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.
Another year is over. I think. I'm still stuck thinking it is March 13, 2020. The little sidebar says there have been 384 posts tagged with 'Dave Sim's Notebooks". Doing some math, that is just a bit over 7 years. Really? Yup. The first post is the first for notebook #1 below "Hunters & Gathers" which is dated June of 2014. Yoinks.
If there is something that you'd like to see that I somehow haven't covered yet, just let me know in the comments.
- Notebook 1: issues 20 to 28
- Hunters & Gathers (June 2014): Front cover, page 86
- Albatross One, page one (Aug 2016): Front cover, page 1
- Beat the Hsiffies, buy bonds! (Sept 2016): page 25, 28
- Captain Cockroach and Bunky (Oct 2016): page 37, 47, 49
- Out of the Depths (Oct 2016): page 151
- Adam Beduin (July 2018): p. 41 & 42
- Punchline for President (March 2019): p. 67 & 68
- Hold On There Y'Long-Eared Galoot (March 2019): p. 161 & 162
- The Way to Sannozay (Nov 2019) P. 118 & 124
- Playing Diamondback with Onliu Freelancers (May 2020): p. 168 & 170
- The Notebook Pages for The Challenge (June 2020): p. 113 - 117
- Notebook pages on Mind Game (Dec 2020): p. 7 & 21
- Notebook 2: issues 28 to 37
- Albatross, Too (Aug 2016): Front cover, page 1, 138
- Hsssssssssssssssssssss (Feb 2017): page 74, 75 & 76
- Unorthodox. Economic. Revenge. (Sept 2017): p. 83
- A Letter to the Prime Minister (March 2018): p. 35
- Larger Nostrils Than Most People (Sept 2018): p. 30 & 31
- Two Days Before (March 2018): p. 149
- PetuniaCon Day One (May 2019): p. 186 & 187
- She's Your Elf. . . (Aug 2019): p. 37, 38, 39
- The Table Next To The Bed (Sept 2019): p. 47
- Trying to Outsmart Lord Julius (Dec 2019): p. 2 & 3
- Psychic Sound Club (Dec 2019) p. 4 & 5
- A Soliloquy in Graveyard (Jan 2020) p. 6 & 7
- Notebook 3: issues 37 to 40
- Do You Know Elrod? (Aug 2016): page 11, 58
- Notebook 2a, aka Albatross Three (Aug 2016): Front cover, page 10
- Sketching the Countess (Jan 2017): page 140, 141 & 143
- A Look At Iest (Mar 2018): p. 48
- Remove the Prime Minister (Aug 2018): page 53
- First American Tour Poster (Apr 2019): p. 70
- Hssssssssssssssssssss (Apr 2019): p. 56 & 57
- PetuniaCon Guest List (May 2019): p. 3 & 6
- Cerebus after Talking to Jaka in Cerebus #36 (July 2020): p. 1
- Take Two of Cerebus Talking to Astoria in Cerebus #37 (Aug 2020): p. 5
- Looking at Cerebus #37 part three (Aug 2020): p. 6 & 7
- Outline for the Last Half of High Society (Apr 2021): p. 31
- Unused High Society Material (Oct 2021): p. 51
- Notebook 4: issues 41 to 44
- Albatross Four (Aug 2016): Front cover, 14, 20
- Wuffa Wuffa (March 2017): page 59
- Decisions Decisions (Sept 2017): p. 13
- The Deciding Vote (Oct 2017): p. 57 & 58
- A Well Equipped Bar (May 2018): p. 77
- Three Days at the Regency (Nov 2018): p. 79
- Cerebus' First Job (Aug 2019): p. 80
- Issue 41 Page by Page (Aug 2020): p. 10 & 11
- Planning Issue 41 (Jan 2021): p. 35 & 36
- Notebook 5: issues 45 to 49
- Albatross Five (June 2015): front cover, 5, 10
