, & 184
• Notebook 21: Cerebus 182 & Viktor Davis (May 2026): p. 185, 186, 187, & 188
• Notebook 21: Viktor Davis With Gerhard (June 2026): p. 189, 190, & 191
• Notebook 21: Minds or Viktor Davis (June 2026): p. 192, 193, 194, 195, & 196
• Notebook 21: Viktor Makes Coffee (June 2026): P. 197, 198, 199, & 200
• Notebook 21: Viktor Ponders Creator, Creation, and Audience (June 2026): p. 201, 202, & 203
• Notebook 21: Cerebus #182 & TMNT in Estarcion (July 2026): p. 204, 205, 206
• Notebook 21: Material Not Used in Cerebus #182 (July 2026): p. 207, 208, 209, & 210
• Notebook 21: Skulls and Alan Moore (July 2026): p. 211, 212, 213, 214, & 215
• Notebook 21: All Stories Are True (July 2026): p. 216, 217, 218, 219, & 220
• Notebook 21: Taking a Stretch with Viktor (July 2026): p. 221, 222, 223, 224, & 225
• Notebook 21: Viktor Talking to the Audience (Aug 2026): p. 226 & 227
• (Aug 2026): p. 228, 229, & 230
• Notebook 21: BANG! ROAR! RUMBLE! BANG! (Aug 2026): p. 231, 232, 233
• "Notebook 21: The Throne (Sept 2026): p. 234, 235, & 236
• Notebook 21: The Reader, the story, and Viktor (Sept 2026): p. 237, 238, 239, & 240
• Notebook 21: A Story Device Realizes He Isn't Real (Sept 2026): p. 241, 242, 243, & 244
• Notebook 21: “Geysering. Blood. Semen.” (Sept 2026): p. 245, 246, 247, & 248
• Notebook 21: The Story-Teller’s Ideas (Oct 2026): p. 249, 250, 251, & 252
• Notebook 21: The Last of the Walls of Text (Oct 2026): p. 253, 254, & 255
• Down In A Minute, Sweetheart (Oct 2016): page 256, 257
• Notebook 21: The Cerebus Annual (Oct 2026): p. 258, 259, & 261

Next week: another notebook. . .

 CEREBUS IN HELL? WEEKLY STRIP #64

TRADING FOR BEATRICE 8 OF 16

next: Margaret

I'm busy, and I have a NEW contest!

Hi, Everybody!

So my Dad asked me to help him turn a 108 page PDF into a hundred and eight jpegs. And  these files are fairly large. So even if I wanted to format seven pages of glamourpuss and post them here, my photoshop knockoff is engaged with submarine jokes from the early 1970s.

I'll make it up to you next week (promise).

Anyway, Big Board: 

• 137 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim through 7 March 2022
• $22,380.00 raised to date from 436 donations
• $110 away from unlocking page 138.
• If you have not donated, a $5+ donation gets you access to all 136 pages and all future unlocked pages. Donate once or set up monthly donations here https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023
• If you have donated, why not donate again! All money goes to Dave Sim to continue his work on The Strange Death of Alex Raymond.

SDOAR GoFundMe -->> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023

The raffle continues...

An UNREADABLE copy of glamourpuss #10!

ALL GoFundMe donations of $5, between July 1st, and Halloween (October 31st) gets you in the pot. Every $5 is another entry. On All Hallow's Eve, I'll pick another number, and Jen'll tell me Margaret won again and I'll cry like a bitch turn her in as a witch and collect six dollars from the magistrate. And declare a different winner. I'm sure this won't piss off anybody. (Should have just let me pick #102 Jen...)

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So next month is the fifteenth anniversary of Tim founding A Moment of Cerebus, preceded by the ninth anniversary of my beginning to ruin the place.

Which means it's time for an "AMOC Birthday Contest"!

Break out the crayons, and draw a birthday card for AMOC, and email it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com by November seventh.

I'll take a look at all the entries, and pick a winner for a fabulous prize pack from the ol' AMOC Prize Box. (Depending on the number of entries, there may be a first runner-up, second runner-up, and Miss Congeniality.)

Use whatever artistic tools or media you want, all I ask is NO AI. It's beneath you.

