Sunday 20 March 2022

Cerebus Around the World and Web #123 by Oliver Simonsen

Oliver Simonsen:

This will be my last Sunday column - I've really enjoyed it. Maybe a little too much - it's maybe a little more time consuming than I'd like to admit:). Want to thank Dave and Matt for giving me this prime "Moment of Cerebus" real estate - very kind.

Only a little over a week left of the amazing kickstarter Cerebus Volume 14, the long out of print Graphic Novel by Dave Sim & Gerhard, now Expanded and Remastered in hard and softcover - arguably a major turning point in Dave's photorealism drawing style. Plus EXTRAS (click link for all)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waverly/cerebus-form-and-void

"Think Indie Podcast" spotlights the current Cerebus kickstarter starting at 43:25
https://youtu.be/u8M48b1hXFI

"Cerebus in Hell?" featured by First Comics News
https://twitter.com/FirstComicsNews/status/1505052562361311239
https://twitter.com/FirstComicsNews/status/1505052331578204160

"Cerebus in Hell?" featured by Bleeding Cool
https://twitter.com/bleedingcool/status/1504948913899556872
https://twitter.com/bleedingcool/status/1504766694413250577

"Cerebus in Hell?" featured by "Global Circulate" and "NigeriaPen" (not sure if you should click those sites?)
https://twitter.com/GlobalCirculate/status/1504774019186311169
https://twitter.com/NigeriapenNG/status/1504767150459916289

"Coincidentally" came across this story about "coincidences" featuring Alex Raymond, Matt Dillon and Carl Jung. A Alex Raymond is the great uncle of movie star Matt Dillon story featuring this Dr Carl Jung quote:
"Meaningful coincidences are thinkable as pure chance. But the more they multiply and the greater and more exact the correspondence is, the more their probability sinks and their unthinkability increases, until they can no longer be regarded as pure chance but, for lack of a causal explanation, have to be thought of as meaningful arrangements."
(click link for more)
https://twitter.com/RobertKopecky3/status/1502345132426756099
https://robertkopecky.blogspot.com/2010/06/tales-of-koko-lion-part-19-matt-dillon.html

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" and renown illustrator Bernie Fuchs
https://twitter.com/EddieMcstriplin/status/1504593329878716421
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Fuchs

This Week on Living the Line's Formalism Friday: The primary subject, Andrew White 's book, 'M', goes under the magnifying glass. And, unsurprisingly, Cerebus' is never far from the Gang's thoughts...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQjg9KPzeK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://youtu.be/T33j3ZRq9Bk

Cerebus film praise: This really took me back, I hadn't read the early issues in decades - but you brought it to life and gave Cerebus a voice, one that sounds not too far removed from how I imagined it would be. Excelsior!
https://twitter.com/DCyberMonkey/status/1503385960201035781

New review of Cerebus issue 1: While it would later acquire literary heft, Cerebus the Aardvark’s arrival in the late 1970s was a breath of ground-level fresh air. Dave Sim’s art in this debut is noticeably crude, but it’s also bristling with energy; already, he’s pushing the envelope with creative storytelling techniques. (click link for more)
https://twitter.com/TAndrewWahl/status/1503385483736408077
https://www.offthewahl.com/review-cerebus-the-aardvark-1/

Dave Sim's literary work quoted by "quotur" hashtagged Saturday motivation
https://twitter.com/quotur/status/1504990414532759558

Cerebus featured in presentation on Web Typography
https://twitter.com/kaa_pow/status/1502767782408204295
https://vi.to/hubs/micro-camp-march-2022/pages/micro-camp-march-2022-khaled-mp4?v=%2Fvideos%2F4866
https://www.kaa.bz/2022/03/12/a-short-primer.html

Cerebus the Ukranian drawn by Gerhard
https://twitter.com/Cerebus92/status/1503386169903661060

Gerhard's backgrounds highlighted
https://twitter.com/DCyberMonkey/status/1502683535429275648

