"...but Cerebus knows when someone is broke."

Hi, Everybody!

If you HAVEN'T gotten your request in to Eddie at eddiesdoar@gmail.com, with HOW you want your Pieces of Turtles 8.2, this is LAST CALL! The list for Dave of what people want on their copies is getting finalized. So if you haven't told Eddie what to tell Rollie what to tell Dave that you want...LAST CALL!

Anyway, This. Then:

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If YOU have anything related to the 1982 Tour, that'd be of interest, shoot me an email at momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll get it to the Waverly Press.

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Speaking of momentofcerebus@gmail.com, you can email there any questions you might have for Dave for June's Please Hold For Dave Sim, which we'll be recording on Thursday.

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And, you can shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com if you wanna get in on the Death's Dark Tread auction which we are ONCE again winning thanks to our latest backer who's pledged $5000. The deal is still:

Everybody gets prints of the whole shebang.

If you donate $2000, you're guaranteed a page.

If you donate more than everybody else, you get first dibs.

If we get LESS than 23 people, EVERYBODY gets a page.

If you want your page to go back to Dave, it'll get sent to him.

I gotta check the numbers, but I THINK we're around ten grand for this little attempt. With ten people or less. So if you want a page, get in NOW.

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

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Hobbs' Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10 ended, get your surveys in.

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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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May 29-30

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: Hobbs, and the stuff dreams are made of...

Well look what I got...

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays!

Well, I asked, didn't I?

82 Tour stuff I got in one day:

Steve sent in:

Tony sent me:

Steve also sent in:

fodder for the ravenous AMOC maw
https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1821192&GSub=226078

Propstore Lot # 1637: Aardvark-Vanaheim - Cerebus No. 154 Cover by Dave Sim and Gerhard, in Propstore Auctions's Propstore Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - June 21-24, 2022 Comic Art Gallery Room
Original Comic Art titled Propstore Lot # 1637: Aardvark-Vanaheim - Cerebus No. 154 Cover by Dave Sim and Gerhard, located in Propstore's Propstore Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - June 21-24, 2022 Comic Art Gallery (1821192)
www.comicartfans.com

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So, if YOU have anything related to the 1982 Tour, that'd be of interest, shoot me an email at momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll get it to the Waverly Press.

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Speaking of momentofcerebus@gmail.com, you can email there any questions you might have for Dave for June's Please Hold For Dave Sim, which we'll be recording on Thursday.

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And, you can shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com if you wanna get in on the Death's Dark Tread auction which we are ONCE again winning thanks to our latest backer who's pledged $5000. The deal is still:

Everybody gets prints of the whole shebang.

If you donate $2000, you're guaranteed a page.

If you donate more than everybody else, you get first dibs.

If we get LESS than 23 people, EVERYBODY gets a page.

If you want your page to go back to Dave, it'll get sent to him.

I gotta check the numbers, but I THINK we're around ten grand for this little attempt. With ten people or less. So if you want a page, get in NOW.

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

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Hobbs' Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10 ended, get your surveys in.

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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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Where were YOU in 1982? (Specifically between October 1st to November 7th.)

Hi, Everybody!

So, I've mentioned the Waverly Press' latest book, Bobby Grossman’s LOW FIDELITY, the Kickstarter for which ends in 59 hours (so two days and eleven hours...), well, the next* book is another Dave Sim/Aardvark-Vanaheim collaboration.

"Yeah, we know, The Last Day..."

Sorry imaginary A Moment of Cerebus reader who lives rent-free in my head, but you're wrong:

*as far as I know. I mean The Waverly Press might be doing another book that ISN'T Cerebus related...

ANYWAY, this is a book that DAVE started putting together in 82/83 and eventually decided to shelve.

Dave has sent everything he has on file to the Waverly Press, and they're starting to go through it and see what's there.

So, as the title up there says: Where were YOU in 1982? Me? I was three. But, if you weren't a small child, The Waverly Press would love to hear from you if have:

• Any drawings Dave made in 82
• Any promotional material from the stops like flyers, posters, etc.
• Anything interesting that can go into the book.

Anyone who gives them scans will receive a note of thanks in the book.

