Happy Halloween! No tricks, all treats!

Hi, Everybody!

Everyone sent me stuff today:

Mondays:

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Then there's these things:

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Then Dave sent:

Which dovetails nicely with the email I got from the Form & Void Kickstarter:

Shipping Update #1

Greetings backers,

A couple of big things to report in today's update.

First, the printer just notified us that the Form & Void books will be ready to ship on Friday!

From there, we should receive the books in 7-10 days.

Look for another update when the books arrive and start shipping to all of you.

The second bit of news is that we are publishing the remastered and expanded Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8. This popular 1986 issue featured Cerebus and we are currently in the process of remastering the art. Dave Sim has created 3 new covers and we are working with some cool contemporary artists to create additional variants. We're super excited about this project and will share more information as we get closer to the March 1 Kickstarter launch date.

In the meantime, we are offering a preview ashcan edition of this book on the Waverly Comics website this coming Thursday, November 3rd. This will be a 24 hour flash sale and the Ashcan will not be widely distributed or sold in stores. Even if you don't pick up the ashcan, please visit the website and join our mailing list to receive updates about the upcoming TMNT #8 Kickstarter!

It just might be the comics event of 2023!

Enjoy these images of the 3 variant Ashcan covers which include green and gold foil wraparound covers!

Thanks again for your support and Happy Halloween!

TWP

And a bit of the details for just WHAT the Ashcan is:

• 48 page preview of the entire book 
• All of Dave's Cerebus figures will be de-screened, like the Spawn 10 ashcan.
• There will be                                                .

And:

During the 24 hour Ashcan sale, all other Waverly Comics on the site will be 25-50% off.

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These Things:

Are live!

All the details on how you can be a Hero and help out Larry Shell are here.

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT

SIGNED & NUMBERED CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT SGN ED

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Steve Peters Week 4 Life!!!

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters did a new crowdfunding campaign for his latest book. He made it. Yay Steve! As Steve said in an update: "Apparently with Crowdfundr, the campaign remains open so you can still order items from it if you missed it." 

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And Sean's has launched a new Kickstarter. You can get The Exile from your LCS too.

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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".  And if you're in Brazil...

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Heritage has SIX pages of original art, and FIVE covers (three of them are a single lot)! Kevin with the scanner's cup runneth over...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide: 

November sometime...

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'm thinking Please Hold transcripts (for realz this time Jesse, for realz...)

I wanna go Ink, so here's what I got...

Hi, Everybody!

Just spent the morning cleaning up Desk #1 (I only have four of them...):

"And this is Cerebus related HOW?!?"

Well imaginary AMOC reader who lives rent-free in my head, there's some Cerebus stuff on there. Just look closer...

But one of the things I found was a card Margaret sent me:

And my tracing paper sketch that I did to "finish it":

And then I spent an hour or so trying to combine them and redo the finished version I already made a while ago:

It was in the "wrong" folder on my external drive...

I should do something with this...

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Anyway, Dave sent stuff:

I forget where you can get James' book. Ask here.

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Larry Shell will be auctioning off two Dave Originals details as I get them. (Come on, dude's gonna lose his house...) I've gotten ONE entry to win a Manly Matt Dow Matisse original. ONE. (And he was getting one anyway...) Come on people!

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT

SIGNED & NUMBERED CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT SGN ED

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Steve Peters Week 4 Life!!!

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters did a new crowdfunding campaign for his latest book. He made it. Yay Steve! As Steve said in an update: "Apparently with Crowdfundr, the campaign remains open so you can still order items from it if you missed it." 

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And while you're frantically checking CerebusOverload.com so you can beat those other bastards to all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 goodies (There's a slabbed one at Heritage...), you should send them any High Resolution scans you have of any original art cards you might have snagged from Dave. Use this form. (Will my Matisse cover be used? Dunno. So donating to Mr. Shell might be the only way to get your hands on it...)

ANYWAY, THURSDAY NOVEMBER THIRD! You can get the Turtles #8 Ashcan (Thanks to Jesse Herndon for reminding me, and the link.)

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And Sean's has launched a new Kickstarter. You can get The Exile from your LCS too.

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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".  And if you're in Brazil...

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Heritage has SIX pages of original art, and FIVE covers (three of them are a single lot)! Kevin with the scanner's cup runneth over...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide: 

October 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'm thinking Please Hold transcripts...

More from Dave. Including NEW Art for that ONE guy...

Hi, Everybody!

More of What Dave was talking about yesterday:

You MIGHT be able to get a copy here. MIGHT.