Gerhard shares that it is every bit as time consuming as it looks
https://gerhardart.com/hangin-at-dinos/

Creators of new Batman story are flattered for comic's lettering and composition comparison to Dave Sim: "...that is a very flattering comparison, you have mentioned an extraordinary artist that I have learned a lot from"
https://twitter.com/bruning_rich/status/1503767062958813185
https://twitter.com/alanempty/status/1503900343314305028
https://twitter.com/SinnermansSkull/status/1503837418427977729
https://twitter.com/DenizCamp/status/1503767555248467974

Cerebus and Red Room
https://twitter.com/bigbookenergies/status/1504982301054320644
https://twitter.com/ihatedapatriots/status/1504884112099794948

Cerebus and Poison Elves
https://twitter.com/skitscomic/status/1503692022980481026

"Cerebus and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" commissions for Joshua Even below - in no particular order:
(Also check out Joshua's Facebook Group "Savage Cerebus & TMNT" https://www.facebook.com/groups/643858713206289 )

by Chris Johnson (click link for close-ups)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNmY7mLkIP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQ0LeLvKqr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Andy Belanger
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQ0TFFPDvp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Emil Cabaltierra
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbS1Q_IL9tZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Allen Adams III
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQz91IveGl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Jerry Rascoe
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQz0R9vZtR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by Len Nicholas
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbA24zGLABD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

by David Williams
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbA2wKorZV3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Commission, featured here last time, made Multiversity's "Art of the Week"
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/art-of-the-week-31622/

I don't usually feature ebay sales, but "Gah color!":)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275208600823?hash=item4013b5fcf7:g:ye4AAOSwxDdiCY-m

Spawn and Cerebus
https://twitter.com/SpawnArchive/status/1503778102861864967

Dave Sim draws Shang-Chi and Moon Knight for Marvel
https://twitter.com/tegan_oneil5000/status/1504645917122576385
https://twitter.com/tegan_oneil5000/status/1504648227986939906

Cerebus videogame
https://twitter.com/vander_iam/status/1504812440474857476

Cerebus one-act play adaptation
https://twitter.com/KeisukeHoashi/status/1503434313643159553

35th Anniversary of Cerebus Punk Rock album
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGbglEM_yi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGcryyMqz8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbHaanoo8ou/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbHjsO7MCzw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus issue 27 on sale 30 years ago
https://twitter.com/davidmbarnett/status/1504877093531922438

Elric from Cerebus
https://twitter.com/TBRAMBLIN/status/1503793637058097152

Roach and Sophia spotlighted
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbOvifhuD0W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbOyWa7OD84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus High Society called incredible
https://twitter.com/Digested_Sand/status/1504541059241631757

Cerebus loved 100% as warrior and pope
https://twitter.com/banditref/status/1504908512924688392

Cerebus recommended
https://twitter.com/banditref/status/1504904015674499079

Cerebus and Entertainment Weekly's John Tesh?:)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4944231065644229/

Drew Cerebus in Middle School
https://twitter.com/tiger_thighs/status/1503580389838921728

Cerebus drawing request
https://twitter.com/55AW_/status/1503590265134714882


Well, thanks Oliver!

For anybody who's wondering how this hundred and twenty-three week trip began, here ya go.
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Heritage, they got a bunch of neat Cerebus stuff. 
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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently available "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".
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Next Time: Two Aardvarks, a girl, and a Pizza place...

5 comments:

Larry Wooten said...

Thanks for the good times, Oliver. Onward!

Oliver said...

Thank you Larry! I swear I'm going through withdrawal symptoms as we speak:)

Anonymous said...

Oliver,

Thank you for sharing all these links for all this time. Best of luck with your f/x and filmmaking career.

cheers,

A Fake Name

JLH said...

Thank you, Oliver. You were enjoyed.

Travis Pelkie said...

Thanks to Oliver for doing this for so long, and for featuring comments of mine from the Atomic Junk Shop at least once!