Okay back to whatever THIS is:

Next Time: Listen, he turns 77 next month, he's blind in one eye, and the other one ain't the greatest. So when he asks for tech support, I'm kinda obliged to do it...

"WELL--I HOPE YOU'RE SATISFIED...! HE'S GONE...!"

Hi, Everybody!

As we do:

Mondays! 

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clau...I mean, a missing Report. #302 is AWOL, I'm looking into it...

I had somebody ask about some of the earlier Monday Reports. I actually have a PDF of all of them. If you're interested in a copy, lemme know at momentofcerebus@gmail.com...

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Let us continue with the Increasingly-misnamed-"2019 Cerebus Re-Read":

Cerebus Volume 1: Cerebus #1-#25 (including the Swords shorts that take place in-between issues)

Issue #1: First, then, then, then. Issue #2: Then, then, then, then. Issue #3: Then, then, then. Passage (in part. I REALLY need to get a decent version of Passage up here one of these days...). Issue #4: Then. Issue #5: Then, then, then. Demonhorn. Issue #6: Then, then, then. Issue #7: Then, then, then. Issue #8: Then, then, then. Issue #9: Then, then, then. Issue 10: Then, then, then. Issue #11: Then, then, then, then. Issue #12: Then, then, then. Magiking. Issue #13: Then, then, then. Silverspoon. Issue #14: Then, then. Issue #15: Then, then.  Issue #16: Then, then. Issue #17: Then, then. Issue #18: Then, then. Issue #19: Then, then. Issue #20: Then, then. What Happened Between Issues Twenty & Twenty-One. Issue #21: Then, then. Issue #22: Then, then. Issue #23: Then, then. Issue #24: Then, then. Issue #25: Then, then.

Cerebus Volume 2 "High Society": Cerebus #26-#50 (including "Goat")

First. Then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then.

Cerebus #51 "Exodus": Then, then

And now, Church & State: Cerebus #52-#113

Then. Then. Then. Then. Then. Then. Then:

"Oh."

Hi, Everybody!

Let us continue with the Increasingly-misnamed-"2019 Cerebus Re-Read":

Cerebus Volume 1: Cerebus #1-#25 (including the Swords shorts that take place in-between issues)

Issue #1: First, then, then, then. Issue #2: Then, then, then, then. Issue #3: Then, then, then. Passage (in part. I REALLY need to get a decent version of Passage up here one of these days...). Issue #4: Then. Issue #5: Then, then, then. Demonhorn. Issue #6: Then, then, then. Issue #7: Then, then, then. Issue #8: Then, then, then. Issue #9: Then, then, then. Issue 10: Then, then, then. Issue #11: Then, then, then, then. Issue #12: Then, then, then. Magiking. Issue #13: Then, then, then. Silverspoon. Issue #14: Then, then. Issue #15: Then, then.  Issue #16: Then, then. Issue #17: Then, then. Issue #18: Then, then. Issue #19: Then, then. Issue #20: Then, then. What Happened Between Issues Twenty & Twenty-One. Issue #21: Then, then. Issue #22: Then, then. Issue #23: Then, then. Issue #24: Then, then. Issue #25: Then, then.

Cerebus Volume 2 "High Society": Cerebus #26-#50 (including "Goat")

First. Then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then. And then.

Cerebus #51 "Exodus": Then, then

And now, Church & State: Cerebus #52-#113

Then. Then. Then. Then. Then. Then:

Next Time: Mondays!

Please Hold For Dave Sim 10/2026

Hi, Everybody!

Well, it sucked, but here we go:

Part 1: 1982 Tour Book Notes?/Cerebus@50:

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Part 2: Dave responds to my Santos Sisters/Cerebus crossover Pitch (which I'll post if you people ask me to...):

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Part 3: I had ideas for Cerebus@50. Dave responds how I knew he would, but I hoped he wouldn't:

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Part 4: Dave answers a question about possible vintage art:

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Part 5: And then Dave gets to ACTUAL Please Hold...:

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Next Time: Whatever I feel like...

J. TOONS! The wisdom of Frank Zappa pt 5 (Dave's weekly update #664)

Hi, Everybody!

Anyway, like it says on the Logo:

That little bit on the bottom there...

It's Friday, so that means:

Dave's Weekly Update:

Problems viewing this video? Watch directly on YouTube...