And:

And since those aren't "Moment" enough for some of you, Dave sent this with no context:

(Click for bigger)

So...*spoilers* John Waclawski...(I guess)

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Larry Shell will be auctioning off two Dave Originals details as I get them. (Come on, dude's gonna lose his house...) I've gotten ONE entry to win a Manly Matt Dow Matisse original. ONE. (And he was getting one anyway...) Come on people!

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT

SIGNED & NUMBERED CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT SGN ED

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Steve Peters Week 4 Life!!!

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters is doing a new crowdfunding campaign for his latest book. As far as I know, he made it. Yay Steve! As Steve said in an update: "Apparently with Crowdfundr, the campaign remains open so you can still order items from it if you missed it." 

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And while you're frantically checking CerebusOverload.com so you can beat those other bastards to all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 goodies (There's a slabbed one at Heritage...), you should send them any High Resolution scans you have of any original art cards you might have snagged from Dave. Use this form. (Will my Matisse cover be used? Dunno. So donating to Mr. Shell might be the only way to get your hands on it...)

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And Sean's has launched a new Kickstarter. You can get The Exile from your LCS too.

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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".  And if you're in Brazil...

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Heritage has SIX pages of original art, and FIVE covers (three of them are a single lot)! Kevin with the scanner's cup runneth over...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide: 

October 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: MORE more from Dave....

Dave's Weekly Update #...uh, this one.

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's Weekly Update:

I know, I know..."Dave stopped doing them." Sorta:

So #1: Mike Jones to Dave:

#2: The Journey piece:

The first bit I didn't post during Please Hold For Dave Sim

The new bit from today

I'll get to the other stuff tomorrow.

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Larry Shell will be auctioning off two Dave Originals details as I get them. (Come on, dude's gonna lose his house...)

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT

SIGNED & NUMBERED CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT SGN ED

____________________________________

Steve Peters Week 4 Life!!!

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters is doing a new crowdfunding campaign for his latest book. As far as I know, he made it. Yay Steve! As Steve said in an update: "Apparently with Crowdfundr, the campaign remains open so you can still order items from it if you missed it." 

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And while you're frantically checking CerebusOverload.com so you can beat those other bastards to all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 goodies (There's a slabbed one at Heritage...), you should send them any High Resolution scans you have of any original art cards you might have snagged from Dave. Use this form. (Will my Matisse cover be used? Dunno. So donating to Mr. Shell might be the only way to get your hands on it...)

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And Sean's has launched a new Kickstarter. You can get The Exile from your LCS too.

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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".  And if you're in Brazil...

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Heritage has things...or will soon.

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide: 

October 28-30

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: More from Dave.

Dave Sim's Notebooks: Cerebus / X-Men Crossover Part 2

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.

Last week we saw three pages from Dave Sim’s seventh notebook: pages 155, 156, and 160. Though not in that order. Those pages, some of the last ones from the seventh notebook, are Dave’s notes on the Cerebus / X-Men crossover that never came to be. Though we did see some potential artwork for it on the cover to Cerebus the Newsletter #8:

Cerebus the Newsletter #8

Last week we left off with page 156, which was in a black ink and on page 157 we have blue ink, the handwriting is a bit different, and more plot points:

Notebook #7, page 157

Along with the plot points, we get Professor Xavier talking with Scott and Wolverine. One line stood out to me:

Xavier: A pure mutation of some kind, Logan - - I can detect no human genes whatsoever.

The line that puts me off is “Cerebus cowering” as I can’t picture that happening unless Prof X is controlling Cerebus. . .

The next page in the notebook the color of the pen again changes color, as if Dave worked on it at another time:

Notebook #7, page 158

About half way down the page is this bit:

X-Men Xavier: Reminds them him of that talking duck that was supposed to have appeared out of nowhere in Cleveland a few years back.

Cyclops: A mutant, sir

Xavier: In a manner of speaking. . .Actually he’s the essence of mutation itself. 

Then the next page is a few different pen colors and types, so it looks like Dave would come back to this from time to time:

Notebook #7, page 159

Looks like we finally get an explanation for aardvarks: “Cerebus is less a mutant than the recurring after effect of an omnipresent quirk in our human genetic structure.” 

Well, maybe not.

Most of the page is some more discussion of the logistics and promo work for the crossover.

Hell'o Dali #1-- On Sale NOW!

 

Benjamin Hobbs:

It's the last Wednesday of the month! Time to make your way to you LCS and pick up your copy of  Hell'o Dali #1!

Available now from Diamond: Cerebus In Hell? 2023 #1!

And the SIGNED version of Cerebus In Hell? 2023 #1!

The cover running in Previews isn't the final cover.  David Birdsong is hard at work finishing all 12 covers so CIH? 2023 can go to the printer in two months.  Here's another version of the cover, also still in progress:

Next Week: Aarkvarkian Splendor Cover Progression Part 3!