- Cerebus' New Republic (Nov 2016): 1, 8
- The Deciding Vote (Nov 2016): page 58, 59
- Cover Art for the Comics Journal (May 2017): page 62
- To Tilt or Not To Tilt (Apr 2018): p. 16 & 17
- Travel to the T'capmin Kingdom (Apr 2018): p. 70 & 71
- Suenteus Po Versus Astoria (May 2019): p. 46 & 47
- Issue #48 Thumbnails (July 2020): p. 73
- Summit Enchanted Evening (July 2020) p. 25 & 26
- Summit Enchanted Evening Part Two (July 2020) p. 27 & 28
- Rejected Plot Point After Summit (July 2020) p. 32
- Notebook 6: issues 49 to 59
- On Governing (Sept 2014): page 8, 11
- Cerebus Archive (Feb 2016): page 58, 157
- His First Fifth Notebook Notes (Dec 2015): page 95, 97, 98
- Boom (Jan 2015): page 132, 149, 150
- The First Time That Something Fell (April 2016): page 142, 146
- Sketching the Countess (Jan 2017): page 140, 141, 143 (mentioned no cover)
- Bureaucrat Pudding (Nov 2017): page 7
- Frostonite Claws (June 2019): p. 47 & 48
- A Friend of Astoria. . .Sort Of: (June 2019) p. 53
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (June 2019) p. 139, 140, & 141
- The Countess' House: (Apr 2020) p. 36
- Don't Swear at the Lady You Slug: (April 2020) p. 105 (close up of part of it, not entire thing) & page 109
- Notebook 7: issues 59 to 69
- The Making of a Cover - Cerebus #60 (July 2014): page 27, 29, 38
- Selling Insurance (August 2014): page 58, 60, 61
- Mind Game III (May 2016): page 66, 67
- Even More In 1984 or When He Was 27 (June 2016): page 106, 107
- A Plan for Church & State I (July 2015): page 108
- Talking to Muffins (Jan 2017): Front cover, 126
- A Friendly Reminder (Dec 2017): page 21 & 22
- Sproing (June 2019): p. 13
- On Governing Part Who Knows (May 2020): p. 4 & 5
- Feldan Flagg Roach (June 2020): p. 53 & 56
- Mind Game IV (Jan 2021): p. 69 & 70
- Dave's To Do List (Apr 2021): p. 18
- Notebook 8: issues 70 to 79
- Cerebus vs The Spirit (March 2016): page 1, 3
- Sane As It Ever Was (Jan 2016): page 23, 28
- Naming Church & State (Jan 2016): page 31
- Dave's Sketches of People (Aug 2015): page 37, 62, 66
- Varying Reasons of Assorted Depths (Dec 2014): page 58, 59, 61
- Dave Sim and the Crack-of-Dawn Orchestra (Oct 2014): page 64, 67, 73
- Cerebus Jam 2: Campaign Stop (July 2016): page 69, 70, 71
- All She Wants To Do Is Dance (March 2017): front cover, page 45
- A Stay At The Regency (March 2017): page 8
- Fascination & Fruition (Oct 2018): p. 36
- 6 of 30 (Oct 2019) p. 9, 10, & 11
- So I Can Dance Probably (Apr 2020): p. 46 & 48
- Elf Request (Apr 2021): p. 15
- Stairs to the Regency (July 2021): p. 14
- Layout for Cerebus #73 (July 2021): p. 38 & 39
- Notebook 9: issues 80 to 86
- Flick (April 2015): page 1, 3, 4
- Cover Thumbnails (Nov 2016): page 7, 57
- Touch Not The Priestess (July 2014): page 28, 32
- Boys! Dinner! (Oct 2015): page 51, 56
- Cerebus Feels So Good (July 2016): page 74, 75
- Fat Elvis Period (March 2015): page 114, 131, 135
- Sketches of Familiar Faces (Feb 2017): 47, 48, 49
- Total Control (Aug 2017): Front cover, page 126
