Sunday, 8 March 2026

Ug...didn't I just post yesterday?

Hi, Everybody!

Dave Sim eBay Auctions:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267588001432 Dave Sim SECRET ORIGINS - CERE QUINN (CIH? #86) Signed 8/10 (#32/39) 9.8

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127720633262 Dave Sim VARKDALORIAN - LONE VARK AND CUB (#1) Signed 3/5 (#14/26) 9.8 SCARCE
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Well, I'm enjoying my Post-Please Hold Day, I had designs for a more substantive post, but between editing all day yesterday, losing an hour of my life to Ben Franklin's bullshit, and the fact Dave sent a Faux with the Please Hold materials, we're gonna do "lazy" today.
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I was turned on to a Podcast about Cerebus: Swords against Cerebus. It's two guys reading all three hundred issues and then commenting on them two per episode. When I was told about it, it was implied (or at least I inferred) that they were talking shit about me. Not Dave, not Cerebus, me (it was clarified that that isn't the case.). I listened to about ten minutes of episode four, and I'm out. They seemed to be aghast that Dave was sleeping with someone else when he was married to Deni. Despite Dave saying for literally decades that he and Deni had an open marriage (which was a much bigger thing in the seventies.) That they "discovered" this based on something Dave wrote in Cerebus #114, was where I decided that I don't have the time or patience to go on this journey with them. I don't need to listen to two guys discover that Dave was a bit of a sleazebag back in the day, and wasn't shy about telling people about it. 

All I can tell them is: Good luck. Have fun. Don't die.
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Anyway, like I said Dave Fauxed:

I'm not sure who this is from:

Like I said, I'm unsure who wrote this, since it's not signed.

The next part of the Faux was Dave to Robin Snyder (so maybe the last one was from him?):

This next one is from Please Hold quasi-regular Mikael Norwitz:



Here's an interesting one:




Hey man! I resemble that remark!

Then if you want a Varkdalorian...


Okay, that's all that was in the Faux.

See ya tomorrow!
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And, coming in February, who knows. Who. Knows. The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch). They've been sharing updates on the Instagram

And Tyrant. Don't forget Tyrant. Sean's remastering it. I've been sending sketches and jams I find. I should look through the Spirits stops in the AV Family Photo Album...
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And there is a new Humble Bundle with The Strange Death of Alex Raymond included.

And while not related to Cerebus/Dave Sim/Gerhard, there's also a Humble Bundle for the works of Los Hernandez Hermanos.
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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 March 10-15, and 25-29.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

Speaking of Merch, if you want a strange near-antique, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll tell ya where to send the $20USD I want for these. No shipping charge in the States or Canada. Everybody else add $10USD for shipping. I'll send 'em anywhere the postman is willing to go...
Back and front.
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You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
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Heritage has: (I talked about this up top...)
And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:
Thanks to Steve for sending the links. 
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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".
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Next Time: Mondays! Or not!

Saturday, 7 March 2026

Please Hold For Dave Sim 3/2026

Hi, Everybody!


Videos:

Part 1: Dave discusses his issues with the 82 Tour Book. And AV's upcoming Kickstarter plans.

Part 2: Dave's thoughts on my Eisner Awards "merch", and updates on SDOAR, CiH?, and other projects.

Part 3: A Facebook Round-up of questions/comments from; Joe Vecchio, Michael Norwitz, Theadore Trout, Spatula (AKA Larry Wooten), and James BandAid-Smith

Part 4: Al Nickerson sent Dave a letter,

Part 5: Mario Botte has a couple of questions
Part 6: Dave gives a shoutout to the hardest working man in Cerebus comics: David Birdsong. And finishes answering Mario Botte's questions. Then Dave speculates on Steve Swenson's question about how Cerebus #1 was pitched.
Part 7: April C. has questions
Part: 8: Michael R. is interested in cheaper Cerebus in Hell? issues
Audio (Why I still do this when EVERY DAMN month they somehow enshitify their "service" more, I'll never goddamn know...)

And as Dave asked, if you enjoy the Please Hold For Dave Sim and have a couple extra bucks, there's this feature at CerebusDownloads where you can donate $1, $5, or $10 Canadian to Dave (you might have to scroll down to find the buttons since they revamped the site since the last time I went there...). Which he could use since Aardvark Vanaheim isn't getting  regular cash from them since Diamond went out of business. I don't have a tip cup, but I'm doing okay, so you don't need to worry about me... (And, yeah, I suspect a little more "PBS Pledge Drive" at the end of these things from now on...)

And you may as well start getting your questions in for next month, since these things seem to be coming faster and faster: momentofcerebus@gmail.com

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The next Dave Sim eBay Auction is live:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267588001432 Dave Sim SECRET ORIGINS - CERE QUINN (CIH? #86) Signed 8/10 (#32/39) 9.8

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127720633262 Dave Sim VARKDALORIAN - LONE VARK AND CUB (#1) Signed 3/5 (#14/26) 9.8 SCARCE

And I was handed this note in study hall:
Also there will be 2 pages of Cerebus Original Artwork that will be going up soon on Dave Fisher's eBay account. Things got a little behind with the Cerebus Original Artwork pages being listed on eBay.

