Sunday 10 December 2023

THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE PLEASE HOLD FOR DAVE SIM CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

Hi, Everybody!

LIVE FROM KITCHENER ONTARIO, CANADA AND TWO RIVERS WISCONSIN USA: IT’S THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE PLEASE HOLD FOR DAVE SIM CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

First the Audio:

Then the video:

FEATURING:
THE LATE, GREAT, JEFF SEILER!

LANK STEPHENS!

MICHAEL DE SANTIS!
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY JAMES BANDERAS-SMITH!

ROB SNELL!
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY MARGARET LISS!

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY EDDIE KHANNA!

CHRIS WOERNER!
AARON WOOD (CARTOONIST) (SORTA) & JOE GABBARD!

AARON WOOD (CARTOONIST)!

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY
EDDIE KAHANNA!

MICHAEL R. OF EASTON PENNSYLVANIA!

Next Time: I'm posting this after midnight. This might be all you get, I's tired...

Friday 8 December 2023

Hermits a huge smash in Honolulu (Dave's weekly update #516)

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's Weekly Update, Part 1 (A Fistful of Hermits),  Part 2 (For a Few Hermits More) And now the "EPIC CONCLUSION OF THE HERMAN TRILOGY": The Good, The Bad, and The Drummers:
Rigamarole:
The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

December 8-18 and December 25-29.
___________________________
Heritage has a few Dave Sim/Cerebus items. Including a thing I didn't realize Dave didn't have..
__________________________
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me.
___________________________
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
___________________________
Larry Shell could use a hand. (I still haven't heard about where/when Dave's donation is getting sold.)
___________________________
The Last Day Without nothing.
   "      "     "        "  Dave's signature.
   "      "     "        "  an Old Cerebus Remarque
   "      "     "     Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques
___________________________
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..."Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video". 
___________________________
Next Time: The 2023 Please Hold For Dave Sim Christmas Spectacular!

Thursday 7 December 2023

Dave's Response to a Letter?

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 have only seen pages from Dave Sim’s 26th notebook seven times, less than once per year since I’ve been doing this column. This notebook only had 58 pages scanned and 37 blank pages out of the 100 pages marked on the cover. The rest of the pages were missing. That and many of the pages are walls of text are probably why we haven’t seen too much from it. The notebook covers Cerebus #224 through 230. The last time we saw pages from it was in May of 2022 in Dave Talking with Cerebus from Cerebus #229. 

https://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2022/05/dave-talking-with-cerebus-from-cerebus.html

So I figured I showed you some of those pages which are as I like to call them ‘walls of text’. Though this is a bit different than what is in the rest of the notebook. This appears to be a response to a letter Dave received, and Dave’s response starts on the last page of the notebook and goes backwards:

Notebook #26, page 94

Notebook #26, page 93

Notebook #26, page 92

Notebook #26, page 91

And then just the top bit from page 90:

Notebook #26, page 90

Does anyone know if this was published in Aardvark Comment as I don’t think it became a Note from the President?

As for the content of Dave's response, I leave that to you to read and feel / think about.


Wednesday 6 December 2023

Cerebus in A.I. Hell Part 5: Panels

Benjamin Hobbs:

The A.I. image generator spat out some two panel sequences for me, featuring Aardvarks and Kinda-Sorta Dore looking figures.  I put in a two panel sequence from Cerebus In Hell? to use as the seed image. This is what was generated.  As far as I can tell there aren't any real words here, or even letters.  


That pig looks SOOOOO guilty. Of something.
The three little Aardvarks?

This guy looks more like a Gorilla than an Aardvark.
The guy in the first panel might have an Aardvark's ear.
Next Week: More panels

Tuesday 5 December 2023

SDoAR GoFundMe Update No. 49: Crossing the Pond

Quick update this week as I am about to hop on a plane to London, which Dave oddly thinks AMOCers would find interesting. Not the hopping on the plane bit. Lots of people do that. But the why I'll be in England and Wales. My sense is no one really cares about what I'm doing, unless it relates to SDOAR, Dave Sim, and/or Cerebus. 

But since Dave thought it might not be a horrible idea, here's our exchange on the topic...

I don't know. A Welsh television pilot?!? Cachu Hwch!

A few more tweaks in progress on the final PDF files for Alfonso, so bear with us as we continue to fine tune the Giant-Size Ashcans. 

Awkward segue to... you know how I always like to turn the opening into a reason to donate to the SDoAR GoFundMe? Well, allow me to give a shoutout to this past week's donors:
  • John Slevin
  • Larry Wooten
  • Bill Ritter
  • James Moore
Thanks for pushing us closer to our next unlocked page. Speaking of which, why not give to The Strange Death of Alex Raymond 2023 and maybe help us unlock that aforementioned page!

SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023

Just the Facts, Ma'am

  • $10,100.00 raised to date from 162 donations
  • 54 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from 11 June to 02 November 2021
  • 75 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages
  • Only $100.00 away from unlocking page 76
  • If you have not donated >> $5+ donation grants access to all 75 pages and all pages moving forward! 
  • If you have donated (thanks!!) >>  But if you want to donate on a monthly basis, please do so as this is the beginning of month #12.
SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023

SDOAR Pages, Part XV
Below is the tenth completely new page that will be in The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Giant Size Ashcan #1. 

Haven't been keeping up with the pages? 
Reminder: The image above is *neither* the restored *nor* the remastered page, just what I cleaned up as lo-res files for Dropbox. 

Happy Krampusnacht!

x

Jen


SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->>
 https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023 <<-- SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe

Monday 4 December 2023

More stuff from the depths of the AMOC Mailbag

Hi, Everybody!

So cleaning out the AMOC mailbag, I found an email from Eddie Khanna with what Cerebus stuff Diamond has in stock. It was a few months old, so I asked him for an updated version if he had one.

He did.
CEREBUS TP VOL 02 HIGH SOCIETY REMASTERED ED NEW PTG 1179
CEREBUS TP VOL 03 CHURCH & STATE I REMASTERED ED 1518
CEREBUS TP VOL 04 CHURCH & STATE II REMASTERED ED 169
CEREBUS TP VOL 05 JAKAS STORY REMASTERED ED 180
CEREBUS TP VOL 06 MELMOTH 15
CEREBUS TP VOL 08 WOMEN 108
CEREBUS TP VOL 09 READS 1668
CEREBUS TP VOL 10 MINDS REMASTERED ED 1543
CEREBUS TP VOL 12 RICKS STORY 92
CEREBUS TP VOL 13 GOING HOME REMASTERED ED  1542
CEREBUS TP VOL 14 FORM & VOID REMASTERED ED  12
CEREBUS TP VOL 15 LATTER DAYS 8
CEREBUS TP VOL 16 THE LAST DAY NEW PTG 12

AV TEAM UP CEREBUS & WOMAN THING ONE SHOT 30
CIH PRESENTS AARDVARKIAN SPLENDOUR ONE SHOT 38
CIH PRESENTS AARDVARKIAN SPLENDOUR ONE SHOT SGN ED 6
CIH PRESENTS AVERSIONS ONE SHOT 35
CIH PRESENTS FLAILING AT LOVE ONE SHOT 39
CIH PRESENTS HELL BOT ONE SHOT 4
CIH PRESENTS HELL BOT ONE SHOT SGN ED 4
CIH PRESENTS NEW VARKS ONE SHOT  68
CIH PRESENTS SHE-AVERSIONS ONE SHOT  50
CIH PRESENTS SHE-AVERSIONS ONE SHOT SGN ED 2
CIH PRESENTS SPORE BATVARK ONE SHOT  63
CIH PRESENTS SPORE BATVARK ONE SHOT SGN ED  8
CIH PRESENTS WAR IN HELL ONE SHOT 21
CIH PRESENTS WAR IN HELL ONE SHOT SGN ED 3
CIH PRESENTS WILD PIGS ONE SHOT SGN ED  4
DAVE SIM COLLECTED LETTERS VOL 02 28
SILVER CEREBUS ONE SHOT 2
SWORDS OF CEREBUS IN HELL TP VOL 03 12
SWORDS OF CEREBUS IN HELL TP VOL 04 9
SWORDS OF CEREBUS IN HELL TP VOL 05 22
SWORDS OF CEREBUS IN HELL TP VOL 09  16
SWORDS OF CEREBUS IN HELL TP VOL 10  6
Notice anything?

That's right. Cerebus volume 1, Flight, and Guys are currently out of stock at Diamond. 

Now, there MAY be copies at the off site storage of Aardvark-Vanaheim.

And if there aren't, given the hassle with getting The Last Day back in print, I don't see Dave paying to print anything besides maybe Cerebus volume 1.

And if he does, I dunno if there will be a Waverly Press Hard Cover.

I guess I'll ask Dave on Thursday when we do the Deember 2023 Please Hold For Dave Sim. I got a buttload of questions, but there's always room for more. momentofcerebus@gmail.com

And, Mondays!
And...
Birdsong sent me this:

Rigamarole:
The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

December 4-18 and December 25-29.
___________________________
Heritage has a few Dave Sim/Cerebus items. Including a thing I didn't realize Dave didn't have..
__________________________
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me.
___________________________
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
___________________________
Larry Shell could use a hand. (I still haven't heard about where/when Dave's donation is getting sold.)
___________________________
The Last Day Without nothing.
   "      "     "        "  Dave's signature.
   "      "     "        "  an Old Cerebus Remarque
   "      "     "     Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques
___________________________
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..."Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video". 
___________________________
Next Time: Jen SWEARS it wasn't an iPhone, but she ain't foolin' anybody...

