Before I forget (AGAIN!) Dominick Grace is looking for scholarly Cerebus analysis:
am not sure how many academically-oriented members this group may have, but for those who are, this may be of interest:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Co-Editors Dominick Grace and Eric Hoffman (Dave Sim: Conversations, Chester Brown: Conversations, Seth: Conversations, Jim Shooter: Conversations, Steve Gerber: Conversations, Approaching Twin Peaks: Essays on the Original Series, and The Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels) seek original, previously unpublished essays on the work of Dave Sim for a book of critical approaches on Sim, tentatively titled Dave Sim: Comics Iconoclast, to be published by McFarland.
Recommended themes: formal, historical, and thematic considerations, including Sim's role as ground level self-publisher and how this position as comics industry outsider impacts his work; Sim as specifically Canadian artist; his advances and innovations in the graphic narrative form; intertextual or meta elements of his work, specifically in his magnum opus, Cerebus, including satire and parody; Sim's innovative use of the episodic, periodical format in long-form storytelling; Sim’s testing of the limits of what constitutes a ‘comic’; realism vs. fantasy; caricature and photo-realism; generic transgressions; world-building; issues of gender, religion, and politics. Essays on all of Sim's work (Cerebus, Judenhass, Glamourpuss, Cerebus in Hell, The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, early short works, essays, electronic media) are encouraged.
Please submit proposals of 200-300 words. Proposal due date: July 31, 2022.
Send proposals to davesimcomicsiconoclast@gmail.com
Final essay due date: November 30, 2022. Recommended length: 5,000-7,500 words although longer essays will be considered.
Planned publication date: fall 2023.
I mean, I think it's obvious to anybody who has visited this website since Tuesday, 14 November 2017, that I'm woefully unqualified to talk about Dave Sim and Cerebus in a scholarly way...
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The Kickstarter for the Cerebus #4 CAN Portfolio 6-7/78 is fully funded. But don't let that stop you from buying one. Or the Remastered Cerebus #4. Or a "Solid Gold" Remastered #4. Or an American edition of Pieces of Turtles 8.2.
Here's a little tease from Dave:
And here ya go, to avoid the googling:
And:
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| Is a crap scan, I admit it... |
ANYWAY, 20 days to go.
Dave said that this KS is:
(In Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently available "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".)
Which brings us back to the Cards I, Dave, & Margaret got from Dagon at The Waverly Press:
Well, Dave signed all his and sent them to me:
So, first up are the contributor's to Jeff's Cerebus Readers in Crisis series. Then, to anybody I think deserves to have one.
If you think that includes you, send a remembrance of Jeff to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, along with your address, and I'll get one to ya.
And if you DON'T have a remembrance of Jeff, but want a card for your collection, send an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll let you know where to send a self addressed stamped envelope so I can mail you one (why should I pay the postage? You're getting a free card...) (And if you've already got the address of The AMOC Cave, skip the middleman and just send me a self addressed stamped envelope and I'll get you a card...)
SIGNED cards go to people who ACTUALLY knew Jeff. Don't think I'm sending them out to every Tom, Dick, and Harry-Roach who comes along...
"These, ah say, these are for friends of ol' Jeffy. Not just fans of the kid in the bunny suit..."
(Plus, I've got twice as many unsigned cards...)
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| The left stack are unsigned, the right are from Dave. |
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Sean Robinson and Living the Line, publishers of the Eisner nominated The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, have a new book, and it's on the Kickstarter. 6 days left. And then they've ALSO got a new series with Carson Grubaugh The Abolition of Man #1. It's a comic "drawn" by an AI.
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And speaking of ordering stuff from Diamond:Cerebus in Hell?:
CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT (this one reaches Final Order Cut-off shortly...)
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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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The Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing is BACK on CerebusDownloads.com (if it doesn't show up, refresh the page.)
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Up to 35% off site-wide:
June 26
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!
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Next Time: The Monday Report. Plus I betcha Dave'll have another KS tease...
2 comments:
Good for Jeff, he finally got his ultimate 301.
There's an update to the current Kickstarter about Add-Ons, Shipping and that thing we forgot.
I feel like Damian should be gifted one, in the spirit of the Luthor/Superman - Moriarty/Holmes paradigm. He could hang it by his mantel and brood over it on dark, windswept nights.
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