They will be listed soon on eBay.......hopefully at the end of the week, if everything goes correctly.
So, they're a'coming, they're a'coming...
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Like the logo? I stole it...








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And, coming in February, who knows. Who. Knows. The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch). They've been sharing updates on the Instagram

And Tyrant. Don't forget Tyrant. Sean's remastering it. I've been sending sketches and jams I find. I should look through the Spirits stops in the AV Family Photo Album...
______________
And there is a new Humble Bundle with The Strange Death of Alex Raymond included.

And while not related to Cerebus/Dave Sim/Gerhard, there's also a Humble Bundle for the works of Los Hernandez Hermanos.
______________
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...
____________
Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.
____________
Dave also wanted me to post this:
Lots of little words, click for bigger.
______________
Up to 35% off March 10-15, and 25-29.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

Speaking of Merch, if you want a strange near-antique, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll tell ya where to send the $20USD I want for these. No shipping charge in the States or Canada. Everybody else add $10USD for shipping. I'll send 'em anywhere the postman is willing to go...
Back and front.
______________
You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
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Heritage has: (I talked about this up top...)
And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:
Thanks to Steve for sending the links. 
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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".
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Next Time: I'll find something...

Friday, 6 March 2026

Parting the Red Sea (Dave's weekly update #632)

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:

The next Dave Sim eBay Auction is live:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267588001432 Dave Sim SECRET ORIGINS - CERE QUINN (CIH? #86) Signed 8/10 (#32/39) 9.8

Next one is supposed to be Dave Sim VARKDALORIAN - LONE VARK AND CUB (#1) Signed 3/5 (#14/26) 9.8 SCARCE, but the link I was given doesn't work.

And I was handed this note in study hall:
Also there will be 2 pages of Cerebus Original Artwork that will be going up soon on Dave Fisher's eBay account. Things got a little behind with the Cerebus Original Artwork pages being listed on eBay.

They will be listed soon on eBay.......hopefully at the end of the week, if everything goes correctly.
So, they're a'coming, they're a'coming...
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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday. 

The past Week in AMOC:
  • Saturday: Dave has a bit, I have a bit, and an old bit.
  • Sunday: One of these years I'll finish posting all of the Cerebus Volume...
  • Monday: The Monday Report is on Hiatus for Ramadan, so so is the transcripts to Please Hold For Dave Sim.
  • Tuesday: Since Jen is in rehearsals, I'm back posting on Tuesdays. Still posting to help raise funds on The Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe$110 until page 127 of Dave's POST-Carson SDOAR mock-up pages unlocks. Anyway, I'ma post ALL of glamourpuss over the next how many weeks. AND GoFundMe has a MONTHLY option now, so you can schedule a reoccurring donation. 
  • Wednesday: The NEW Cerebus in Hell? issue: Cerebus in Jail, continues with the Weekly Strip. Follow along on Instagram
  • Thursday: Margaret has 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 from Reads that isn't in Reads!
  • 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. You're welcome.
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Like the logo? I stole it...








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And, coming in February, who knows. Who. Knows. The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch). They've been sharing updates on the Instagram

And Tyrant. Don't forget Tyrant. Sean's remastering it. I've been sending sketches and jams I find. I should look through the Spirits stops in the AV Family Photo Album...
______________
And there is a new Humble Bundle with The Strange Death of Alex Raymond included.

And while not related to Cerebus/Dave Sim/Gerhard, there's also a Humble Bundle for the works of Los Hernandez Hermanos.
______________
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...
____________
Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.
____________
Dave also wanted me to post this:
Lots of little words, click for bigger.
______________
Up to 35% off March 10-15, and 25-29.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

Speaking of Merch, if you want a strange near-antique, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll tell ya where to send the $20USD I want for these. No shipping charge in the States or Canada. Everybody else add $10USD for shipping. I'll send 'em anywhere the postman is willing to go...
Back and front.
______________
You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
_______________
Heritage has: (I talked about this up top...)
And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:
Thanks to Steve for sending the links. 
_______________
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".
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Next Time: 

Thursday, 5 March 2026

Notebook 21: Publishers, Conventions, and Cognac

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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Well, if you saw the news, yes, I was smack dab in the middle of “the blizzard of 2026” and got about 2.5 feet of snow, lost power for nearly 5 days (smell ya later hot water and heat), internet for longer, still haven’t received “snail” mail as the mailman’s truck would get stuck, and was thankful to the piece of construction equipment that came four days after the storm to finally make the dirt road I live on more drivable before my car got stuck. 

Last week we saw pages of just. . .text of Victor and going to some convention and what he was currently working on. These four pages are more walls of text, but the first page changes it up a little:

Notebook #21, page 137

The top of the page shows us Dave’s list of items he was thinking about putting into Reads. Some of it we’ve already seen Dave working out the text pieces for, and guess what is coming up? More of the same:

Notebook #21, page 138

The next page of the notebook continues the text from the previous page: Victor meeting with the Vertigo Horse publisher with a surprise guest of Denis Eastman, another publisher whom Victor was talking with. The next page of the notebook is Victor going to the fourth annual Davis, Diamond, and Madison Seminar Roundtable and Sales Conference. 