- When Your Life Flashes Behind Your Back (Nov 2017): p. 80 & 81
- SNORT (Nov 2017): p. 90 & 91
- A Bit O'Swank (Nov 2017): p. 58, 61, 62 & 63
- Sketches of Prince Mick (Dec 2017): p. 64, 65, 66 & 67
- Noice. Fank You (Dec 2017): p. 68 & 69
- Give Me Strength (Feb 2018): p. 26 & 28
- Blossom of My Sordid Youth (Oct 2019): p. 13
- Chasing the Roach up the Tower (March 2020): p. 99
- The Countess Calls the Boys to Dinner (Nov 2020): p. 43
- Are They Always Like This? (Dec 2020): p. 45 & 46
- Anything Goes #3 Cover Sketch (Aug 2021): p. 106
- Sketches of Cerebus (Sept 2021): p. 77 & 78
- How the Countess Got Her Money? (Dec 2021): p. 30
- Notebook 10: issues 87 to 95
- Out With the In Crowd (Nov 2015): page 15, 25
- An Edge In His Voice So Sharp He Could Plotz (Apr 2016): page 34, 35
- Assassin (April 2015): page 69, 71
- Lord Julius (July 2014): page 72, 73
- So. . .You already said that. (Oct 2014): Cover, 85, 87
- Odds and Ends (Jan 2015): pocket, 92, 113
- Odd Transformations... 4 (May 2016): page 109
- Odd Transformations... 4 part 2 (May 2016): page 110, 111
- Odd Transformations . . .3 (Feb 2018): page 30
- Astoria! GO AWAY! (Feb 2018) page 20
- Cerebus Has Something Else To Do (May 2019) P. 55
- Chasing the Roach up the Tower (March 2020): p. 1
- Nobody Feeling Brave Today? (March 2020): p. 8 & 9
- Cerebus #93 Page Layouts and Dialogue (June 2021): p. 74 & 75
- Pages 8 and 9 from Cerebus #93 (June 2021): p. 76
- Notebook 11: issues 96 to 102
- Not The Trial (March 2016): page 12, 17
- The Sky is Falling (Sept 2015): page 32
- The Unknown Given (July 2016): page 35
- The Trial (Oct 2014): page 51, 53
- Posey, Bishop Powers, and Tracing Paper (Jan 2021): p. 51
- Endgame (Sept 2015): page 85, 86
- Assorted Cerebus (Dec 2015): page 89
- The Final Ascension (Sept 2014): page 102, 103
- Purple Unicorn (July 2017): front cover, page 43
- What IS Truth? (June 2018): p. 63
- Point Hats (July 2018): p. 11
- Before the Trial (Dec 2018): p. 37
- Shoo (Dec 2018): p. 39
- See You in Court (Oct 2019): p. 41
- The Thing on Cerebus' Head (Feb 2020): p. 91
- Odd Transformations 4. . .part 4 (Sept 2020): p. 1 & 2
- Cerebus #98 page layouts (Mar 2021): p. 49
- Cerebus #98 Page 10 Layout (Apr 2021): p. 55
- The Accurately Inexplicable (Apr 2021): p. 65
- Why Cerebus Wants To Make The Ascension Sept 2021: p. 9 & 10
- Bits from Cerebus #101 and #103 (Oct 2021): p. 113
- Better Tortures and Worse Pleasures (Oct 2021): p. 27
- (Nov 2021): p. 45
- Notebook 12: issues 102 to 111
- The Judge Before He Was The Judge (Sept 2016): front cover, page 32, 33
- D'King and the Actress (July 2015): page 10, 15
- Dave and the Direct Market (Dec 2014): page 21, 22, 23
- Jaka's Story Logo (Oct 2014): page 42, 43
- Walking on the Moon (April 2016): page 48, 49
- Extrusion Intrusion (June 2016): page 50, 69, 74
- Alone. Unloved. And Unmourned (August 2014): page 46, 82, 132, 139
- Boom. Big Boom. Big Bang. (Dec 2017): page 4 & 5
- Devoid Was Tarim (June 2018): p. 111
- The Judge (July 2019): p. 57, 58, 59, 60
