Please Hold For Dave Sim 4/2022: The Notes!

Hi, Everybody!

Picking up from yesterday, here's the notes to Please Hold:

Part one.

We begin with Dave remembering Jeff Seiler by reading a letter Jeff wrote to Dave about Doc Holliday and how he's related to Margaret Mitchell.

Part two.

Jen DiGiacomo asked about the Cerebus Berserker Poster:

And the signatures that have turned up so far (click for bigger):

If YOU have a signed poster, send in pictures of the signature. We'd all LOVE to see it.

Part 3:

Kevin Parr asked:

Hi… Matt?

Saw your blog. Longtime Cerebus reader (ordered first phonebooks in late 80s with my paper route money). I’m looking for trades of the main Cerebus book volumes 13-16. Does AV still function as a company? Can I send Dave a check for the four volumes the way we used to? Of course I’m sure they’re long out of print and that answers my question but… you never know, so I thought I’d ask if you knew.

Best,
Kevin Parr
Lawrenceville, NJ

And Dave answers.

Part 4:

Well, this is the "big" one. Our ol' buddy Michael R. asked about Pieces of Turtles 8 #2:

Hi Matt! Here's some questions for Dave.

Hi Dave!
I have a few questions about the POT8 comic that has been offered.
1- Now that POT8.2 is being made, will it be offered in a quick Swordfish Canadian version then a U.S. version Kickstarter?
2- Will all the POT8 versions be offered again in the future TMNT/Cerebus #8 Kickstarter? OR will they be offered in the TMNT/Cerebus #8 Kickstarter in a different form like a complete single volume separate from the remastered TMNT #8 comic? OR will they be combined into 1 HUGE HC book combining all the "pieces" with all the remastered TMNT/Cerebus #8 comic book content?

Michael R.

Dave's answer to #1 is yes. But he's thinking of doing the Swordfish offer for a shorter window of time. Like, REALLY short. Like, two hours. But this is ALL up in the air, and nothing is set. So feel free to bitch about it in the comments. I'll send everything up to Dave before we Please Hold in May.

Part 5:  

MJ Sewall asks:

In the backup story to Matt Wagner's Mage in 1984-86, the Grendel storyline unfolded as diary passages with visuals telling the story, no dialogue balloons.

Question: Did Grendel: Devil by the Deed text block style/format inspire Jaka’s Story in any way?

Thank you for all you do.
M J Sewall

Part 6 :

“Borgy Borgonia” asked:

Hey, Dave! You mentioned the Cerebus books will be PD in the future, but is it ok to use the character of Cerebus now under a Creative Commons license? Just asking for clarity, if ever.

Matt sez: it’s okay. Dave’s not gonna sue anybody. The long standing policy is that anybody can use Cerebus in an original creative work. (Matt just asks you send Dave three copies for the Archive…)

And for anybody that's paid attention, my answer was THE answer.
Dave Kopperman asked:

Matt,
Okay, got one: Is there a comic that Dave regards as the artistic and philosophical heir to Cerebus? That is to say, a work that both expresses the creative vision and ambition of the author but also grapples with their answers to the “big questions” in a compelling way? Maybe ‘heir’ is the wrong word, since I don’t necessarily mean something that came out after Cerebus was completed (after all, Dave’s work was highly influential during the run). So maybe from the last forty years. I’d nominate Finder by Carla Speed McNeil and Paul Chadwick’s Concrete.
Dave

Matt’s guess: Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog series which ran for 290 issues. And Batman…

Part 7:

Brian West said:

Noticed that the subscriber level for Cerebus YT channel is near 1500. Normally when a channel hits a milestone number of subscribers they celebrate the occasion in some shape or fashion. Now, I know the Cerebusonline YT is Small potatoes, compared to other channels subscription numbers. But, maybe we can mark 1500 subscribers in some shape or fashion? Maybe give away a free copy of a future CIH? or gift bag of Cerebus related items?

Just an idea.

Take care,
Brian West

And Birdsong made this:

 So, there's an AMAZING prize coming to the 1500 subscriber to Cerebus Online YouTube Channel.

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At one point, my 6 year old, Natasha, came up and gave me this and said "It's Cerebus!"

I faxed it up to Dave, along with an explanation, and he sent back:

That was pretty neat...

Next Time: I catch up on the faxes...