A MOMENT OF CEREBUS

Monday, 27 July 2026

"Not that I have anything AGAINST breasts, you understand..."

Hi, Everybody!

Some jerk broke the Internet (well...yesterday's post. But that's all the Internet I care about right now...). After much floggings, it appears to be fixed. Click here to see what you would have seen yesterday if I had taken the twenty minutes to do it right, and hadn't tried to then fix my fuck-up in the backseat of a moving car...

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As we do:

Mondays!

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

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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 24: Then, then. Issue 25: Then, then.

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Friend to the Blog James Banderas-Smith has launched a Kickstarter for the Seventh issue of Papa Balloon and Cactus (his Ninth issue overall).

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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 $25 on August 5th:

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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. So if you're interested, maybe stalk their eBay page like a crazy person...

I believe that most of the '82 Tour stuff has sold.

Next Time: With Jen consorting with Chinese saboteurs, I step up...

Sunday, 26 July 2026

Ben Dunn at the Will Eisner Hall of Fame induction ceremony, accepting Dave's Eisner HoF award.

Hi, Everybody!

Shane Foulds sent in the video of Ben Dunn accepting Dave's Eisner HoF award:

This hasn't worked ONCE since yesterday, but let's try it again...

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

Neat! Thanks Shane!

Next Time: Stuff!

Saturday, 25 July 2026

"So the sounds Cerebus was hearing..."

Hi, Everybody!

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

I haven't asked Dave, but I'm positive that the reason the spell works now is Cerebus' magnifier nature. Again, I haven't asked, but if you stick around long enough, that's the answer to 85% of your questions about the little gray bastard...

Notes for the newbies in the back who haven't been paying attention:

Charles X. Claremont is a parody of Professor Charles Xavier, founder and leader of the X-Men. Along with a pastiche of X-Men writer, Chris Claremont (see any of the '82 Tour material for the photo of him and Deni Sim from October 5th (my wife's birthday...) 1982 (three years early...).)
Woman Thing is a parody of Marvel's Man-Thing. Man-Thing's stories introduced Howard the Duck (who first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19, before returning in Giant Size Man-Thing, and then graduating into his own series,) a funny animal in a world of humans, who was part of the inspiration for Cerebus (along with Marvel's Conan comics. (Funnily, in Howard's first solo issue, he does a barbarian parody...).
Madame Dufort's School for Gifted Debutantes is a parody of Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (the cover for the X-Men's base of operations in their comics.)
"Was there any reason the Beast COULDN'T be a WOMAN...?" is a parody of a quote attributed to Claremont: "is there any reason this character couldn't be a woman".
Theresa either does or doesn't return in Church & State as an informant to Weisshaupt. I can't remember if Dave ever confirmed that she was the same person. Janette and Katrina are never seen again. (Not even in Jaka's Story (Katrina, which lends itself to the idea that she's NOT Jaka's sister...), or Women (both of them, where almost every female character gets a cameo), or the crowd scene in issue #300 (ditto).
The trio with a "cute" card game motif gets revisited in at the beginning of Church & State with Silverspoon and his two buddies (whose names escape me, but we'll see them sooner rather than later when the 2019 Re-Read hits Church & State...

Okay, two more posts with issue 25, and the Cerebus volume will be posted in it's entirety like High Society.

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Friend to the Blog James Banderas-Smith has launched a Kickstarter for the Seventh issue of Papa Balloon and Cactus (his Ninth issue overall).

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I believe that most of the '82 Tour stuff has sold.

Next Time: Probably issue 25 part 1, if I do a Re-Read post on Monday, I can have Volume 1 done...

Friday, 24 July 2026

The Book of Zechariah, Ch. 13-14 (Dave's weekly update #652)

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, and chapters 10-12.

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

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HEY! And guess what happened TO. DAY?

From A Moment of Cerebus *official* San Diego Comic Con 2026 Shutterbug Shane Foulds (maybe HE can get pictures of Spider-Man for Jen and Philip...):

Before the ceremony.

Ninja High School's Ben Dunn who (in the ULTIMATE NHS/Cerebus crossover) accepted Dave's award on Dave's behalf.

Ooh..."shiny".
(I sent Mr. Dunn that shirt. At Dave's request.)

Coming to a Weekly Update in the future. (I presume...)

Shane says he'll send me the video he filmed soon.