Notebook #21, page 139

That page leads to a meeting between Victor and Denis Eastman, publisher of Kevin’s Kitchen Enterprises that we get to see on the next page:

Notebook #21, page 140

Down the bottom part of the page Victor makes his way to the bar in the hotel, and that cognac we saw listed on page 137. 

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

CEREBUS IN HELL? WEEKLY STRIP #31

CEREBUS IN JAIL? PART 15


Next: Margaret
 

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Since Jen's looking for cheaper bubbles, glamourpuss 6: There's nothing funny about antidepressants

 Hi, Everybody!

Life Hack: Don't hire a thespian to do blog posts for you...
Anyway, Jen's off living the High Life, so I'm back having to "do" Tuesdays until she comes back. IF she comes back... Speaking of which, I received:
Note from the Interim Head of SDOAR Division
"FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS?!? FOR A BUBBLE MACHINE!?! FORGET IT. We'll just figure something else out..."
It's getting there folks...

Just the GoFundMe Facts, Man...ly:

$20,490.00 raised to date from 382 donations
126 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim through 22 Feb 2022, or 2/22/22 for all the numerologists
$110.00 away from unlocking page 127
If you have not donated, a $5+ donation grants you access to all 126 pages and all unlocked pages moving forward >> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023
GoFundMe now offers automated monthly donations!
>> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023/donate?source=btn_donate 

Note from the Senior SDOAR Remaster...master, Philip Fry this week:
"Here's one of the sketch cards I got with my bootleg Cerebus trading cards. Unfortunately, no Spider-Man."

That's right Philip. That's very much not Spider-Man...

So, This.

Then:






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So... Dave on the eBay:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267588001432 Dave Sim SECRET ORIGINS - CERE QUINN (CIH? #86) Signed 8/10 (#32/39) 9.8
I know there are them Minds pages coming down the pike that I think are supposed to be listed already, but I haven't seen them yet. When I know, you'll know.

And from Birdsong's Private Stock: https://www.ebay.com/itm/236664955396 (Somebody was looking for the Vardalorian...)

Next Time: It's Wednesday, so it ain't my turn, consequently, I don't give a F***...

Monday, 2 March 2026

"Yes...start praying this is more than a TWO-PART STORY!"

Hi, Everybody!

Since it's the Ramadan, and Dave's taking a break on the Monday Report, I'ma take a break on the Please Hold Transcripts too...

So... Dave on the eBay:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127695779028 Dave Sim SECRET ORIGINS OF CEREBUS IN HELL? (#1) Signed 1/5 (#113/189) 9.8 (probably ended before I got this posted...)
New one: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267588001432 Dave Sim SECRET ORIGINS - CERE QUINN (CIH? #86) Signed 8/10 (#32/39) 9.8
I know there are them Minds pages coming down the pike that I think are supposed to be listed already, but I haven't seen them yet. When I know, you'll know.

And from Birdsong's Private Stock: https://www.ebay.com/itm/236664955396 (Somebody was looking for the Vardalorian...)

Dave's Heritage auctions:
For comparison, the two pages from issue #81 sold for $4,250 and $3,750...

The laughably named "2019 ReRead":
Issue #1: Firstthenthenthen. Issue #2: Thenthenthenthen. Issue #3: Thenthenthen. Passage: Then (in part. I REALLY need to get a decent version of Passage up here one of these days...). Issue #4: Then. Issue #5: Thenthenthen. Demonhorn: Then. Issue #6: Thenthenthen. Issue #7: Thenthenthen. Issue #8: Thenthenthen. Issue #9: Thenthenthen. Issue 10: Thenthenthen. Issue #11: Thenthenthenthen. Issue 12: Thenthenthen. Magiking: Then. Issue 13: Thenthenthen. Silverspoon: Then. Issue 14: Thenthen. Issue 15: Thenthen.  Issue 16: Thenthen. Issue 17: Then

And then:


Seiler owned either this page...

...or this page.






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Like the logo? I stole it...








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And, coming in February, who knows. Who. Knows. The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch). They've been sharing updates on the Instagram

And Tyrant. Don't forget Tyrant. Sean's remastering it. I've been sending sketches and jams I find. I should look through the Spirits stops in the AV Family Photo Album...
______________
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...
____________
Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.
____________
Dave also wanted me to post this:
Lots of little words, click for bigger.
______________
Up to 35% off March 10-15, and 25-29.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

Speaking of Merch, if you want a strange near-antique, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll tell ya where to send the $20USD I want for these. No shipping charge in the States or Canada. Everybody else add $10USD for shipping. I'll send 'em anywhere the postman is willing to go...
Back and front.
______________
You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
_______________
Heritage has: 
  • Nothing currently, but if you check back every thirty-eight minutes...

And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:
Thanks to Steve for sending the links. 
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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".
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Next Time: I wonder what Jen is up to?