They are also looking for:

• Any comic shops that are still in business that hosted stops to see if any firsthand accounts can be had.
• Also, any Cerebus readers that attended any of the tour stops that can share their memories 

What AMOC has, is:

• Margaret's Notebook post with the sketch for the tour poster.
• Meeting Harlan Ellison 1982.
• Cover Art for the Comics Journal 82/83 from the Notebooks.
• Kim Thompson's introduction from CJ 82/83.
• Paul Slade's 1980-1983 newspaper clipping round-up.
• Eddie Khanna's Newspaper round-up that HAS 82 tour stuff. (I gotta check, I might have real good scans from Dave of this stuff)
• Cerebus VS Superman

And then doing a Google for Dave Sim 1982 turned up:

• Specialty Illustration: George Perez, Romeo Tanghal, Dave Stevens, Dave Sim, Dave Cockrum, John Severin, Paul Ryan, Willie Blyberg, Scott McCloud, Steve Rude, Michael Gilbert, Dan Adkins, Dick Ayers, and Gray Morrow Original Art (c. 1981-88). The Dave part is dated 1982.
• 1982 "Philly style" Cerebus.
• "#5 Belushi look"

So, if YOU have anything that'd be of interest, shoot me an email at momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll get it to the Waverly Press.

And here's a little preview:

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Speaking of momentofcerebus@gmail.com, you can email there any questions you might have for Dave for June's Please Hold For Dave Sim, which we'll be recording on Thursday.

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And, you can shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com if you wanna get in on the Death's Dark Tread auction which we are ONCE again winning thanks to our latest backer who's pledged $5000. The deal is still:

Everybody gets prints of the whole shebang.

If you donate $2000, you're guaranteed a page.

If you donate more than everybody else, you get first dibs.

If we get LESS than 23 people, EVERYBODY gets a page.

If you want your page to go back to Dave, it'll get sent to him.

I gotta check the numbers, but I THINK we're around ten grand for this little attempt. With ten people or less. So if you want a page, get in NOW.

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

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Hobbs' Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10 ended, get your surveys in.

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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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Up to 35% off site-wide:

May 29-30

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: Paid holiday...

PoT8.2 Update: the Next.

Hi, Everybody!

Last I heard about Pieces of Turtles 8.2, Dave was gonna have Birdsong make up some Certificates of Authenticity.

Well:

Here's a bigger crap-version:

Okay, okay. Here it is in color:

Cerebus in Hell?:

CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

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Hobbs' Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10 ended, get your surveys in.

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Heritage, pretty much has the best Cerebus Original Art deals available...

Including Death's Dark Tread. My little band of Rebels are still looking for people to join us. The CURRENT deal is:

How it works is you tell me what you wanna kick in, $2000 GUARANTEES you a page, less gets you a page if we have less than 23 people kick in (currently we're at 6 or 7.), the amount you kick in (under 2K) is how you rank for picking a page if we win. IF we win, I'm going to get all the art scanned and have a set of prints made for everyone who chips in. And then we run the list of who gets what. If we manage to pull this off, with LESS than 23 people, the leftover pages either go to the higher pledgers, or go back to Dave. (The high rollers get to decide that when the time comes.)

If we end up with MORE than 23 people, highest money in gets first pick, followed by everybody else until everything is gone. In case of a tie in amount chipped in, whoever chipped in first gets first shot at the page. (This part is wonky and will probably change as the situation does. We currently have less than 23 people, and I'm not taking a page no matter what, so I don't think it'll be an issue.)

And there is a buyer's premium that gets added on to amount bid, so that's a factor in how much gets bid.

If you wanna get in on this, momentofcerebus@gmail.com or thevarkwars@gmail.com

We WERE winning for a little while there... BUT, there ARE 18 days left before this thing is over...

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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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Up to 35% off site-wide:

May 27-30

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: Where were you in '82?

KURTZ vs KURTZ (Dave's Weekly Update #442)

Hi, Everybody!

  

Dave's Weekly Update:

Problems viewing this video? Watch directly on YouTube...

CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

Click for the fine print.

And the video being a week behind means that stuff like this can come in:

And then there's these things:

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Hobbs' Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10 ended, get your surveys in.

_______________________________________________

Heritage, pretty much has the best Cerebus Original Art deals available...

Including Death's Dark Tread. My little band of Rebels are still looking for people to join us. The CURRENT deal is:

How it works is you tell me what you wanna kick in, $2000 GUARANTEES you a page, less gets you a page if we have less than 23 people kick in (currently we're at 6 or 7.), the amount you kick in (under 2K) is how you rank for picking a page if we win. IF we win, I'm going to get all the art scanned and have a set of prints made for everyone who chips in. And then we run the list of who gets what. If we manage to pull this off, with LESS than 23 people, the leftover pages either go to the higher pledgers, or go back to Dave. (The high rollers get to decide that when the time comes.)