- She's Got the Devil in Her Heart (May 2020): p. 128 & 130
- Suffering You'll Have No Trouble With (May 2020): p. 131 & 132
- Cerebus #103 Cover (Sept 2021): p. 13
- Cerebus #102: Good Abbess Text Not Used (Nov 2021): p. 2 & 3
- Notebook 13: issues 112/113
- Vacation Sketches Part Deux (Oct 2016): 5, 7, 8
- Jaka's Story (June 2014): page 14, 17
- Jaka the Dancer (Jan 2016): page 29
- Vacation Time: San Jose (Nov 2014): page 57, 58, 59
- Jaka's Story II (July 2014): page 66, 72
- Bits (August 2015): page 74, 78
- Playing Bingo While Wearing Tight Pants (May 2017): Front cover, p. 70
- Terror in a Turgid Tool (Oct 2017): pages 1 - 3
- What About Trying That? (June 2018): p. 10 & 11
- The Start of Rick (June 2018): p. 35 & 36
- Not That Rick Nash (June 2018): p. 77
- Old Friends, Familiar Faces (Nov 2019): p. 26
- What Could You Do Forever (Nov 2019): p. 18 & 25
- Layouts for Page #9 of Cerebus #114 (Aug 2021): p. 82
- Notebook 14: issues 113 to 117
- Jaka and Missy (Sept 2015): page 1, 2
- A Gold Coin? (Feb 2015): page 46, 47, 50, 53
- Reprinting Cerebus Every Two Weeks (March 2016): page 60, 61
- Thunder the Wonder Pony (April 2017): Front cover, page 16, 36
- Refuge of the Shallow (Aug 2017): page 55 & 56
- Get Him Out of the Hotel (Oct 2017): page 35
- Changes to the Princess of Palnu (Nov 2019): p. 31 & 32
- Timelines and Memories (Oct 2020): p. 10
- Jaka's Tale of a Mouse in a Mudhole (Oct 2020): p. 17 & 18
- Jaka, Magic, and the Pageant Story (Oct 2020): p. 37, 38, & 39
- Jaka and Missy Part Two (Feb 2021): p. 5
- Bits and Pieces from Jaka's Story (Feb 2021): p. 63
- Notebook 15: issues 118 to 122
- Daughter of Palnu (Dec 2014): page 22, 23, 24
- Daughter of Palnu: Lessons (June 2016): page 25
- Oscar (April 2015): page 38, 39, 41
- What Is Cerebus About? (Feb 2016): page 98
- Rick in a Can (Apr 2017): Front cover, page 67, page 68
- Oscar's Cigarettes (Sept 2018): p. 52
- The Locked Door Opened (Sept 2019): p. 27 & 29
- Cerebus #121 Notebook Images (Aug 2021): p. 59
- Notebook 16: issues 122 to 127
- Outlines for the Poet (Aug 2015): page 9, 28
- The Waiting Dancer (Apr 2016): page 41, 45
- Jaka's Sweet old Aunt Victoria (Feb 2015): page 46, 56, 57
- Soul and Substance (Nov 2016): page 65, 31
- One Fondue Set Please (June 2017): Cover, page 68
- Drinking At Dinner Time (Aug 2019): p. 50
- Talking Back To Your Television (Sept 2019): p. 11
- A Page Layout Meant for Cerebus #124 (July 2021): p. 42
- Notebook 17: issues 127 to 135
- Mrs Thatcher (April 2015): page 12, 46, 49
- Bang Bang SMASH (March 2015): page 31, 35, 45
- La Danseuse Marvellieux (May 2017): Front cover, page 17
- Front and Back (August 2017): page 13 and 14
- Issues Summaries (August 2018): page 1 & 36
- Melmoth One (August 2019): p. 65
- (Feb 2021) p. 7 - 9
- Notebook 18: issues 136 to 141
- Worm Merchant or Grand Lord of Palnu? (May 2015): page 27, 32, 35
- The Frustrations of normalroach (Jan 2016): page 54, 55
- Dino's Cafe (Feb 2016): cover, page 45 & 46
- To an Iestan Boy? (Aug 2017): page 38 & 42
