Eight. Eight G** D*** Faxes. Some of them Multiple pages! EIGHT!!!

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays ('Cause I don't post Wednesdays or Thursdays. I don't care if the Pope's in town, or what woods he shits in...):

More of this on Monday.                                        

Then:

Sorry, they said Brazil, so all I can think of is this... (Seiler would understand...)

And then:

Eddie responds to Dave's thing.

27 Jul 2022
cc: AMOC

Hi Dave

I think Diamond’s main benefit to AV is providing a delivery/supply line to the comic shops, especially given how expensive shipping is (especially from Canada), and seems to only be increasing. I don’t know how costly the shipping has been for AV on books offered directly through KS and CDL, but I assume it definitely wasn’t cheap.

I agree that any new orders that come in for the trades from DIA are going to be closer to the lower numbers than the higher print run numbers (CEREBUS Vol 1 and HS being the bigger sellers, and I think we have a few years before those will need to be reprinted)(CEREBUS sooner than HS). Hopefully by that point things will have stabilized more regarding the price increases and supply chain issues (it seems like almost every other month there’s an email from Marquis about price increases, supply chain issues, etc).

But for the time being, it makes sense to at least make sure DIA has SOME inventory in stock on ALL the trades (especially since FLIGHT and GUYS are almost gone from DIA’s inventory). Hopefully with THE LAST DAY order we can get DIA to do a combined PO for the 2 books AV still has in inventory (LATTER DAYS and MELMOTH) to help save on bulk shipping, since those books are below or reaching the 50 copy mark in DIA’s inventory where their system would automatically cut a PO under “normal circumstances” ( in quotes, because that almost never seems to happen, and we always seem to have to prompt DIA for it)

The next DIA solicitation deadline is next week (Aug 4) for the Oct PREVIEWS with a PO cut date of Nov 1 so the questions are:

1 Would Sean have THE LAST DAY files ready for printing and be able to do any prepress by the time the books need to be printed (I forget where Sean was with various books, but I believe he was close to if not completely done remastering all of them)

2 Would Alfonso be able to secure the paper and get the books done with that timeline

3 Is there ANY value to getting a quote from Marquis and seeing their printing schedule (which I assume is fully booked) for the kind of numbers we’re expecting

4 Any thoughts from Sean on doing digital printing for the book?

The last time DIA had THE LAST DAY in stock was the beginning of 2019. Matt reached out to Nate, who said there were only 2 printings done: signed and unsigned from 2004, so if the 2019 DIA stock was from back then, it might be a while before it needs to be reprinted for DIA’s purposes.

The original cover price for LD was $25. I was going to suggest making it $30 , to at least help offset SOME of the printing and shipping, and Matt Dow’s suggested $35. It might help if we had a quote from SCP.

For offering the book through CDL with a head sketch, I would suggest charging more for those (also adding the shipping costs, once we get a value on that from Rolly), so there’s more incentive for people to order through the shops.
-Eddie

And Dave responds (with Eddie's original, making me quoting Eddie superfluous):

He also included a message from Sean:

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And then and Then:

Okay, I couldn't make out the name, but he says he reads AMOC, so hopefully he sees this. And DOUBLE hopefully, this sketch is his:

Click for bigger. And Mags? What price this (in your opinion)?

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Okay, I'ma saving the last one for tomorrow...

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Hobbs has a Kickstarter.

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My buddy James Windsor-Smith has a Kickstarter too. You might remember him as the guy who had a stroke or two and sent Dave a Cerebus Sketchbook full of Cerebus drawings he did AFTER the second stroke. He's looking for $2000, and he needs another $556. Help a 'brudda out.

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HELL'O DALI

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The Kickstarter for the Cerebus #4 CAN Portfolio 6-7/78: Get your surveys in, pay if you haven't.

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Hey remember the Remastered Form & Void?

Greetings backers,

Form & Void is officially in the hands of the printer!

We don't have a delivery date yet but as soon as we know when they're coming we will post an update.

Everything else related to this project has been printed so it's just down to the actual books.

For those of you that are interested, we are only producing 400 deluxe books. 200 hardcover and 200 softcover. We have a limited number still available for pre-order on the Waverly Comics website in different bundle options. Link: https://waverlycomics.com

Thank you for backing this project!

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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Living the Line got a new series with Carson Grubaugh  The Abolition of Man #1. It's a comic "drawn" by an AI.

They also published The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, which has the website of annotations.

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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".  And if you're in Brazil...

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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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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:

July 30-31

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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