Here is the info for the two different versions of the diamondback deck:
1981 Edition: 15 card set, B&W fronts, Cerebus color backs, instruction sheet, velope has Cerebus carrying money bags. There was a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered sets (given to the fanclub members)
1993 Edition: Same as above except: new card back drawing (no Cerebus), new instruction sheet, envelope has Cerebus playing cards, no signed edition.
My signed second edition of the Diamondback cards was autographed by both Dave 'n Ger, but I opened it at S.P.A.C.E (2000-something), when we (Matt, Margaret, Lenny, Larry, John, and I) played the game in the lobby of the Holiday Inn in Columbus, Ohio. IIRC, I think that Matt actually brought rice cakes with for us, with which we could bet. Both Dave and Ger showed up, briefly, separately, for the festivities which, basically, were a bunch of late-night partiers playing a "stupid, unwinnable" card game. M? Could you re-post that/those pics?
It will be interesting to see if the ComicLink auctions for the cards and zombie cover bring in substantially more than recent sales on eBay.
I suppose for some fans / collectors the Archive authenticity is a plus, but at what added expense?
There's also some MAJOR original art up for auction on the Heritage site currently as well.
And I'm the proud owner of a doubly signed Diamond back set sent to me by Dave, I think for some scans I sent to Sean. First signature is Dave's go-to 'scribbly' one but at my request Dave also signed with his 'name in a box' one, plus a nice ball point pen sketch.
Thank you, M! I had forgotten that it was at St. Bonaventure, and that we mostly played with poker chips. But, the rice cakes were there. No buggids, though. Just pints that were mostly foam (inside Cerebus joke--look it up, ya newbies).
That gallery exhibition was fantastic for Dave 'n Ger, but it was not my finest moment. However, we were in the Applebee's next door to the hotel (where everybody got together for dinner and Tunny-bunny called me and woke me up and got me to show up), when Dave asked Ger to take a photo of me reading the "bar menu", which photo Dave turned into an amazing drawing (fully inked) of me for Cerebus Readers In Crisis #1.
Beat that, Cerebites!
(Actually, you can beat me easily by being with Dave or Ger, out in public, and *not* having to say that it wasn't "your finest moment". But? Go ahead and try. Let me know how it works out, please.)
BTW, "Tunny-bunny" is the nickname that Matt gave Tundis at our first S.P.A.C.E get-together, the year when Tundis and I roomed together and then, later, he wrote nice things about me. He's the one with the jet-black hair and pony-tail.
Man, how I wish that Tunny-bunny would still say nice things about me ... He's kind of well known, now ...
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Here is the info for the two different versions of the diamondback deck:
1981 Edition: 15 card set, B&W fronts, Cerebus color backs, instruction sheet, velope has Cerebus carrying money bags. There was a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered sets (given to the fanclub members)
1993 Edition: Same as above except: new card back drawing (no Cerebus), new instruction sheet, envelope has Cerebus playing cards, no signed edition.
My signed second edition of the Diamondback cards was autographed by both Dave 'n Ger, but I opened it at S.P.A.C.E (2000-something), when we (Matt, Margaret, Lenny, Larry, John, and I) played the game in the lobby of the Holiday Inn in Columbus, Ohio. IIRC, I think that Matt actually brought rice cakes with for us, with which we could bet. Both Dave and Ger showed up, briefly, separately, for the festivities which, basically, were a bunch of late-night partiers playing a "stupid, unwinnable" card game. M? Could you re-post that/those pics?
That was a good time - the Ye Bookes of Cerebus showing at St Bonaventure, NY. Here are the pictures.
It will be interesting to see if the ComicLink auctions for the cards and zombie cover bring in substantially more than recent sales on eBay.
I suppose for some fans / collectors the Archive authenticity is a plus, but at what added expense?
There's also some MAJOR original art up for auction on the Heritage site currently as well.
And I'm the proud owner of a doubly signed Diamond back set sent to me by Dave, I think for some scans I sent to Sean. First signature is Dave's go-to 'scribbly' one but at my request Dave also signed with his 'name in a box' one, plus a nice ball point pen sketch.
*wow*
Major geeky fanboy moment there...
Steve
Thank you, M! I had forgotten that it was at St. Bonaventure, and that we mostly played with poker chips. But, the rice cakes were there. No buggids, though. Just pints that were mostly foam (inside Cerebus joke--look it up, ya newbies).
That gallery exhibition was fantastic for Dave 'n Ger, but it was not my finest moment. However, we were in the Applebee's next door to the hotel (where everybody got together for dinner and Tunny-bunny called me and woke me up and got me to show up), when Dave asked Ger to take a photo of me reading the "bar menu", which photo Dave turned into an amazing drawing (fully inked) of me for Cerebus Readers In Crisis #1.
Beat that, Cerebites!
(Actually, you can beat me easily by being with Dave or Ger, out in public, and *not* having to say that it wasn't "your finest moment". But? Go ahead and try. Let me know how it works out, please.)
BTW, "Tunny-bunny" is the nickname that Matt gave Tundis at our first S.P.A.C.E get-together, the year when Tundis and I roomed together and then, later, he wrote nice things about me. He's the one with the jet-black hair and pony-tail.
Man, how I wish that Tunny-bunny would still say nice things about me ... He's kind of well known, now ...
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