The Book of Zechariah, Ch. 10-12 (Dave's weekly update #651)

Hi, Everybody!

Like it says on the Logo:

That little bit on the bottom there...

It's Friday, so that means:

Dave's Weekly Update:

Chapters 1-3, and chapters 4-6, and chapters 7-9:

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

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And Dave's  auctioning these:

• Six Deadly Sins page: Pride
• Six Deadly Sins page: Sloth

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I have audio files from Dave about the '82 Tour Book, so if you were hoping for Please Hold For Dave Sim this month, you should have put your money where your mouth is... Because, 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". Either way, I have to amuse myself in the Editing Suite assembling these things... (I keep getting copyright violation hits, so I'm getting the 'droid to right a jingle...) 

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The last Kickstarter has shipped, so check your mailbox. I got mine.

Speaking of Kickstarters, Friend to the Blog James Banderas-Smith has launched one for the Seventh issue of Papa Balloon and Cactus (his Ninth issue overall). He's at the Hershey Comic Con this weekend. If you go, tell him: "Manly Matt Dow sez you owe him money! Where's his TWO DOLLARS ya bastid?!?"

Okay, back to "bizness as usual"...

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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday. 

The past Week in AMOC:

• Saturday: Aardvark Comment
• Sunday: More of the Beguiling.
• Monday: The Monday Report, and the sound portion of the next installment of Please Hold For '82 Tour Book...
• Tuesday: Jen is on vacation, so she DIDN'T post to help raise funds on The Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe, I did. $185 away from unlocking page 134 of Dave's POST-Carson SDOAR mock-up pages has unlocks. And I got ya a Raffle Item. AND GoFundMe has a MONTHLY option now, so you can schedule a reoccurring donation. 
• Wednesday: MORE Weekly Cerebus in Hell? Strips. I think this one is written by Dave. 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, Skulls! And Alan Moore!
• Friday: that's this post. You're reading the Friday post right now. This is STILL like that bit in Spaceballs. (Should I link to LAST WEEK'S Update in these things?)

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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I had these made:

Twenty bucks USD gets you a set. momentofcerebus@gmail.com.

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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 July 17-19, and 23-26.*

*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 for $49 on the July 20th:

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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: 

• Jailhouse Vark (3 of 9)
• Cerebus #1 in an UNreadable 8.0 (The pages are so crisp you'd swear they were plastic...

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 got them videos done...

Notebook 21: Skulls and Alan Moore

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 it was pages of text of Viktor just rambling, and guess what? Yes, more of his rambling. What is he thinking? We don’t need to ask, he just won’t stop rambling on and on. . .

Anyhoo, yes, you guessed it, more of Viktor’s ramblings. You can see Dave’s edits of crossing stuff out, writing more thoughts in the margins, et al. And like you, I don’t have the energy to go through it this week. So instead of me rambling, you’ll get five – yes FIVE! – pages for the low low price of nothing. 

Enjoy.

Notebook #21, page 211

Notebook #21, page 212

Like I can just imagine Viktor just rambling to himself. No paragraph breaks. . .But the above material does get used – page 162 of Reads, aka page 16 of Cerebus #182. Though going to the next page, there is more to this skull story that doesn’t make the finished pages of Cerebus.

Notebook #21, page 213

Huh, Viktor also had a letter printed in Superman #203, same as Dave. . .And down at the bottom Viktor writes about Alan Moore. . .which continues for the next few pages. . .

Notebook #21, page 214

Notebook #21, page 215

Hey, if you made it this far - congrats! And just think, once we've done with this notebook, we are done with it and its walls of text. . .

 CEREBUS IN HELL? WEEKLY STRIP #50

next: Margaret unties the knots

Jen says "Lucky Numbers 2, 29, 42, 47, 5, 23", so glamourpuss #...I dunno.

Hi, Everybody!

These take too long to do, so don't expect this to continue next week... 

