Sunday 6 February 2022

Cerebus Around the World and Web #117 by Oliver Simonsen

Oliver Simonsen:

Gerhard: Mark your calendars ... twice!
February 8th marks the launch of "Smokes the Fox" on Indiegogo! (Variant cover by Gerhard)
February 11th! Deadline for CGC submissions for a "Gerebus Remarque" and slabbing!
Check it out...
http://gerhardart.com/smokes-the-fox-update-cgc-deadline/


Gerhard shares: Circa January 1990, the old Aardvark-Vanaheim studio on King St., Kitchener
http://gerhardart.com/in-the-before-time/

Going through his week's haul of comic "Cerebus in Hell?" title/cover is the only one to get a chuckle
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZfiydVJRAl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Follow Living the Line's social media accounts:
first tweet
https://twitter.com/LivingtheLine_/status/1488592044788531203
first instagram post
https://www.instagram.com/livingthelineart/

Praise for "Strange Death of Alex Raymond":
"...a remarkable work from a master of the comics medium..." (click link for full review)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZVpQ7dNrkp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\
"Phenomenal read! This book is an incredible achievement! What an astonishingly inspiring read."
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2SZVD8I91KZDG/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=173686050X
"A great book. All the intrigue and mind-stretching-ness of a narrow and deep rabbit hole."
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZazpZeqruj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
"Very high production value. Hats off to Living The Line books." (Just received it and about to start reading)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZX4vxmPOnz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
"thumbs up"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZYCSB7ruwq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[And the winners is:
Congratulations to John and Steven! -Matt] 

Excited about the Cerebus film
https://twitter.com/77_Dredd/status/1489080029527093250
https://twitter.com/DoggosaurEmp/status/1488632632250286082
https://twitter.com/Edohotep/status/1489084353527250949

Cerebus film review: "I respect the heck out of it." "I suggest you take a chance and watch it." "Check it out! Kinda rocks!".
Kevin is the host for the Fat Guys at the Movies radio show, which is also heard on 128 stations around the country each week. A member of the Online Film Critics Society, Kevin Carr is a featured film critic for WTTE Fox 28 in Columbus, Ohio
https://www.fatguysatthemovies.com/tag/the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark/
https://talkmedianetwork.com/fat-guys-at-the-movies-with-kevin-carr/

Cerebus movie reddit praise:
"Good work! You capture the same vibe as the comic."
https://www.reddit.com/r/indiecomics/comments/si9qds/our_film_based_on_the_godfather_of_indie_comics/
"Woah awesome!!"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cerebus/comments/r6kew6/comment/hvn6o10/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Cerebus animated film praise from Cary Coatney, creator of indie comic "Deposit Man": "...stunning debut..." "...alluring charm...""...an enduring and remarkable achievement..." "...loved the [Elric] parody..."
https://purplepinupgurupanacheplaza.wordpress.com/2022/01/31/your-ppguru-itemized-for-your-own-protection-guide-to-january-2022/
(A yet to be published issue of Deposit Man features a cameo of my character Captain Zap done forever ago:))

Btw we did several music versions of the film ie the grandeur, sweeping epic treatment of a medieval period piece approach, a rock music one and settled on one where we embrace more quiet moments, wether it be a cool silence, a quirky awkward one or a deafening one as in a "....a striking absence of noise, so profound that it seems to have its own quality":)

Cerebus film on services "justwatch", "moviefone" and "moviefit"
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark
https://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark/mz06NG14EX4iQ3TUZthuc/main/
https://moviefit.me/titles/687189-the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark

"Book of Boba Fett'' featuring a tip of the hat to the Cerebus film:).
Or more likely just a case of great minds thinking alike - anyway, was great to see.
(There are those who might remember an episode of CerebusTV where the "Rooster Dragon" has a more prominent "caw":))

Slashfilm article: "....an era that saw a great level of innovation and productivity from independent artists and writers operating outside the big two of Marvel and DC who brought a punk rock sensibility to comics. It was an era that, unconfined by traditional publishing rules, saw great experimentation, leading to works such as Kevin Eastman's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Dave Sims' "Cerebus the Aardvark," and Burden's "The Flaming Carrot."
https://www.slashfilm.com/753697/the-strangest-comic-book-characters-of-all-time/

Cerebus #29 in Russian

Russian Cerebus raffle
https://twitter.com/Mostcus/status/1488071082510893057

According to Russian google translate it says: This is what a handsome man sent me
https://twitter.com/RuslanKhubiev/status/1489315790788694022

