Monday 31 January 2022

Cerebus Short Stories and miscellany "checklist"

Hi, Everybody!

As it's a Monday, here's where I post Dave's Monday Report:

Except I didn't get one because Dave is ill.
SO, Dave and I are SUPPOSED to be doing the Please Hold thing on Thursday, but if he's not up to it, it's not happening. Go ahead and send your questions in to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and if not this month, then in March.

Anyway, Mikhail Bocharov, the Official Cerebus Russian translator is working on the Russian Cerebus #0. Which is going to be the Russian collection of all the Cerebus Miscellany stories (Cerebus Jam, the Swords of Cerebus back-up stories, the Epic bits, and any other things Mikhail can get his hands on and get 'em translated.) 

And the REASON why we English speakers can't have version of this is that this is gonna be digital, and Dave's busy...

Anyway, anyway, Mikhail asked me if his list was accurate:

Well Mikhail, here's what I got in the order I think they should go in, (links to the stories if AMOC has them...or if I know where to find them if AMOC doesn't) which is story order, not necessarily published order.

Young Cerebus: 1390-1394
The Girl Next Door (1390, age five)
His First Fifth (1391, age six)
Selling Insurance (1393, age eight)
Squinteye the Sailor (1394, age nine)

Cerebus, Mercenary/Tax Collector/Freelance/Soldier: 1402-1411
The Defense of Fort Columbia (1402, age seventeen)
A Friendly Reminder (1403, age eighteen)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1403, age eighteen)
The Invention of Armour 1404 (1404, age nineteen)
The Applicant (1405, age twenty)

Cerebus, Barbarian: 1411-1412
Passage
The Challenge
Demonhorn
Cerebus versus the Spirit
The Name of the Game is Diamondback
A Night on the Town
Elfguest
Cerebus Dreams
Magiking
Silverspoon
What Happened Between Issues twenty & twenty-one

Cerebus, Former Prime Minister of Iest: 1414
The Morning After

Cerebus, Pope: 1414
Cerebus Dreams II
An Untold Tale of the “Secret Sacred Wars”

Cerebus, Non canonical: Team-ups, Cross-overs, & Oddities
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Arnold the Issurian
Hypothetical Cerebus

So, Magiking and Silverspoon for the next Soto voice Cerebus posts...
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Cerebus in Hell?:
Swords of Cerebus in Hell? volume 1
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Hey, remember Gerhard's getting "Slabbed"? That happens on the 11th. So...don't ferget.
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Over on the FaceItBooks, Craig Johnson shared:
For real Sim completists - completionists? - ah, whatever - Clifford Meth posted this and a few here might be interested for the Dave intro:-
Sadly, our friend, the writer/artist Bill Messner-Loebs (Flash, Wonder Woman, The Maxx) has fallen on hard times again. He and his wife, who is not in the best of health, are currently residing in a temporary residence while Bill seeks work. At age 73, that isn't as easy as it should be. While I can only hope other publishers will have work for him, I've developed a project for Bill that will take time to unfold--in the meantime, we have some books that Aardwolf published in 2005, and a handful with bookplates SIGNED by Dave Cockrum, Bill, and myself. THREE TENORS OFF KEY features an introduction by Dave Sim and an Afterword by the late, splendid Tom Spurgeon. SIGNED books just are $25 each plus $3 for postage. Please contact me directly if you'd like one.
I reached out to Mr. Meth, and he said:
I’m afraid they will have to connect with me if they want copies. And I don’t have that many left. I’m sorry but this book was published many years ago and I’m not set up as a business—Just a writer and old friend helping Bill. People can connect with me on Facebook or email me at cliffmeth@aol.com
And then added:
Enter

Clifford



Enter

Clifford


I also have a handful of these. They are signed by Bill, Dave Cockrum, Paty Cockrum and myself. Selling the sets for $18
So, if you want to help a brother out... 
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If you want Digital PDFs of glamourpuss, email me at: momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll take care of ya...
You can also email there if you want to buy a copy of Pieces of Turtles 8 (Canadian Price Variant) for $25 American. (I got 8 copies available...)
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Heritage, they got a bunch of neat Cerebus stuff.
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Carson's SDOAR Contests (these end today!):
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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently free with commercial interruptions on streaming channels "Plex", Comcast's "Xumo", or watch commercial free at "Vimeo On Demand" for $0.99 (to download for $1.99)  or on Tubi.
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Up to 35% off site-wide:
Some time in February
Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off -- that means $13 tees, $20 phone cases, $30 hoodies, and way more!
Next Time: Probably Magiking...