- Lord Julius or Like-A-Look? (May 2018): pages 29 & 30
- Cinnamon Tea (April 2020): p. 33
- Melmoth Character Sketches (Mar 2021): p. 36 & 37
- Notebook 19: issues 141 to 149
- Characters of Melmoth (June 2015): page 3, 17, 33
- Melmoth and Tiny Thumbnails (August 2014): 28, 29, 30
- A Deal For A Single Gold Coin (March 2017): Front cover, 11, 13, 15
- Melmoth Thumbnails Part 1 (Sept 2017): p. 35
- Melmoth Thumbnails Part 2 (Sept 2017): p. 36
- A Deal (July 2018): p. 5, 7 & 9
- Beth the Patio Goddess (March 2020): p. 32 & 51
- Doris' Story (Feb 2021): p. 49 & 50
- Cerebus #141 Cover Sketch (Dec 2021): p. 65
- Notebook 20: issues 153 to 164
- The Good and Bad of Comics in the Early 90s (March 2015): page 18, 19, 20
- The Good and Bad of Comics in the Early 90s pt 2 (April 2015): page 21, 22, 23
- The Finale: Good and Bad of Comics in the Early 90s (April 2015): page 24, 25, 26
- Po's Monologue About Bran (Jan 2015): page 53, 54
- US Tour 1992 tour diary (July 2015): page 57, 58, 59, 60
- POIT! SMASH (July 2017): Front cover, page 38
- Venus Rising (Apr 2018): p. 5 & 6
- Dead Paper (Sept 2018): p. 17 & 28
- Playing Chess (Dec 2018): p. 7
- King's Pawing (Dec 2018): p. 12 & 13
- The Reformer (Jan 2019): p. 32 & 33
- Looked Like a Hyena (Feb 2019): p. 39
- Lord Julius Banter from Cerebus #160 June 2021: p. 30 & 31
- Notebook 21: issues 164 to 187
- Alcohol Is Free and There Is No Last Call (Sept 2015): Front cover, 21, 31
- Ends & Odd Bits (Nov 2014): 19, 29, 30, 259
- Crossing Over (Oct 2014): page 25, 26, 64
- Campaign '93 Notes (July 2016): page 57, 58, 59, 60
- The Gathering (August 2014): page 102, 103, 104
- I Want To See Your Armpit (Feb 2015): page 118, 163, 164
- Down In A Minute, Sweetheart (Oct 2016): page 256, 257
- Three Saviors? (April 2017): page 107, 108, 109
- Roach. . .Nevermore (Oct 2018): p. 9
- Crossing Over Part Two (Nov 2018): p. 27 & 28
- Swooncommamortals (Feb 2019) p. 3 & 7
- Dany Snowy Storm (Feb 2019) p. 78
- Green-Eyed Monster (July 2019) p. 11, 12, & 13
- Dialogue from Reads (Oct 2020): p. 147 - 149
- Dialogue From Reads Part Two (Oct 2020): p. 158 - 160
- Viktor Davis Notes on Reads (Nov 2020): p. 170 - 172
- Astoria Goes Shopping (Nov 2020): p. 13 & 14
- Jaka's Dream (Sept 2021): p. 75
- Notebook 22: issues 186 to 201
- Talking With Your Creator (Dec 2014): page 37, 41
- The Origin of the Mothers (Dec 2014): page 46, 47, 48, 49
- Uncomfortable Truth (April 2015): page 54, 55
- A Creator Named Dave (July 2015): page 57, 58
- Drunk Attic (July 2017): Front cover, page 65
- The Artist and the Princess (Jan 2018): p. 43
- Leftovaries Feast Fer Evryone Eltz (Feb 2019): p. 64
- Fun With Black Holes (Mar 2021): p. 12 & 13
- Fun With BRGWST (Mar 2021): p. 19
- Notebook 23: Mothers & Daughters
- On Tour '92 (Feb 2015): page 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 21
- Shredded Tissue of Lies (June 2015): page 42, 43, 57, 58
- Cerebus #152 Cover Prelims (Feb 2016) cover, p. 47 & 49
- Get Out and Push (Mar 2018): p. 36 & 37
- It's The Story Of A Lovely Aardvark. . . (Aug 2018): p. 25 & 27