Kickstarters:

CAN14 and CiH? #s 89&90 and Ninja High School/Cerebus #s 4&5!!! is over. If you snoozed you losed...

I've only been mentioning it IN EVERY DAMN POST SINCE IT LAUNCHED!!!

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Dave's CONTINUING the Please PAY For Dave Sim format, if YOU want more '82 Tour Book discussion, go HERE, and pay for "Dave Sim 82 Tour Book". But if YOU'd rather hear more stereotypical Please Hold (*shudder*) "content", go HERE and pay for "Please Hold For Dave Sim". 9/10 video done, 9/26 is loaded and being worked on... Dave's "finished" with his notes, and is waiting to see a revised prototype (that I have to make...), so while I'm sure the buttons are there, and that Dave'd appreciate the money, you can't squeeze blood from a turnip, so there's no more notes to be had...

Okay, back to "bizness as usual"

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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday. 

The past Week in AMOC:

• Saturday: Because I don't wanna.
• Sunday: You think you know how much I don't wanna, and you'd be wrong...
• Monday: The 301st Monday Report, and I clean out the inbox.
• Tuesday: Choose Your Own "Jen"venture is on hold until November to give me time to get ahead on it. So's I can help Jen and The Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe post.
• Wednesday: MORE Weekly Cerebus in Hell? Strips. Follow along on Instagram. And https://www.ebay.com/itm/236664955396 (Somebody was looking for the Vardalorian...) 
• Thursday: Margaret has also posted ALL of Albatross One. (If you click that link, you can see all the pages of the notebook, OR, you can get a PHYSICAL copy here.) And all of The Last Notebook. Now she's gonna burn through all of Notebook #21. So sit back and get ready for pages and pages and pages of walls of handwritten text... This week, the last of the notebook, and it goes out with a "bang"...
• Friday: that's this post. You're reading the Friday post right now. This is STILL like that bit in Spaceballs. (I link to LAST WEEK'S Update in these things. Have been for longer than I care to think about...)

Okay, so that was the last week on AMOC.

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I've decided that the FULL Rigamarole is only running on Fridays now...

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Greg&Fake are in Baltimore, if you go and see them, tell Greg "Matt Dow says, 'hey.'" Send back pictures...

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I have lots and lots of Cerebus crap in the ol' AMOC Prize Box(es). Someday soon, I'll have to have a virtual yard sale... (More details in September October(?).) (I might just open an AMOC webstore...)

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill. OR(!) you could buy Bill's book with the Dave backcover. I have discovered links:
Wanderland (Paperback)
Wanderland (Hardcover for the guys who get "hard" for hardcovers...)
Wanderland (Paperback but slightly more expensive...I dunno why...)
The site offers UK shipping, so PRESUMEABLY it's printed and shipped there(?).
And Journey Complete:
Hardcover
Paperback
And if you wanna see how the book looks in Real Time...
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Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.
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Dave also wanted me to post this:

Lots of little words, click for bigger.

http://www.dougcomicworld.com/

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off October 16th-18th, 22nd-25th.*

*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered (but probably NOT Guys) for $99 CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...) On sale all the damn time, like for $49 on October 27th, November 14th, and December 19th. And for $25 on November 30th, and December 26th (Happy Boxing Day!) all from 10AM to 2PM Eastern time. I'm telling you now, because I always forget to give the $49 sale a boost. (And honestly, I think it being a big secret is kinda pointless if you're trying to make some monies...)
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My friends at the Waverly Press, are moving their office, and to lighten the loads, they're temporarily cutting prices on their remaining Cerebus inventory on their eBay store starting this weekend. They're gonna be gradually listing more things in the coming days and any orders placed next week will receive new ‘82 Tour promo cards. They may go ahead and offer the remaining prototypes of the big book and comic versions next week. MAYBE. So if you're interested, maybe stalk their eBay page like a crazy person...

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Heritage has: 

• The Beavers strip #103
• And a bunch of slabbed Dave Sim file copies, including #1, are coming...

And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:

And a list of ALL the issues they got.

Thanks to Steve for sending the link. 

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Oliver' Simonsen's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi". If you're in Brazil..., "Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video". I think I got a message that one of these isn't valid anymore, but I lost it...

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Next Time: I mean I REALLY don't wanna...