Monday, 14 September 2026

Hype! Hype! Hype! (Are you hyped yet?) (Well, ya gotta get hyped. If ya ain't hyped, I don't know what to do for ya...)

Hi, Everybody!

As we do:

Mondays! 

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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Okay, I gave you two (count 'em) TWO days of Please Hold, so I don't think you need a third day that you have to read... "Gah! can't you just talk at me while I ride my Peleton?"

I mean the "good" (if you have a really #@%&ing weird value system...) news is that down in the Please Hold Editing Suite I have:
Two Cerebus@50 files with a runtime of: 16:32 (including the intro music) (This doesn't count the first one I made that hasn't been posted yet...)
Five 82 Tour book files with a runtime of: 47:28 (including the intro music)
Five audio files for David Birdsong with a runtime of: 56:32 (no intro, and pretty much no chance I'm ever gonna edit these, I just need to listen to them to make sure there's nothing you need to know. (You probably don't.) 
AVAILABLE REWARDS:
Can14 Form&Void. With pages 1-10 of Cerebus #251 (son. of. a. bitch. I stole the original scans of these from Dave's Google Drive six years ago. So on the one hand, I don't NEED these, on the other hand, my purloined copies are digital and I own all the other CANs, so I'm gonna get it.)
Here's page two:

Because I can... When I post images, I follow "the rules" and make sure that the image is 640 pixels across. (1000px if it's original art from Dave or Ger.) Here's that same scan "at size" dropped into a 640px template:

This is why you should back the CANs, or at least get the digital bundle (I think they're doing that again...)

Anyway, back to the list:
Pages 11-20 as Bonus Prints (it's what would be CAN30 if Dave finished the 16 volume cycle of the first ten pages of each phonebook in the Archive, and then did a second cycle of the next ten pages of original art from each phonebook that are still in the Archive. (I gotta remember to beg for the Notes to CANs 28-30 as Add-Ons for a future Kickstarter...)

Cerebus in Hell? #s 89 (Vark Patrol) & 90 (Reform School Vark)

Ninja High School/Cerebus issues 4&5 (5 is expanded to 24 pages from 16.)

Full sets of all five issues (#1 is a third printing, and there are only 20 sets)

Individual copies of 1-5 (there are only 5 copies of 2&3, but unlimited copies of 1, 4, &5.) (Or you can Back Ben Dunn's color version)

REALLY cheap Comics versions of NHS/C 4&5, and CiH? 89&90

Backing Board covers of CiH? 87-90

All 13 of the previous CANs. (Get all caught up. Of course, you'll be missing the Bonus Prints that would be CANs 28 &29 which were only offered as Bonus Prints in their individual campaigns... This is why I try to tell you people things...)

Swords of Cerebus in Hell? Volumes 1-12 signed by Dave (I think these are in two six volume bundles, but I've been wrong before, and I'm sure I will be again...)

And all sorts of nifty Add Ons that I don't know about, so I can't tell you about them... (I DID suggest to Birdsong that I could make videos of the personal Audio Dave sent us that could be rewards on the next Kickstarter at an obscene amount of money, that will disappoint anyone who listens to them...) (He said he listened to them and found the cure for insomnia.).)

ANYWAY, this goes live tomorrow and runs for a month. Here's a link to it and the other Dave Sim/Cerebus related Kickstarters a-running:
For Cerebus readers, "Cerberus," our 3-headed, 31st century version of Cerebus, returns and figures prominently in one of our stories; we also have the 2 "Sparkybus" micro-prints that Matt Dow masterminded and Dave Sim signed, plus 3 different variants of "Tails of Sparkybus" that Dave drew stuff for and signed on a tipped-in plate. These are very limited editions and quantities of some are running low, so this could be the last chance to get them.
So get 'em while they're HOT!

Can I get back to the Editing Suite now?

Next Time: One guy voted in this Choose Your Own "Jen"venture nonsense, and I could just email HIM the next chapter and not run anything... You people know that, right?
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Sunday, 13 September 2026

Please Hold For Dave Sim 9/2026 part 2

Hi, Everybody!

And now:

Please Hold For Dave Sim 9/2026 Part 2:

Audio, for those poor poor bastards:

Video:

Part 5, Dave gets to the 6/2026 Faux

Part 6, Dave continues

Part 7, so...Dave didn't send me an audio file that goes before this one, which I explain in the video over the AI generated music I had made for the end credits of the Iguana VS Beer Movie (which doesn't exist, I just had the song made if ever I do do an Iguana VS Beer movie...)

If anybody would like me to post any of the video visuals on the Blog, sound off like ya got a pair...

For Cerebus readers, "Cerberus," our 3-headed, 31st century version of Cerebus, returns and figures prominently in one of our stories; we also have the 2 "Sparkybus" micro-prints that Matt Dow masterminded and Dave Sim signed, plus 3 different variants of "Tails of Sparkybus" that Dave drew stuff for and signed on a tipped-in plate. These are very limited editions and quantities of some are running low, so this could be the last chance to get them.
So get 'em while they're HOT!