Jen's "oot" (as the Canadians say), so I'm back filling in... Big Board!:

• 133 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim through 7 March 2022
• $21,615.00 raised to date from 414 donations
• $185 away from unlocking page 134.
• If you have not donated, a $5+ donation gets you access to all 133 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

Since Jen is going on vacation, I'ma have to do this "solo", which means I'ma have to find something around the AMOCave to throw to "the wolves" to get more money for the GoFundMe. So I'm offering up:

An UNREADABLE copy of glamourpuss #10!

A 9.8 SLABBED gp #10. Which, according to the CGC Census is the ONLY copy they've slabbed. So it's the HIGHEST graded copy they've dealt with.

 
AND, I'll include cheap-o printouts of the interior so you CAN read the issue while you stare at your prized collectable...

RULES (gotta have RULES...otherwise it's all Anarchy, and people marrying livestock and walking on the grass and other signs of the Apocalypse...):

1. $5 per entry. The only money that counts is money donated to the GoFundMe SINCE July 1st, 2026. All that money you've been throwing at Dave via Jen for the past how long won't help you here...
2. No limit on the number of entries you can have. As long as you remember it's only NEW money that counts. While Dave (and Jen) deeply appreciate all the money you've donated over the years (I don't give an aardvark's taint sweat...), it's just money that comes in NOW that gets you unreadable glamourpuss...
3. Raffle ends on Labor Day (that's September 7th 2026 for the "calendar challenged). That gives Everybody! time to donate, and Jen and I time to determine who wins.
4. International winners might be asked to kick in for shipping (it cost me $43 to ship a VIEWMASTER Reel to Canada... the USPS ain't what it used to be...)
5. Bonus entries will be made available to the winners of the swimsuit/private interview/talent/health & fitness/evening gown/& on-stage conversation categories. So choose your outfits and performances wisely...
6. Having read the minutes for the Graft: Boon or Blessing Panel, bribery will NOT be tolerated if it messes up my taxes...
7. "And remember, your answers must be in the form of a question..."
8. Margaret, if you win, this counts as both PTO AND year end bonus...
9. Good luck! (How and Why this is a Rule is a mystery to Everybody!...)

 This, then ...

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

Please Hold For Off-White House '82 Tour Commentary July 9th, 2026 (part 1)

 Hi, Everybody!

As we do:

Mondays!

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

As you all should know by now 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". Either way, I have to amuse myself in the Editing Suite assembling these things... 

The latest from Eddie for the July round for August is:

Anyway, Dave sent a couple of hours of audio, I'm working on turning it into a series of videos, but it's gonna be a minute (ADHD brain spent WAY too long having the robots make a theme song because the audio and videos are getting flagged for copyright violations, and I'ma tired of explaining parody & fair use to OTHER robots... But I'm a working on 'em!)

So, Audio (for the poor bastards who don't need/want to look at things while Dave talks...):

The article Eddie sent.

Video (to be added as I get it done, or I'll post those on Saturday...):

And if you're gonna be in San Diego for Comic Con, Dave has a request:

I bought and sent the shirt to Mr. Dunn, he should get it Wednesday...

Next Time: Jen's MIA, so more of me being "wacky"...

"And have two more beds moved in here..."

Hi, Everybody!

I'm editing, I'm editing. (Not really, I worked and then I spent time with the family touching grass... I'll get 'round to it.)

I finished resizing all the pages of the Cerebus volume for the laughably named "2019 ReRead":

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 25: Then, then. 

Cerebus #23, The Beguiling (part two) (Based in part on The Beguiled. 1971)

Next Time: Mondays! (And I'll get the audio up on Spotify for SURE!)

Aardvark Comment: 7/11/26

Hi, Everybody!

I'm working on the five audio files about the '82 Tour Book Dave sent, but the first one is fifty minutes long, and I can't imagine they get shorter from there (they probably do, but I won't know until I get there...). SO, I'm a run the Aardvark Comment stuff Dave's sent that's piling up:

Click for huge...

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Next Time: IF I get the audio transformed into video...