About the same time Brian coincidentally gave me a heads up on this pic - handsome indeed:) (I don't know what the bottom says). This is of course the Official Cerebus translator who has generously done so much for all things Cerebus including the Cerebus film. Can't thank Mikhail Bocharov enough.
https://twitter.com/TheInfernalBryn/status/1488354056473088000

Cerebus Russian translation lettering process video
Don't recall there being a definitive answer on this before - in any case if there ever was any doubt, yes, the rapper Quasimoto avatar was inspired by Cerebus. At least according to Jack's research. DJ Design (credited as Keith Beats) first drew Quas
https://twitter.com/jackriedy/status/1488569239791456260

With Dave Sim's blessing "The further Adventures of Cerebus" by Rob Shepard, who shares: "A demon of hell gives Cerebus one chance to live again...under one condition: he must right the wrongs of his previous life. Issue 1 is done. Issue 2 has entered production."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4826175004116503/

Sam Noir shares his a memory from 2013: "...delighted to be partnered with Rina Rozsas' artistic skills on Cerebus". Think this was for the Cerebus project "Low Society" spearheaded by Rob Walton for his Cerebus comic class?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4826182037449133

Cerebus competition?
https://twitter.com/Dali_Watch/status/1487662255118368770

Cerebus and Sonic mashup, "Cerebus the SegaVark", drawn by Blake Andrew Roten (click links for more info)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZj8XoiJRkA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkNQcXPKJZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Squeezing this in here as it came in at the last minute from David Birdsong as i had sent him a draft of this column: "Looks good. As I was reading through it I got a fax from Dave saying that the Canadian versions of PIECES OF TURTLES 8 are shipping on Monday. The US Kickstarter version will launch this week, probably Wednesday"

"Cerebus and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" commissions for Joshua Even below:

by Phil Buckenham
https://twitter.com/philbuckenham/status/1487698069407809537

by Varga Tomi
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZe6GNUss0D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Adam S. Harris
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZl4ysGLTHH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Adam Archer (shared here before)
https://twitter.com/blackwalnutmike/status/1488603907274252288

Cerebus and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
https://twitter.com/whupdog/status/1488361592202817542
https://twitter.com/NBX_Tweets/status/1487823627785490435

Earth-Pig Day
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4831988770201793/

Cerebus first generation indie hero
https://twitter.com/PatrickZircher/status/1488351596891320322

Cerebus contest winner
https://twitter.com/ReadYourselfRaw/status/1489799019668910088

Cerebus and the stupid game
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZj2DN2LfN_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus fav non superhero
https://twitter.com/easthollow/status/1489784780250132482
https://twitter.com/MistahScrod/status/1489762707222024193
https://twitter.com/bryanswiley/status/1489736410798112775

Cerebus drawn by Jon Lukenoff
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUKsGQrce-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZS62MTrGzu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus and Howard the Duck
https://twitter.com/Exalted_Speed/status/1489700045133959175

Cerebus and Tom Brady
https://twitter.com/BigBWest/status/1489393450680262663

Stephen Saperstein Frug's lengthy take on Cerebus (I haven't read yet)
https://stephenfrug.blogspot.com/2007/03/covering-cerebus-index.html

Serenity for "wraparoundcoverwednesday"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZggrgNv3VR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus Syndrome part of the vernacular
https://twitter.com/untouchableXII/status/1488660272390803457

Dave Sim and Neal Adams
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZe_Naovb1I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Judenhass called great
https://twitter.com/deadabovethelip/status/1489258494779748359

Max Southall shares: this is the car that Dave Sim, Harry Kremer (of Now and Then Books) and I used to go to pick up comics weekly from Kitchener News. Here with us in Oregon and still working, have had it now 50 years!

This week on the #LivingtheLine Youtube channel: Carson and Sean dive into part two of their Gene Day Master of Kung Fu deep dive , taking a look at the final ten issues of Day's formally adventurous and fearsome run on the title. Gene Day was Dave Sim's mentor.
https://www.facebook.com/LivingtheLine/posts/311675201002898
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Thanks Oliver!

Next Time: It's Monday! So, stuff...

4 comments:

Larry Wooten said...

Congratulations John and Steven!

Anonymous said...

I find myself wondering how much weed was smoked in that car.

Tony Dunlop said...

Forgive an ignorant, non-gearhead question - but is that a Cutlass? Niiiice ride, whatever it is. I can just hear Led Zep IV cranking out the windows from a distorted 8 track player.

Porady na zdrady 2 cały film said...

Congrats! Super post