If we end up with MORE than 23 people, highest money in gets first pick, followed by everybody else until everything is gone. In case of a tie in amount chipped in, whoever chipped in first gets first shot at the page. (This part is wonky and will probably change as the situation does. We currently have less than 23 people, and I'm not taking a page no matter what, so I don't think it'll be an issue.)

And there is a buyer's premium that gets added on to amount bid, so that's a factor in how much gets bid.

If you wanna get in on this, momentofcerebus@gmail.com or thevarkwars@gmail.com

We WERE winning for a little while there... BUT, there ARE 19 days left before this thing is over...

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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: PoT8.2 Updates

Dave Talking with Cerebus from Cerebus #229

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.

Way back in July 2015 in a post called Cool’s Right we saw a couple of pages from Dave Sim’s 26th Cerebus notebook which showed the dialogue between Dave and Cerebus at the end of Rick’s Story. The pages were #44, 46, and 47. I mentioned that the dialogue continued until page 49 and I also mentioned the contents of page 45. 

I figured it is about time we saw those pages. Page 48 picks up the dialogue right where page 47 left of. The dialogue on page 48 starts on page 193 of Rick’s Story, or Cerebus #229 page 7:

Notebook #26, page 48

The dialogue matches up word for word until after Dave’s bit “(interrupting) Thinking.” Cerebus still rants a bit, but some of the verbiage is different, and then Dave’s line “(going along for the ride) All the voices in your head” is left out of the finished page, 194 of Rick’s Story.  We do get to a the missed line about the voices in Cerebus’ head down the bottom of page 194, but instead it is Dave saying “(allow me to wedge myself into his monologue) Nothing to do but listen to all the stupid voices in your head. . .”

In between we get some dialogue that didn’t make it into the notebook, this being part of it: “(trying to restore him to my wavelength) It as the same with me at Peter’s Place. At the time I was convinced that I was. . .” 

The dialogue on page 49 continues the from page 49, but it doesn’t match up precisely with the dialogue on the bottom of page 194 and on 195. This almost ½ page of dialogue appears to have additional dialogue put into it on page 195.  On page 195, it is just Cerebus talking at Dave, and Dave just has one line at the top of the page and at the bottom of the page. 

Notebook #26, page 49

The rest of the dialogue between the two doesn’t make it into the notebook.

And on page 45 of the notebook, a couple of pages before the dialogue is finished, we see a couple of sketches of Cerebus opening up the package that Dave left for Cerebus to find.

Notebook #26, page 45

Grey A.L.@. #1... On Sale NOW!

Benjamin Hobbs:

Firstly, thanks to everyone who backed the SOCIH? Hardcovers V9 and V10 on Kickstarter!

The surveys are available now, so please fill them out if you haven't!

 On sale this week at your LCS, Grey A.L.@. #1!

Now available to order from Diamond: Kurtz Vs Kurtz #1:

Next Week: More behind the scenes CIH? excitement!

Pieces of Turtles 8.2 News

Hi, Everybody!

Today's Moment of Cerebus is a Dave Sim fax regarding Pieces of Turtles 8.2:

So, uh, that's how things stand RIGHT NOW.

If you bought a Pieces of Turtles 8.2, you should let Eddie know at eddiesdoar@gmail.com, how you want them. Signed & Numbered? Unsigned & Unnumbered? Signed but not numbered? Numbered but not signed? With your Cerebus Archive Number? With Seiler's Cerebus Archive Number (it ain't like HE'S using it...)? With a Cerebus Archive letter (like, Dave writes "CAN #J, because this is a thing now. THANKS 4 @$%&ING NOTHING MATT!!!!")? With Connie Lingus' number? The possibilities are hilarious...

And if you DIDN'T manage to purchase a Pieces of Turtles 8.2, I still have seven copies available at the Turtle Profiteering price of $25 American. Includes BOTH of the AMOC N.F.T.*s at NO ADDED COST. Bug me at momentofcerebus@gmail.com.

Anyway, I sent a reply to Dave and Eddie (and Dave responded):

I gotta respond. What do you guys think?

Front or back?

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PLAZA by Yokoyama Yuichi Kickstarter Pre-Launch Link and Diamond ordering live! Hello LTL friends, Sean here. At long last, the new book from Living the Line is almost here!

