Thursday, 26 March 2026

Notebook 21: Cerebus #176 Victor’s Text

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 finally saw some pages which were not walls of text, and then I pointed you at the post Dialogue from Reads for pages #147 through #149. Today we’re moving forward with page 150, which you guessed it, is another page of text. . .well, it has one paragraph break in it.

Notebook #21, page 150

The dialogue starts on page 30 of the Reads phonebook, or page #4 of Cerebus #176. I didn’t match it up word for word, but it seems to be very very similar to it, if not exactly it. The text for page 4 of  Cerebus #176 continues along the top of the next page of the notebook:

Notebook #21, page 151

The text at this point is deviating a little from the finished text, but the notebook does continue with the next on page four of Cerebus #176. Kind of. 

Notebook #21, page 152

The text on the notebook page discusses Milieu, the Vertigo Horse editor that Victor works with for the publication of Ascension. But the text is a bit different then the finished work. But starting with the second paragraph, the one that Victor mentions Cote  d’Azur to Milieu that matches pretty closely to page 34 of Reads, page 8 of Cerebus #176. Including Victor talking about gossip.

The next page of the notebook continues the discussion of gossip which is also on page 8 of Cerebus #176:

Notebook #21, page 152

Something tells me the next couple of pages of this notebook will be more walls of text. . .

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Since Jen is "basking in the afterglow", glamourpuss 9: Speculating on a handshake

Hi, Everybody!

So last night was the preview performance of Jen's Show: Woman in the Arena:
If you go, remember: REAL Fans shout "Swordfish!" instead...

Anyway, the next performance is May 4-5 (no idea how last night went, Jen's still "in the" (heh.) "Moment", 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
"WOW! Just WOW!"
Remember to drink plenty of fluids Jen...

Just the GoFundMe Facts, Man...ly:

$20,600.00 raised to date from 385 donations
127 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
$200.00 away from unlocking page 128
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 

During this month's Please Hold For Dave Sim, Dave said he had completed page 697 of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond on February 26th. So by next month he should have page 700 done. I'm hoping I can get him to send me a scan, so that I can share it with all you beautiful peoples...

Living the Line's next Kickstarter is gonna have...TWENTY-ONE pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond in it. These are pages Dave has drawn since the wrist started working again. No idea if they're from before the seven Yeet Presents pages, or after, or nowhere near them... Click the link and get notified when it launches.

No Note from the Senior SDOAR Remaster...master, Philip Fry this week, he better be getting me some Spider-Man pictures:
HOLY  BALLS! It's Spider-Man! Good Job Philip! Go ahead and take this voucher to Margaret and she'll give you your cash...

So, This.

Then:







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Cerebus the Aardvark #1 (and Spawn #10) en EspaƱol
Living the Line's next Kickstarter is gonna have...TWENTY-ONE pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond in it. These are pages Dave has drawn since the wrist started working again.
And the Tyrant Kickstarter!

Next Time: Not me, so whatevs...

Monday, 23 March 2026

"Vot do you haff in mind?"

Hi, Everybody!

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, then.

And then:










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If you've enjoyed this, and DON'T own a digital copy of Cerebus Volume 1 (or any of the other volumes), Dave's planning on running once a month sales:

I guess the plan is to make the (almost but not quite) Whole shebang $99CAD Cerebus phonebook collection (collecting Cerebus 1-50, 52-111, 114-136, half of 138, and 139-300. See, Cerebus #0 isn't part of the deal...I should get somebody on that...) $49CAD one day a month (I know which days, but I'ma not supposed to tell anybody too early...) and $25CAD for four hours, 10am-2pm, on a different day once a month (ditto).
The first Bonus Day is *supposed* to be...April first.
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Cerebus the Aardvark #1 (and Spawn #10) en EspaƱol
Living the Line's next Kickstarter is gonna have...TWENTY-ONE pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond in it. These are pages Dave has drawn since the wrist started working again.
And the Tyrant Kickstarter!
Dave's on eBay:
Secret Origins (2/5) current bid $15 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127740073335
Possum-At-Large (2/5) current bid $15 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127740083061
Lone Vark and Cub (4/5) current bid $40 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267604813427

Next Time: Jen's first show is tonight, so I expect her to be back posting come Shrove Tuesday...