Next Time: Now all I have to edit is the Cerebus@50 files and the next round of 82 Tour stuff...
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Saturday, 12 September 2026

Please Hold For Dave Sim 9/2026 part one (I'm editing as fast as I want to...)

Hi, Everybody!

To quote one of the greatest actors/musicians/sages/philosophers of our time: "Whoa."


Dave finally sent his reactions to the April Please Hold For Dave Sim Faux.

I know, right?

Audio:
You people disgust me.

Video:
Part 1, Michael R, of Easton Pennsylvania sent Dave a letter, which leads us off

Part 2, Dave gets to my actual Faux, and begins to answer the questions it contains (listen, Dave was shotgunning his answers, and I didn't feel like breaking them up into twenty little videos. So he says what he says for the people he answered... Youse guys are smart, you'll figure it out...)

Part 3, Dave continues answering the Faux

Part 4, Dave answers a letter from Al Nickerson

Part 5, well technically, this was the Faux sent up in June, so it shoulda been for Please Hold For Dave Sim 6/2026. Which means I don't have to get it done for today, right? Come on, give your long-suffering Interim Editor a break. I'll get the last bits of video done for tomorrow (and maybe the Audio too...)

Next Time:
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Friday, 11 September 2026

The Book of Malachi, Chapter 1

Hi, Everybody!

Today being the 25th anniversary of 9/11/2001 (11/9/2001 if you're a day/month/year kinda guy), Dave had Rolly send me:
photos of the Kitchener Fallen Firefighters 911 Memorial. Dave will be going there tomorrow morning for 9/11 to reflect on what happened that day. If you could post these tomorrow or Saturday that would be great.






If you happen to be in the area today, LEAVE DAVE THE HELL ALONE! He's going there for quiet reflection, not to sign your old comics and draw an Elrod bunny. Geez, show some decorum for once in your life...

Anyway, like it says on the Logo:
That little bit on the bottom there...

It's Friday, so that means:
Dave's Weekly Update:

For Cerebus readers, "Cerberus," our 3-headed, 31st century version of Cerebus, returns and figures prominently in one of our stories; we also have the 2 "Sparkybus" micro-prints that Matt Dow masterminded and Dave Sim signed, plus 3 different variants of "Tails of Sparkybus" that Dave drew stuff for and signed on a tipped-in plate. These are very limited editions and quantities of some are running low, so this could be the last chance to get them.
So get 'em while they're HOT!
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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". I should be working on the latest edition of Please Hold and then MORE 82 Tour stuff, but  instead I'm doing this...

Okay, back to "bizness as usual" I took a vacation, so extended round-up!
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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday. 

The past Week in AMOC:

Okay, so that was the last two weeks on AMOC.
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I've decided that the FULL Rigamarole is only running on Fridays now...
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I'm planning on going to the Milwaukee stop. (I'm sure the jerks I live with will do their damnedest to stop me. Jerks.) Greg&Fake'll probably have the new Flaming Carrot crossover issue(s) with them, so bring money...
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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.)
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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.

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Up to 35% off September 15th-20th and the 30th-October 4th.*
*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 September 28th, October 27th, November 14th, and December 19th. And for $25 on October 12th, 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: 
  • Nothing. There's a Beavers strip in the pipeline, but that's about it...
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 get back to work, 
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Thursday, 10 September 2026

Notebook 21: The Reader, the story, and Viktor

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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After a couple of weeks of sketches from Dave’s notebook we are back to the “walls of text”. This is the notebook for Reads, so “walls of text” tracks. In the page below, the reader, the story, and Viktor Davis were all “getting closer”. 

Notebook #21, page #237

The above text shows up in Cerebus #183 page 14 (page 180 in Reads). Well, it mostly shows up on that page. I didn’t check it word for word, but most of it shows up there. Though the ‘what happens next’ is a phrase I don’t see on the finished pages. The next page of the notebook has the reader saying “Viktor?” Which does show up on page 181 of Reads. About two thirds of the way down the page, Dave crossed out ‘Yes and no’ and replaced it with ‘No and yes’. However, on page 181 of Reads it is back to ‘Yes and no.’

Notebook #21, page #238

Reading page 181 of Reads and the above notebook page, Dave wrote a bunch of stuff on this notebook page that he left out of the finished book. Though most of it did make it into Reads.

The next page of the notebook continues this preliminary writing for Cerebus #183. About halfway down the page noticed the ‘You’re all in here” is crossed out and replaced with:

‘Yes No the seats are empty. Yes you’re all in there now.’

There was a pause.

‘We’re all in here now.’

That was left out and the ‘You’re all in there, now’ was the final text.