Cleaning out the Ol' AMOCave...

Hi, Everybody!

Larry Shell will be auctioning off two Dave Originals details as I get them. (Come on, dude's gonna lose his house...)

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT

SIGNED & NUMBERED CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT SGN ED

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Steve Peters Week 4 Life!!!

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters is doing a new crowdfunding campaign for his latest book. As far as I know, he made it. Yay Steve! As Steve said in an update: "Apparently with Crowdfundr, the campaign remains open so you can still order items from it if you missed it." 

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And while you're frantically checking CerebusOverload.com so you can beat those other bastards to all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 goodies (There's a slabbed one at Heritage...), you should send them any High Resolution scans you have of any original art cards you might have snagged from Dave. Use this form. (Will my Matisse cover be used? Dunno. So donating to Mr. Shell might be the only way to get your hands on it...)

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And Sean's has launched a new Kickstarter. You can get The Exile from your LCS too.

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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".  And if you're in Brazil...

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Heritage has things...or will soon.

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide: 

October 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!

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WAAAAAAYYYYY back on August 28th, I talked about all the stuff I'd gotten from the Waverly Press as part of their collaborations with Dave. And I offered it up if people needed anything.

Well, here's the list:

Cerebus Bookmarks:

Red prototype: 2

White prototype:          1 (I may have stuck some in books, but I can’t find them at the moment, so I’ma keeping this one…)

Regular:                 6

Var Wars trading cards sets: 6

Regular Cerebus #1 sticker: 2

Baby on board Sticker: 5 4

Form & Void coaster (regular) 3

Regency Notepad:         2

Pieces of Turtles 8.2 (Canadian) 5

Misprinted Spawn Regency postcard 5

Vark Wars Special Edition 3

Gold Cerebus pin         1

Pewter Cerebus pin 1 claimed

All the Regency and Spawn 10 postcards

Cerebus #1 regular version with cards 1,2,4-7, and all the other stuff  1

Cerebus #1 gold         1

High Society Notebook White 3

High Society Notebook Black 1

Spawn #10 variants:

Weird Society #53

Vault of Spawn #53

Fear of Spawn #53, #98

Haunt of Spawn #53, #98

Grandma Edition #97

Supplement         1

Hell Society #440, #547

Gah!! Colour #440, #557

Hands through bars #440, #552

Gah!! A Superhero comic #440, #552

Window #341, #344

Gold Hell Society #167, #334

Gold Gah!! Colour #167, #334

Gold Hands through bars #168, #334

Gold Gah!! A Superhero comic #168, #334

Platinum Weird Society #85, #86, #94

Platinum Fear of Spawn #85, #86, #95

Platinum Haunt of Spawn #94

Trading cards:

10-18, 19-21, 24,25

11

28-29

#31 5

#32 1

#33 6

(And I have most of a set, so if you need a specific card, I may have it…)

And then there's the stuff in the AMOC Prize Box:

I added more stuff, but COME ON! Who DOESN'T want OFFICIAL Dave Sim junk mail?

Anything tickles your fancy, momentofcerebus@gmail.com 

And remember:

Next Time: Hobbs has news. For YOU!

"That was BEFORE there WERE Prime Ministers!!"

Hi, Everybody!

Larry Shell will be auctioning off two Dave Originals details as I get them.

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Cerebus in Hell?:

CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT

SIGNED & NUMBERED CEREBUS IN HELL 2023 PREVIEW ONE SHOT SGN ED

____________________________________

Steve Peters Week 4 Life!!!

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters is doing a new crowdfunding campaign for his latest book. As far as I know, he made it. Yay Steve! As Steve said in an update: "Apparently with Crowdfundr, the campaign remains open so you can still order items from it if you missed it." 

____________________________________

And while you're frantically checking CerebusOverload.com so you can beat those other bastards to all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 goodies, you should send them any High Resolution scans you have of any original art cards you might have snagged from Dave. Use this form. (Will my Matisse cover be used? Dunno. So donating to Mr. Shell might be the only way to get your hands on it...)

____________________________________

And Sean's has launched a new Kickstarter. You can get The Exile from your LCS too.

____________________________________

Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".  And if you're in Brazil...

____________________________________

Heritage has things...or will soon.

____________________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide: 

October 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!

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So, Dave didn't send me the Monday Report like normal.

But I remembered that Dave sends them to Birdsong as well, so I asked him. But before he got back to me, I sent a fax to Dave. RIGHT as I sent it Birdsong got back to me, so I quick sent Dave a fax:

Awwwwww...

Anyway, Mondays:

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This.

Then:

Next Time: Dave tells me I have pretty eyes...