Sunday 30 January 2022

Cerebus Around the World and Web #116 by Oliver Simonsen

Oliver Simonsen:

Panels & Prose says "The Strange Death of Alex Raymond" presents "...deft and truly illuminating rumination on the aesthetics of comics in their historic context.
https://twitter.com/OgdenSMR/status/1485650820267798529

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" is the work of a great putting out some of the greatest work of his career
https://twitter.com/jasonshawnalex/status/1485645418969001984

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" is an "awesome book"
https://twitter.com/easthollow/status/1485360324287078400

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" latest Amazon reviews:
Paul Mckenzie says "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" "...will simply blow you away", "...both Dave and Carson's artwork are inspired" "Beautiful and amazing artwork"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1OY9X2GP8DS0Y/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=173686050X
Michael R calls "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" "Fantastic! Words and Pictures are awesome" "...an amazing in depth journey..."
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2DBS9G965Z0U0/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=173686050X

Shannon Wheeler on "Strange Death of Alex Raymond": "I’m about 20 pages in and just amazed by the style and technique" "...the drawing and storytelling is amazing! (So far)" "...there’s a lot to learn from it. Pretty amazing.""...worth the read - and 1,000x better than most of the stuff out there." "Everyone I know steals from Sim (ie. is influenced)"
Erik Larsen on "Strange Death of Alex Raymond": "...it's a great looking book. The layout is super imaginative and that cover is amazing. I'm glad I bought it..."
Michael Yakutis: "I am about half way into it right now and I'm LOVING it."
https://www.facebook.com/shannonleowheeler/posts/10158059250957134

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" spotlighted
https://twitter.com/collideorscaper/status/1487035950903484419
https://twitter.com/afnewsinfo/status/1486659042420432896 (in Italian)

Apropos photorealism: from the RAID Gallery's current exhibit; TRAILBLAZERS, A Tribute To Canada’s WWII Comic Creators. This piece by Dave Sim is a tribute to Gerald Lazare
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZLO9-TMYqs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Margaret Liss supplies this link with additional info
https://www.comicbookdaily.com/minutiae/trailblazers-done-and-raid-gallery-show-on/
Sean Michael Robinson has begun a comprehensive series of articles and videos on the best practices of bringing artwork to print in a brand new series, "Paper to Pixel to Paper Again". Join "Living the Line" every Thursday for a new installment.
https://www.facebook.com/LivingtheLine/posts/307732654730486



Cerebus fan Pam Heinze says of the Cerebus film: "Wow! I just watched it! It was great!"
(I asked if i could share here and she kindly responded: "I would love it if you did! Thank you for making it a reality!")

The start and end of the film production:).

You might recall Blake Andrew Roten's review of the Cerebus film "I watched your Cerebus CG animated Indie Movie on Plex, and it was a whole lot of fun to watch" "...very lively and ambitiously entertaining..."
https://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2021/12/cerebus-around-world-and-web-112-by.html
Blake has now seen the film TWO additional times on Tubi requesting a sequel and/or other projects. Which begs the question, what do I do with myself now?:)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZIstJjlfrZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Speaking of channels, playing around with some "streaming channel variant covers":)

https://tubitv.com/movies/640736/the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark
Tubi is available in Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and United States on Roku, Fire TV, Android, iOS, Comcast, Samsung, Vizio, Web, Android TV, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Apple TV, Cox, Tivo, Telstra, Hisense, Rogers, Echoshow, Enseo.
Someone at Tubi may know their alternative-groundlevel-underground-indie comics. Tubi's owned by Fox and their first "original programming", and biggest hit, is "Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" and they wrote this wonderful synopsis for the Cerebus film: "The mind-bending and earnest adaptation of the graphic novel about an adventurous aardvark who risks his destiny by straying from who he truly is."

https://watch.plex.tv/movie/the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark
Plex is available wordwide, except People's Republic of China, on Fire TV, Android, iOS, Apple TV, Web, Samsung TVs, LG TVs Xbox, Xumo, FireTV, Roku TV, iOS, Android


https://www.xumo.tv/channel/99991733/free-comedy-movies?v=XM0CLEVSZBPQCX&p=50760
Xumo is owned by Comcast, which also owns NBCUniversal, and is available in Canada, Brazil, Mexico and United States on Web, Roku, Amazon FireTV, iOS, Android, and the following smart TVs: LG, Hisense, Magnavox, Panasonic, Philips, Sanyo, Sharp, and VIZIO