Sunday, 22 March 2026

Cerebus Archive (the comic) #4 (part 3)

Hi, Everybody!

Cleaning up some stuff in the AMOCave, I found I  have a digital copy of Cerebus Archive #4:
And the end:
 



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Living the Line's next Kickstarter is gonna have...TWENTY-ONE pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond in it. These are pages Dave has drawn since the wrist started working again.
And the Tyrant Kickstarter!
Dave's on eBay:
Secret Origins (2/5) current bid $15 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127740073335
Possum-At-Large (2/5) current bid $15 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127740083061
Lone Vark and Cub (4/5) current bid $40 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267604813427

And Dave's been thinking...
He is seeing if he can get more traffic to amomentofcerebus.com and also some more traffic and potential sales on cerebusdownloads.com.

By sending out postcards?

I guess the plan is to make the (almost but not quite) Whole shebang $99CAD Cerebus phonebook collection (collecting Cerebus 1-50, 52-111, 114-136, half of 138, and 139-300. See, Cerebus #0 isn't part of the deal...I should get somebody on that...) $49CAD one day a month (I know which days, but I'ma not supposed to tell anybody too early...) and $25CAD for four hours, 10am-2pm, on a different day once a month (ditto).
I mean, Dave hasn't been around the joint since I took over, so I don't think he knows what kind of "Geez are they turning that place into a Spirit Halloween soon?" vibe I've let the place achieve...

But, it's his deal. (I wonder if he told George. I think he sometimes forgets that I don't got nothing to do with cerebusdownloads.com...that's a "George" deal.)

The first Bonus Day is *supposed* to be...April first.

So..."Don't be a FOOL and miss out!"

Next Time: Cerebus is planning on sacking Palnu.

Saturday, 21 March 2026

Cerebus Archive (the comic) #4 (part 2)

Hi, Everybody!

Cleaning up some stuff in the AMOCave, I found I  have a digital copy of Cerebus Archive #4:
If I remember correctly, this is the last of the Zombie variants, and this one didn't get printed.













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Living the Line's next Kickstarter is gonna have...TWENTY-ONE pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond in it. These are pages Dave has drawn since the wrist started working again.
And the Tyrant Kickstarter is live!
Dave's on eBay:
Secret Origins (2/5) opening bid $15 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127740073335
Possum-At-Large (2/5) opening bid $15 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127740083061
Lone Vark and Cub (4/5) opening bid $40 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267604813427

And Dave's been thinking...
He is seeing if he can get more traffic to amomentofcerebus.com and also some more traffic and potential sales on cerebusdownloads.com.

By sending out postcards?

I guess the plan is to make the (almost but not quite) Whole shebang $99CAD Cerebus phonebook collection (collecting Cerebus 1-50, 52-111, 114-136, half of 138, and 139-300. See, Cerebus #0 isn't part of the deal...I should get somebody on that...) $49CAD one day a month (I know which days, but I'ma not supposed to tell anybody too early...) and $25CAD for four hours, 10am-2pm, on a different day once a month (ditto).
I mean, Dave hasn't been around the joint since I took over, so I don't think he knows what kind of "Geez are they turning that place into a Spirit Halloween soon?" vibe I've let the place achieve...

But, it's his deal. (I wonder if he told George. I think he sometimes forgets that I don't got nothing to do with cerebusdownloads.com...that's a "George" deal.)

The first Bonus Day is *supposed* to be...April first.

Really Dave?

Next Time: I've been looking at my ill-gotten gains, maybe I'll let you guys look...