If YOU are in San Diego, feel free to swing by Ben Dunn's booth (I assume he has a booth...) and get a pic with Dave's award and send it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com.

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And if you backed the Cerebus #1/Spawn #10 in Spanish Kickstarter, you already got this update, but:

Greetings, we want to let you know that over the next few weeks, packages will begin shipping to their destinations. Please keep an eye on your messages, as you will receive a private message with your tracking number when your package is ready at the shipping company.
We are currently exploring several options for domestic and international packages that offer the service we are looking for. On the other hand, if you haven't yet received a message that your package is on its way, we ask for your patience; we understand and appreciate your enthusiasm!
To each and every Kickstarter backer who didn't cancel their pledge, who believed in the project and stayed until the end, including up to this moment, we have given a completely free upgrade to your order. This means you will receive the comic(s) you ordered during the campaign with a digitally numbered cover, in Platinum Foil format. This is limited to only 57 people who positively supported the Kickstarter campaign and its production . We want to emphasize that the production of these editions is at no additional cost. If you are on this list, congratulations!
It is worth remembering that all comics have a certified, non-reproducible cover to guarantee the veracity of the print run, which contains a seal on the back cover and a signature on the inside front cover. In addition, all covers have been individually digitally numbered, thus creating extremely unique editions in their production.
Therefore, we ask for your understanding and patience in the final steps for all participants who positively collaborated on this project to make it a reality and to be able to deliver your orders as soon as possible. With this interest, we already have confirmation from Telesforo and Hilario in Puebla who will begin to complete production. Once again, we thank you for your patience and trust in this first release of the title, which we know will be a unique and instant collector's item.

They included a bunch of photos, but I'm only running this one:

I bought two of these, and two Spawn #10s, so if you missed out and REALLY wanted one, you can beg at momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and see what happens...

If you wanna see more covers:

From what I understand, Rolly has reorganized Camp David...

Consider yourselves Updated!

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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". Either way, I have to amuse myself in the Editing Suite assembling these things... (I keep getting copyright violation hits, so I got 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). With a week to go, he's $357 short. Have I mentioned that Dave likes Papa Balloon & Cactus? James is offering $30 sketches, like 11"x14" full size drawings for thirty bucks. It's a good deal...

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

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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday.

The past Week in AMOC:

Saturday: Please Hold for '82 Tour Notes.
Sunday: Three more posts and ALL of the first Cerebus phonebook will be posted...
Monday: The Monday Report, and Please Hold For Dave Sim 1/2024 the Transcript.
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, more little handwritten lines that are hard to read...
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. (The amount of Cerebus crap I've had produced/made myself that's laying around the apartment is getting a little crazy... I might need to have a virtual rummage sale...)

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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 24-26.*

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

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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 (2 of 9)

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: If I post Cerebus pages for the next three days, I'll FINISH with volume #1...

Thursday, 23 July 2026

Notebook 21: All Stories Are True

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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Yes, yes, more pages of just text. Lots of Dave hand writing all of Viktor’s musings. I mean what do you expect, this is for the phonebook Reads. I did take a look see, and after today’s five – yes, FIVE pages of fun exciting. . .text – pages we only have . . .umm.

Let me check my notes. . .

THIRTY-EIGHT MORE PAGES?!?! Ugh. Well, not all of them are just pages of text. We have some sketches.

I was too lazy to do a Cerebus theme meme

Anyhoo, onto the walls of text – we do get some more Alan Moore content about story-tellers, including the “All stories are true” line:

Notebook #21, page 216

Notebook #21, page 217

Notebook #21, page 218

Notebook #21, page 219

Notebook #21, page 220

If you're still here and have read all of that text, you've done more then me. I'm so tired boss man.

Wednesday, 22 July 2026

CEREBUS IN HELL? WEEKLY STRIP #51

next: Margaret

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Since Jen is "제정신이 아닌, 엉뚱한", glamourpuss #24 (I counted!)

Hi, Everybody!

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

No changes!

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 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 (also: the lowest...).

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 doing the bigamy and loitering on the sidewalk and other signs of the Apocalypse...):

$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...
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...
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.
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...)
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...
Having read the minutes for the Graft: Boon or Blessing Panel, bribery will NOT be tolerated if it messes up my taxes...
"And remember, your answers must be in the form of a question..."
Margaret, if you win, this counts as both PTO AND year end bonus...
Good luck! (How and Why this is a Rule is a mystery to Everybody!...)

This, then ...