Notebook #21, page #239

And yes, this text for Cerebus #183 continues on the next page of the notebook.

Notebook #21, page #240

The bit about the cover of Cerebus #181 made the final page – Reads page 182 if you’re curious – but around it was darkness as the cover faded into the distance, not the cover of Cerebus #182. Down the bottom of the notebook page a familiar accent is seen saying:

‘What. . ah say. . .what was that. Who’s there? Somebody ah say somebody put on the night light’. This joke has gone too far. . .(cursed the boundary that is). Ahm a story like’

Well, it looks like it continues onto page 241. And yes, Elrod does “appear” in the text of Cerebus #183.

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Wednesday, 9 September 2026

CEREBUS IN HELL? WEEKLY STRIP #58

TRADING FOR BEATRICE 2 OF 16 



next: Margaret


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Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Choose-Your-Own-"Jen"venture, Chapter the third (for true-lys), or glamorpuss part #31

Hi, Everybody!

Choose Your Own "Jen"venture: Chapter the first, Chapter the second, and now, with ONE damn vote...
Chapter the third:
"There HAS to be some way out of here," you say to yourself out loud.

As you search Jen's room (you're not ready to admit that it's YOUR room now...), you think  you might be able to fit in the ventilation ducts, but they're thirty feet above the floor, and the rickety furniture laying about the place doesn't look like it could hold your weight even before you you tried stacking it...

Thinking about the greatest escapes in cinematic history, you remember Tim Robbins crawling through five football fields of foulness the like of which what Morgan Freeman couldn't even imagine to freedom. Looking at the wooden box toilet, you think that maybe you could do the same. 

As you lift the plank lid, a smell like if eighty thousands farts married to the excrement of the damned had a child raised in the dankest pit of the oldest garbage heap in the universe hits your nostrils. You shine your flashlight down the potty, and the pipe looks dirty, small, and noxious.

"Maybe I can dig a tunnel out like Charles Bronson in The Great Escape..." you think as you start looking for a spoon.

Searching the cell (still not admitting that this is your home now,) you find a small drawer in the side of the small table next to the lone chair. It seems to be locked, as you can't get it open.

On the small shelf  above the table is a well-read copy of The Joker's Jokebook from 1989, the third collection of Walt Kelly's Pogo, and a small notebook filled with densely packed scribbling. It must be something Jen wrote during her stay here.

Heading back to the sleeping area (you tell yourself you're not gonna be sleeping there,) you check the small bedside cabinet with a drawer and a door. The drawer has a small scroll, and a little book written in Chinese. When you open the door, you see a shelf with some worn rags that may have been a towel and washcloths at some point (probably before Nixon opened up China...), on a shelf. Below that is another shelf that is empty.

No damn spoon. "I guess Bronson isn't an option anymore" you say to yourself.

As you stop to look around one more time, you hear a distant voice softly singing. The words are just quiet enough that you can't tell if it's English or not.

If you want to see if shouting for help does anything, comment "Panic".
If you'd rather re-search everything and see if Jen left a clue on how she escaped, comment "Reassesment".

Whichever gets the most votes by 4pm(CST) next Tuesday determines the next chapter...

Uh...okay then. You heard the mysterious voice. You (the audience) gets to decide where this goes from here... 

Anyway, Big Board: 
  • 136 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim through 7 March 2022
  • $22,115.00 raised to date from 428 donations
  • $175 away from unlocking page 137.
  • If you have not donated, a $5+ donation gets you access to all 135 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.


"Yeah yeah yeah, who won this thing?"
An UNREADABLE copy of glamourpuss #10!

Dunno. I gotta check with Jen....

 This, then:







And the new one:
Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters' latest Comicverse book, as Steve himself says:
For Cerebus readers, "Cerberus," our 3-headed, 31st century version of Cerebus, returns and figures prominently in one of our stories; we also have the 2 "Sparkybus" micro-prints that Matt Dow masterminded and Dave Sim signed, plus 3 different variants of "Tails of Sparkybus" that Dave drew stuff for and signed on a tipped-in plate. These are very limited editions and quantities of some are running low, so this could be the last chance to get them.
So get 'em while they're HOT!
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Monday, 7 September 2026

Cleaning out the cobwebs...

Hi, Everybody!

As we do:

Mondays! 

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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Dave has had loads and loads of stuff sent to me, including hours of audio.., so I'ma clear that out:


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And:





Speaking of the Santos Sisters, Greg & Fake are going on tour:
I'll be at the Milwaukee stop on the 26th (unless I get forced to do something else...)

Anyway, Dave also sent:
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And:
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More on this when I get to THAT audio in the pile...
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"Hi Matt,

Dave thought these comic strips were funny. He wanted to share this with everyone, you can post these on the website.

Later,
Rolly"

And:
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Okay, that's like a week's worth of Moments.

Now to listen to Dave for a week...

Next Time: Choose Your Own "Jen"venture...


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