- The Thoughts of Red Sophia (Aug 2018): p. 11 & 13
- Notebook 24: issues 197 to 211
- Joanne and Fred (not that Fred) (Jan 2015): Page 3, 4, 5
- Talking With Dave (Dec 2015): page 25, 26, 27
- Talking With Dave Again (Dec 2015): 29, 30
- Calling Dave Sim (Aug 2015): page 34, 35
- Dreams Pt 1 (Nov 2015): page 37
- Notes for Dave's Chat with Neil (May 2016): page 93, 94, 95, 96
- The Tavern at the Wall of T'si (July 2017): Front cover, page 46
- Remember. . .jobs? (Jan 2018): page 102 & 103
- Deep and Meaningfuls (Nov 2018): p. 104 & 111
- Cerebus is a Terrible Person (Dec 2020): p. 33
- Notebook 25: issues 213 to 241
- Cerebus is Tired - Aye. Aye. (March 2015): page 24
- Thesbian Tavern Tramp Drunk (Sept 2014): page 36, 38, 39
- Only Demons Lie (March 2015): page 40
- Pleasure's Simple Life (April 2016): page 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95
- A Victim of A Laughing Chance (June 2017): page 19, 28
- Drink a Gallon Jug of Soda Water (Apr 2018): p. 35
- Turning South to the River (Jan 2019): p. 62 & 63
- Some Dialogue from Cerebus #213 (July 2021): cover, p. 1 & 2
- Notebook 26: issues 224 to 230
- Cool's Right (July 2015): page 44, 46, 47
- Pig's Ear (Dec 2016): front cover, back cover, page 1
- Good RIDdance (June 2017): page 16 & 26
- This. Is a Bar. RAG. (Mar 2019): p. 13
- Sick Mother (May 2019) p. 7
- Dialogue from Cerebus #224 (July 2021): 8
- Notebook 27: issue 225
- F. Stop is not an Aperture (April 2015): page 19, 20, 21
- A Face Like The Back End of a Dog (Dec 2016): front cover, page 1, 3
- The Bed in the Ballroom (Jan 2019): p. 37
- Notes on . . .What Exactly? (Dec 2021): p. 33
- Notebook 28: issue 227
- Rick's Story (June 2015): page 2, 5, 6
- Dreams Pt 1 (Nov 2015): page 36 (doesn't really talk about notebook 28)
- Blasphemous Lies (June 2017): page 23 & 24
- Battling with Potato Chips (Aug 2017): Front cover, page 20
- Richard George Shows Up (Aug 2021): p. 11
- Notebook 29: issues 240 to 250
- Fall And The River (Sept 2014): page 6, 15
- Going Home page 330 (Sept 2016): page 45,
- Form & Void Shooting Script (July 2014): page 47, 51, 55
- The Destruction of Iest (Nov 2015): page 96, 156
- Dreams Part Deux (Nov 2015): page 157, 158
- They Give Us Those Nice Bright Colors (Sept 2015): page 208, 209
- Meeting F. Stop (Jan 2017): Front cover, page 3
- Closing Like a Gate (May 2018): page 31
- They Brought Back Ektachrome (Jan 20): p. 210
- We Haven't Got A Boat (Jan 20): p. 211
- Winky, Blinky, and Noddy (Jan 20): p. 44
- She Has Her Palnu Face On (Feb 20): p. 46
- They're On a Boat (Jun 2020): p. 7
- Making a Stew (Sept 2020): p. 8
- Nearly Finished Page from Cerebus #240 (Sept 2020): p. 9
- Another Nearly Finished Page from Cerebus #240 (May 2021): p. 5
- Yes, It's Another Page from Cerebus #240 (May 2021): p. 12
- Cerebus #240 Page 13 in Notebook Form (Nov 2021): p. 13
- Cerebus #240 Page 14 in Notebook Form (Dec 2021): p. 14
- Perfect Strangers Vs Pleasures Simple Life (Dec 2021): p. 10
- Notebook 30: Minds Rehearsal