Sunday 3 December 2023

New art, some by Dave, some by others

Hi, Everybody!

Cleaning out the ol' AMOC Mailbag:
















This one is Hobbs'.

This one is Eddie Khanna's.

God Damn it Jen! Don't show 'em that picture!!!






Dave's talking about this.

Well, there's a week or two's worth of Moments.

Next Time: Monday, more crap from the slush pile...

Friday 1 December 2023

Hermits feud with the Stones (Dave's weekly update #515)

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's Weekly Update, Part 1 (last week) and now Part 2:
Rigamarole:
The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

December 1-18 and December 25-29.
___________________________
Heritage has a few Dave Sim/Cerebus items. Including a thing I didn't realize Dave didn't have..
__________________________
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me.
___________________________
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
___________________________
Larry Shell could use a hand. (I still haven't heard about where/when Dave's donation is getting sold.)
___________________________
The Last Day Without nothing.
   "      "     "        "  Dave's signature.
   "      "     "        "  an Old Cerebus Remarque
   "      "     "     Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques
___________________________
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..."Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video". 
___________________________
Next Time: I dunno, I'm not working the regular job, so maybe something a little more substantial than usual?

Thursday 30 November 2023

Tavern Tramps and Thesbians

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.

Covering Cerebus #213 through 241 with only 96 pages scanned in, Dave Sim’s 25th notebook used in the making of Cerebus was last scene here at AMoC in February of 2022 in Rick’s Arm Healed.

On page 29 there is a sketch of Rick playing five bar gate. Though he is wearing a sweater that looks a lot like the sweater Bear was wearing when he played against Cerebus.  And while Rick does show up at the end of Guys, he doesn’t play Five Bar Gate against Cerebus.

Notebook #25, page 29

The next wo pages have issue numbers along the top of them. The page on the left below shows page 30 of the notebook and has #217 along the top of it.

Notebook #25, page 30 (left) & 31 (right)

The dialogue seems like a first draft of the dialogue that appears on page 10 of Cerebus #217 (page 358 in Guys).  From the notebook, all Cerebus talking to himself about Joanne:

Where is she? She’s always here just after sundown

Well what did Cerebus expect from a tavern tramp

Cerebus should marry her

Cerebus never should’ve had anything to do with her

“where’ve you been” that’s what Cerebus is going to ask

Oh, aye and be just like Fred

Cerebus should tell her to get lost

Cerebus should stay here 

Cerebus should go

(getting her glass of white wine)

Where is she?

Instead of that, we get Cerebus thinking worse and worse things about what could’ve happened to Joanne and Cerebus pouring her glass of wine back into the bottle. 

On page 30 that along the top is labeled ‘end 218’ we get more Joanne and Cerebus dialogue. This dialogue doesn’t appear in the finished comic either:

Joanne: My Dad. I guess he was one of your biggest followers. Said you brought the church back from the brink. I feel sorry for him. I mean everything he believed in. I guess my mother told him I was sleeping with you. Now he just. . .drinks. . .all day. Calls us names. Terrible names. He just doesn’t understand. That things are different now.

Then under the sketch the rest of the dialogue:

Joanne: What a DAY! I went to the Star Child with my girl friend

Cerebus thinking: Tavern tramp

Joanne: And we met this old boyfriend of mine, Viktor.

Cerebus thinking: She slept with him. She and her girlfriend. Tramps! They’re tramps

The finished dialogue that the above appears based off starts on page 12 of Cerebus #217.  The sketch in the middle of the page reminds me of Jaka walking through one of the villages to the clothing hut while Cerebus follows behind her. It may say 219 beside it, but the only thing it could be from that issue is part of the dream sequence. Perhaps from the wedding scene when Cerebus is beside Joanne in her wedding dress and everyone is looking at them and cheering. 





Wednesday 29 November 2023

Spore Batvark #380 in stores TODAY!

Benjamin Hobbs:

It's the last Wednesday of the month... time to rush to your LCS and pick up your copy of Spore Batvark #380 Guest Starring Michael R.! Available in signed and Unsigned!


Michael R. sent in these pictures of himself with Spore Batvark #380.  HOW did he manage to get to two different stores in two different states for the release of Spore Batvark #380?  Industry secrets!



Next Time: A.I. Generated CIH? panels?