Saturday 31 December 2022

Exclusive new Dave art for the LAST post on AMOC....................................of 2022 Mike! OF 2022!!!

Hi, Everybody!

60 more sleeps until the Remastered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:
Holiday Bundles of the stuff the Waverly Press has made in conjunction with Aardvark-Vanaheim are still available. 

So, IF Dave and I were to Please Hold For Dave Sim again, we'd be doing it next Thursday. BUT, Dave didn't answer if last Please Hold was the LAST Please Hold, so I have NO IDEA if we're ever doing it again...
IF we do, this is the strip...

BUT, that doesn't mean we aren't, so if you gotta burning question for the Dave Sim, email it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com...
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Dave did this:
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Dave sent me this:

Pretty sure this was from a dream. I think if Alan Moore and Steve Bissette made up, we'd have heard about it...



But what do I know?

Happy New Year!

Next Time: New Year, Same old Bullsh*t...

Friday 30 December 2022

The Shadow meets his Death (Dave's weekly update #468)

Hi, Everybody!

61 more sleeps until the Remastered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:
Holiday Bundles of the stuff the Waverly Press has made in conjunction with Aardvark-Vanaheim are still available. 

Anyway, continuing from Last Week?
Dave's Weekly Update:
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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". If you're in Brazil... And now on Mometu.
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Heritage has a bunch of neat original art.
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Up to 35% off site-wide: 
For a little under a day...
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: Hey LOOK! It's an Aardvark!

Thursday 29 December 2022

Layouts for Page #11 of Cerebus #114

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.

We last saw Dave Sim’s 13th notebook, which covers Cerebus #112/113, this past February in Sketches of Young Jaka, where we saw the notebook also had some pages that covered Cerebus #114. Back in August of 2021 we saw page 82 of the notebook that has the layout of page 9 from Cerebus #114.

Well, the next page of the notebook doesn’t cover the next page of Cerebus #114, but of the art that stretches across page 16 & 17, aka Jaka’s Story page 26 & 27.  You can see on both sides of the sketch where Dave put lines for where the two long text boxes would be – the one on the far left is a an actual box and the one on the right is just a line.

Notebook #13, page 83
Cerebus #114, page 16 & 17 artwork

Gerhard’s backgrounds at once change a little bit about the sketch Dave did, and still kept the core aspects: Jaka on Magic with the sun behind her while Missy, leaning against something, watches Jaka, with Nurse sitting on the bench behind them both. 

Lower on the page is the layout for page 11. The actual page has the same six panel layout, with almost the text – Jaka’s dialogue in the last panel, “If you don’t want it’, isn’t in the finished page, and Rick’s dialogue on that panel is slightly different. But for a quick sketch, pretty similar to the finished page.

Cerebus #114, page 11
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62 more sleeps:



Wednesday 28 December 2022

Giant-Size Aardvark-Vanaheim Three-Wheeler Long-Winded Title Logo Annual ON SALE TODAY!

Hi, Everybody!

63 sleeps:


Anyway,
Benjamin Hobbs:

Giant-Size Aardvark-Vanaheim Three-Wheeler Long-Winded Title Logo Annual is at your LCS today! Hurry down there and let them know you'd like your copy! Hopefully, the clerk will still be listening when you finish saying the title:

Now Available from Diamond:   

And the Signed version (it's technically a variant cover):


Next Week: It's a brand New year! More CIH? fun!

Tuesday 27 December 2022

Rare Bit Fiends Preview (if the Veitchmonster runs it.) AKA: Dave Dreams

Hi, Everybody!

If you know the words, SING ALONG:
64 more sleeps until the Remastered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:
Holiday Bundles of the stuff the Waverly Press has made in conjunction with Aardvark-Vanaheim are still available. 

Dave faxed:
Which ties into this that I got from "Dave" last week:

You can throw money at Rick Veitch here. (I recommend Bratpack and The Maximortal. And Rare Bit Fiends.)
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Heritage has many Dave Sim/Cerebus/Strange Death of Alex Raymond items.
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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". If you're in Brazil... And now on Mometu.
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Up to 35% off site-wide: 
Next 48-ish hours.
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: Hobbs had a dream too...

Monday 26 December 2022

Dave Sim the Barbarian?

Hi, Everybody!

65 more sleeps until the Remastered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Holiday Bundles of the stuff the Waverly Press has made in conjunction with Aardvark-Vanaheim are still available. 

Speaking of the Waverly Press, I got a message on the 22nd, that Richard Johnston replied to my comment on a post he did about the High Society Regency Edition.