- Minds Rehearsal (Nov 2014): Back & Front cover, 24, 25, 26, 27, 58, 59
- Seemingly Lead a Charmed Life (Jan 2018): pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fascination with Gore (Jan 2018): pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Hurtling Through Dark Realms (Apr 2020): p. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, & 17
- When Your Creator Tells It Like It Is (Sept 2021): p. 44, 45, 46, 47
- Notebook 31: issues 256 to 265
- To Ham & Ham Not (Jan 2015): page 6, 7
- What Shoreline? (Dec 2016): front cover, 58, 59
- Go on. Beat it. Scream! (Oct 2017): p. 66 & 67
- Mary's Talking Lion Dream (May 2021): p. 30 & 31
- Notebook 32: issue 255
- A Movie Review: Julia (Feb 2016): Page 1
- Hunting Lodge Thespians (Feb 2016): Page 2, 3
- Breakfast Sandwiches Instead of Shooting Lessons (Jan 2017): both covers, page 7
- Notebook 33: issue 251
- The Start of Form & Void (Oct 2015): front and back cover, 1, 2
- Salad Fork Stuck To His Face (April 2017): pages 5 & 7
- True Romance (April 2019): p. 18 & 19
- True Romance Part Deux (April 2019): p. 20 & 21
- Form and Void Opening (May 2021): p. 8
- Notebook 34: issue 289 / 290
- The Smallest Notebook (Oct 2015): front and back cover, 1, 2, 3, 4
- That is the entire notebook
- Notebook 35: Spore & Konigsberg
- Spore & Konigsberg (Oct 2015): page 11, 25
- Avoyd Fornication (Dec 2015): front cover, page 1, 2
- Running Upstairs in the Dark (Sept 2018): p.3
- A Realy Mommy Type (Aug 2019) p. 25 & 26
- Notebook 36: issues 265 to 300
- Listening to Dead Cirinists (Sept 2016): front cover, page 28
- Fred Hammer Wins the Jakirbee Cup (June 2016): page 6
- The Final Notebook (March 2015): Inside Front Cover, 43, 108
- Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk (Nov 2015): page 7, 23
- Sixteen Questions Before Breakfast (June 2017): page 67 & 68
- Yoohwhoo and the Little Yoohwhoos (Jan 2018) p. 49
- Lots of Dead Cirinists (Nov 2020): p. 29 & 103
- Loose Pages & Misc
- Don't Piss Off Tarim (May 2017): Pages 2 & 6
- Dave Sim's Cerebus Notebooks: the Covers (Oct 2021): All of the notebook covers.
2 comments:
Thank you so much for all of your work on this project: scanning notebooks, doing research, writing commentary, posting all of it for us to read...it's an invaluable resource for Cerebus fans, and is very much appreciated.
Am I the only one who thinks that a digital "Collected Notebooks" collection would be a spectacular add-on for an upcoming Cerebus Archive on Kickstarter? (Or even as a standalone fundraiser?)
With gratitude,
So let's assume ( for the sake of making the math easy...) 2.5 scans per posting.
384 posts X 2.5 pages = 960 pages posted.
3281 scans - 960 scans posted = 2321 scans left to post.
2321 scans left / 2.5 scans per post = 928 more posts.
Average number of Notebook posts per year is 55, which means we can look forward to 16 more years of Notebook posts.
I wonder if it'll last longer than all those CIH? titles............
Steve
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