PLAZA, by the great Yokoyama Yuichi, is almost ready to preorder! Our Kickstarter for this maniacal manga magic trick will be live in just a few days, and the Diamond Comics order period just opened as well! PLAZA is translated by noted manga scholar Ryan Holmberg, and includes a revealing interview with Yokoyama. Bigger, bolder, and louder than ever before, neo-manga artist Yokoyama Yuichi is back with PLAZA! Inspired by Carnaval in Brazil, PLAZA offers a maniacal extravaganza of marching, dancing, leaping, firing, cheering, smashing, and exploding over the course of 225 eye-and-eardrum-confounding pages. Originally published in Japan in 2019, this oversize English edition of PLAZA brings to full, hyper-animated life the spectacular graphic art of this genre-defying work of avant-garde comics.

If you want to get a sneak peek at the art for the book, check out this tech video with both Carson and I, where we discuss Adobe Lightroom in the context of book production, and accidentally give an overview peek at half of the book as teeny tiny postage stamps! An interesting birds-eye view of Yokohama’s design process that undergirds the entirety of this singular, inventive book.

And be sure to check out the newly-updated Living the Line site for new videos, new book announcements and sample images, lineup changes, and more!

PLAZA Kickstarter pre-launch page HERE!

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The Strange Death Of Alex Raymond is up for an Eisner Award. And if you can convince them that you're worthy, you can vote for it to win. I'm gonna. If I'm Worthy. And if I'm not, I'm gonna start a "Dave wuz ROBBED!" internet thing...

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Hobbs' would LOVE for you to fill out your surveys for his Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10. Love it...

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You should fill out an order with your Local Comics Store to get the new Cerebus in Hell?s:

The Uncrucifiable Cerebus Goes To A Gay Bar (which has probably hit the Final Order Cut-off, and so you is shit-out-of-luck...) AND the new one you can definitely fill out for: CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

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Heritage, pretty much has the best Cerebus Original Art deals available...

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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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May 26-30

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Next Time: Hobbs. I'ma off until Friday...

The Ol' AMOC mailbag contains some pretty neat stuff...

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays!

So I got something in the mail...

Steve sent me my VERY OWN Cerebus Berserker print:

Thanks Steve!

I ALSO got a package from... SPATULA CITY?

Spatula City?

Spatula City:

Anyway, in the package was this:

And this:

Lemme get  CLOSE-UP:

And a SECOND copy :

As it said on the back:

Additionally:

Thanks Larry!

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If you backed the Form & Void Kickstarter, you might be one of the TWO lucky people who haven't filled out your surveys, thus preventing me from getting my copies when the numbers from the Mass Market Edition come in and the books get printed. So, maybe take care of that huh?

Speaking of the Waverly Press, I posted a bit ago about their latest book, Bobby Grossman’s LOW FIDELITY, the Kickstarter for which ends in 10 days, and somebody asked what a book with photos of Debbie Harry had to do with Cerebus. Which is a good dang question. What DOES Debbie Harry have to do with Cerebus?

This. Duh!

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Speaking of filling things out:

Hobbs' would LOVE for you to fill out your surveys for his Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10. Love it...

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Speaking of filling things out part Dos:

If you bought a Pieces of Turtles 8.2, you should let Eddie know at eddiesdoar@gmail.com, how you want them. Signed & Numbered? Unsigned & Unnumbered? Signed but not numbered? Numbered but not signed? With your Cerebus Archive Number? With Seiler's Cerebus Archive Number (it ain't like HE'S using it...)? With a Cerebus Archive letter (like, Dave writes "CAN #J, because this is a thing now. THANKS 4 @$%&ING NOTHING MATT!!!!")? With Connie Lingus' number? The possibilities are hilarious...

And if you DIDN'T manage to purchase a Pieces of Turtles 8.2, I still have seven copies available at the Turtle Profiteering price of $25 American. Includes BOTH of the AMOC N.F.T.*s at NO ADDED COST. Bug me at momentofcerebus@gmail.com.

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Speaking of filling things out part tres:

The Strange Death Of Alex Raymond is up for an Eisner Award. And if you can convince them that you're worthy, you can vote for it to win. I'm gonna. If I'm Worthy. And if I'm not, I'm gonna start a "Dave wuz ROBBED!" internet thing...

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Speaking of filling things out part quatro:

You should fill out an order with your Local Comics Store to get the new Cerebus in Hell?s:

The Uncrucifiable Cerebus Goes To A Gay Bar (which has probably hit the Final Order Cut-off, and so you is shit-out-of-luck...) AND the new one you can definitely fill out for: CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT

___________________________________________________

Heritage, pretty much has the best Cerebus Original Art deals available...

___________________________________________________

Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently available "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".

___________________________________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:

May 26-30

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: I figure out what I'ma gonna do with #32...