My comment was:
Geez Rich, if you're gonna swipe my stuff, maybe reach out and ask for clarification, huh? http://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2020/08/clearing-some-things-up.html
And Richard's reply is:
I didn't swipe, I credited and linked.
I only mention it now, because there's nearly two and a half YEARS between my comment and his reply. Which means if I post a reply, I can look forward to his return volley sometime around my birthday in 2025...
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The Ol' AMOC Mailbag received from Travis:
Hi Matt,

Was just reading a comic from 1986 and thought the artist may have been going for a Dave-Sim-as-barbarian look to the character. Thought you may enjoy it.




I mean the guy certainly as a "Dave" quality to him, doesn't he?
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Heritage has many Dave Sim/Cerebus/Strange Death of Alex Raymond items.
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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". If you're in Brazil... And now on Mometu.
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Up to 35% off site-wide: 
Next 72-ish hours.
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: Gerhard the Wizard? Carson the Bard? Wait, are we REALLY doing a D&D riff?

Sunday 25 December 2022

Happy Christmas! Merry New Year! Or whatever...

Hi, Everybody!

66 more sleeps until the Remastered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Swing on over and buy a Holiday Bundle for your loved ones.



Next Time: I steal more stuff from Margaret... Okay girls, cue up "Die Hard"!

Saturday 24 December 2022

Who's Got Money?

Hi, Everybody!

67 more sleeps:
Coming soon to The Waverly PressHoliday Bundles still available if you're interested.

Okay,
Who's Got Money?
Heritage has many Dave Sim/Cerebus/Strange Death of Alex Raymond items. So I ask again:

Who's Got Money?


Oh no you @#%&ING don't. Kevin Eastman's ORIGINAL cover Painting to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8. Current bid: $26,000!

Well, since you don't have the price of a new car laying around...

Who's Got Money? 2


Cerebus #26 page 1. Pretty iconic. First page of the second volume of Cerebus. Current bid: $2,200!

That's almost attainable.

Who's Got Money? 3


Cerebus #27 page 8. Cerebus leaves the McGrew brothers to deliver his ransom message. Signed by Dave "to Glen". Current bid: $410. That's reasonable.

Who's Got Money? 4


Cerebus #16 page 3. I'm winning this one until one of you moneybag bastards reads this and decides to shit in my cornflakes. Current bid: $40 (but that's gonna change before I type the next "Who's Got Money?"...) It's even signed by Dave...to "Glen". It even ties into something Dave sent me the week:
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Who's Got Money? 5



Dave Sim and Gerhard Cerebus #234 page 4. This is a pretty good one. It's signed by Dave AND Gerhard: "Best Wishes to Darren 13 November 01". Current bid: $210

Who's Got Money? 6


Dave Sim "Journey" Parody Wolverine MacAlistaire and Cerebus Illustration. We've talked about this in the past. How can you get one of the 50 prints Mike Jones made?
The prints are currently available to William Messner-Loebs’ Patrons only. Become a Patron and get yours while they last. Only 50 prints were made. www.patreon.com/billmessnerloebs
Current bid: $210

Bullshit, you ain't got money still...


Cerebus #1 graded 8.0. One of the most recent copies in this grade they auctioned, sold for $8,610. Just sayin'. Current bid: $500

But if you DID have money...


Dave Sim Quack #4 and #5 "The Beavers" Story Pages Group of 6. Six pages of original art from the two stories in Quack #s 4 and 5. Current bid: $52

But if you DID have money... 2


Complete 7-Page Story "On The Back Of A Pro" Original Art. The complete parody of T. Casey Brennan's story On the Wings of a Bird. Current bid: $92

But if you did have money... 3


The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Story Page 119. One of Carson's pages from SDOAR. Current bid: $42

But if you did have money... 4


You Don't Know Jack: Two-Fisted Comic Store Manager! Story Page 32. Carson told me he sent a bunch of his SDOAR and You Don't Know Jack! pages to Heritage, so if you're looking for one, you might be able to pick one up for a decent price. Current bid: $92
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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". If you're in Brazil... And now on Mometu.
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Up to 35% off site-wide: 
For the next day or so.
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: Christmas Time It's Christmas Time.

Friday 23 December 2022

The Shadow knows (Dave's weekly update #467)

Hi, Everybody!

68 sleeps:

Coming soon to The Waverly PressHoliday Bundles still available if you're interested.

Anyway,
Dave's Weekly Update:
I...Wha?...Okay.
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The cover is a parody of:

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FIVE HOURS left for Living The Line's Kickstarter for CENTRALIA by Miel Vandepitte.  
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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". If you're in Brazil... And now on Mometu.
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Heritage has a bunch of neat original art.
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Up to 35% off site-wide: 
Not tonight dear, I have a headache...
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: Who's got money?