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/363684/646192771
Vimeo is worldwide on everything

Cerebus film dream
https://twitter.com/Curt_Holman/status/1485348251188531214

Cerebus film 12 year twitter anniversary
https://twitter.com/CerebusFilm/status/1485226273571950597

Deciding which comics to send to CGC for their in-house Gerhard signing
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZIDZZyvhT5/

Gerhard coloring progress on "Becoming Frankenstein"
http://gerhardart.com/brand-new-year/

Dave Sim on "The Comics Journal" cover
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZDQluOv2KX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dave Sim comic strip shortly before Cerebus
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPnV3mlZna/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Calls Dave Sim brilliant while sharing the first 5 "Swords of Cerebus"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZJ0_bgrqTz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus part of one's comic DNA
https://twitter.com/yoyoha/status/1485039336538218496
https://twitter.com/ionobelisk/status/1485417443568889859
https://twitter.com/jryderau/status/1485346159745191936
https://twitter.com/kylepinion/status/1485329078072795141

Italian site spotlights Cerebus Vol. 15: "Latter Days"
https://twitter.com/la_quasi/status/1486239135140622336

Luis in Spain reviews Cerebus Vol 3
https://twitter.com/dskzero/status/1486364032437268486

Andrew Rilstone promotes his book on Cerebus
https://twitter.com/AndrewRilstone/status/1486713128947617803

Neil Gaiman and Groucho...or is that Lord Julius?
https://twitter.com/iguanavsbeer/status/1486405517002121218

Erik Larsen and Cerebus
https://twitter.com/ErikJLarsen/status/1486221127529631745

Savage Dragon and Cerebus
https://twitter.com/CastlesofImagin/status/1487460351914516487

Cerebus and Manga
https://twitter.com/nekuta1/status/1486464637067538440


Two "Cerebus and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" commissions for Joshua Even below:
by Mike Dubisch
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZFN3flLo8P/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Anthony Figaro
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZFOpZip_zU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Marcin Pajdak doodles Cerebus
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZMgap9s1_D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I doodled:)

Cerebus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Crow
https://twitter.com/Salazar1085/status/1486867425974960133

Cerebus, Bone, Madman and Grendel
https://twitter.com/mikerichmond168/status/1485212281810137089

Cerebus and Spawn
https://twitter.com/markschepp23/status/1486804968375992323
https://twitter.com/SpiderMatt15/status/1487001943855800320 (in French)

CerebuSpawn drawn by Manuel Conde Sernahttps://www.instagram.com/p/CZJ2pHBrmAv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Got Cerebus Cover Art Treasury Edition
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZGc6aEsJRG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus among the big 4 of Indie comics (in Portuguese)
https://twitter.com/VladCorps/status/1487432436745224192

Cerebus is great (in Portuguese)
https://twitter.com/EdsonAran/status/1487427849724350469

Dave Sim story in Marvel's "epic magazine" was great
https://twitter.com/markguppy/status/1487256400208216065

Bruce Timm drawing of Cerebus
https://twitter.com/NewsprintMafia/status/1487280505439457283

Cerebus and Maus
https://twitter.com/jlr_1969/status/1486570004220760069
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUReKJLs8n/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dave Sim's "Judenhaas" honor the victims of Auschwitz
https://twitter.com/iguanavsbeer/status/1486813825492033546

Cerebus Russian hashtag
https://twitter.com/BrettCsv/status/1487190936421642242

Cerebus #28 in Russian:


James Windsor-smith shares Artie
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4803349393065731/
https://twitter.com/CastlesofImagin/status/1486131786799370243



James Windsor-smith's curtains
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4795270510540286/

Larry Wooten shares Cerebus ads (and Alex Raymond, too) in Savage Sword of Conan magazine (click link for more and the actual pages)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4794778553922815/

Sketch for a Cerebus anti drunk driving campaign in1985 by Joe Vecchio while based at Misawa Air Base in Japan. Click link for full details
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4789380221129315/

Sean Michael Robinson: this week Carson and I took a look at the genius art of the late, great Gene Day, from the last twenty issues of Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Included is a lot of discussion of Gene's influence on Dave, and the reverse as well.
(Thanks to whomever posted their recent Cerebus MOKF sighting! That was what inspired this dive.)

Part one of two...
Joe Vecchio draws Ultra Roach
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4789402737793730
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Thanks Oliver!

Next Time: Another request?