Strange Death of Alex Raymond 2023 GoFundMe Update No. IX

"Let's get another page..." 

- Philip Frey, SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe Donor

Jen DiGiacomo, shockingly still Interim Head of SDOAR Division at A-V, here with yet another weekly update on the SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe campaign (does anyone get this reference from The Daily Feed?!?)! 

• $3075 raised in 56 days from 63 donations
• 19 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from June 11 to August 2, 2021
• 40 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages!
• Only $125 away from unlocking amazing page 40!
• $925 away from unlocking SDOAR 2023 Ashcan Vol. 0 & Ashcan Vol. 1!!

>>Punto Importante<<

1. If you have not donated >> $5+ donation grants access to all 40 pages on Dropbox -- and every unlocked page moving forward! 
2. If you have donated (thank you!!!) >> GoFundMe does not have an option for monthly subscriptions. So... if you want to donate on a monthly basis, please do so as this is the "final day" of month #2.
3. GoFundMe is a dreadful communication platform -- if you haven't heard back from me, gotten access to the new pages, etc., please email me directly at jen@typingmonkeys.com
4. I am back from my L.A. escapades, but caught some non-COVID crud on the flight back, so I am behind on the top secret thing for donors -- which I am going to need to shift forward a month. Definitely more on this next week.

SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://gofund.me/4e2e1c96 <<-- SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe

Just the Fax, Ma'am: More SDOAR 2023 Rewards

Remember Philip Frey? The guy with the quote at the top of the post? No? Well, scroll back up and read what he wrote. I'll wait. 

...

Back? Good. Well, good Sir Philip unlocked a page and as his reward got the following two pieces of production from Dave. 

Jealous? Well, don't be. All you need to do is donate enough to unlock the next page (a new page unlocks every $200) and Dave will work on his next care package just for you.

(Rereading that, I used the word "well" a few too many times for my own comfort, so if it bothers you as much as it does me, trying saying it in your best Samantha Stevens voice, and it'll be fine. Well, mostly fine.)

Overpriced Pledge Items

The Cerebus Newsletter sold last week, meaning I get to add another item to the hopper to entice folks to donate even more to the SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe campaign. Hint: It's pictured above and described in detail below. If you are interested in any of the items, simply donate the recommended price below to the GFM campaign, and I'll ship it out to you for free (unless you live overseas, then we'll see what the actual shipping costs are). Note that $200 or more donations automatically get you SDOAR 2023 production art.

• $450 >> Dave Sim Original Art Card (2021): I purchased this art card during the Cerebus #2 Kickstarter campaign for $225 -- and am donating it to the campaign. Anyone who purchases this will unlock TWO pages AND receive at least four pieces of production art as thank you.
• $125 >> Dave Sim's Cerebus the Aardvark Button Set: Includes 7 buttons (sadly three are missing) which show varying levels of rust -- and the button set card. Note that these are the limited edition button set, only 99 were made. This is 23 of 99. 
• $110 >> Hermitage Awesomes Silicon Session, Prototype V 4.0 signed by Dave Sim #3/11, also inscribed by Carson Grubaugh. Hermitage Awesomes is a parody of the Heritage Auction preview books, by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh and includes an 8-page Strange Death of Alex Raymond Prequel, plus high-res images of original art by Dave and Carson.
• $40 >> Cerebus Number Zero Gold Edition: Very clean copy.

Interested? Email me at jen@typingmonkeys.com!

SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://gofund.me/4e2e1c96 <<-- SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe

I think that's all I got!

Jen 

Ciao!

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1, one, ONE, UNO, singular, more sleeps until 

I better stop, before I convince myself to try to draw a parody of Turtles 8...

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Man, that's coming up pretty quickly. How quickly? There's a pre-launch page. THAT quickly!

Two! More! Sleeps!

Hi, Everybody!

2 more sleeps until 

...Turtles 8 with the "CEREBUS HATES THIS P.R. CRAP!" thought balloon added to every panel he's in...

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Check the pre-launch page. Then after Mondays:

Dave's in TURTLES 8 MODE:

So, if you know of a Comic Book Shop, or a Comic Book Guy, that's been around since 1986, Dave would like there contact information so he can send them something like this:

And Dave also sent:

Which is your reminder that the Day After Grandpa launches his "Last Payday", he'll be calling me for the Next Please Hold For Dave Sim. So get your questions into momentofcerebus@gmail.com

Okay. See yesterday's post for the Rigamarole. I'm off to edit the AMOC TMNT 8 Launch video.

Next Time: Jen! TMNT 8! Mags! Dave!

Matt's Stupid Project #...4? 5? Let's just say I have no impulse control and more free time than I realize...

Hi, Everybody!

3 more sleeps until 

...pieces of turtles 8?...no, that'd never sell...

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Here's the pre-launch page. And they're running a contest:

Details as I know them. 

• They're producing a card set called "Visions of Turtles 8" with art by lots of cool folks. (Maybe even me!)
• They are looking for members of the Cerebus community to submit their own art ideas for a trading card that will be included in the set.
• Dave Sim is one of the judges. Our man at the Waverly Press is the other.
• Winner gets 50 copies of their card, and "a package of fun stuff including a platinum T8 ashcan"
• Contest runs until Friday, March 24th at midnight.
• Submit your entries to momentofcerebus@gmail.com

Dave faxed:

And:

*Spoilers for Christon*

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AND:

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So I had me another one of my stupid ideas.

Of course I sent it up to Dave:

Che Iguana and the rest of The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe are on sale for the next few hours:

Up to 35% off site-wide:  

February 26.

Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off 

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Next Time: Mondays.

Turtles 8 Updates, and a contest.

Hi, Everybody!

4 more sleeps until 

Maybe I COULD get these printed...but WHAT would I put inside...

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Be sure to hit the pre-launch page. So you don't miss out.

Speaking of the Turtles 8 Kickstarter, The Waverly Press is holding a contest attached to it. Details as I know them. So far:

• They're producing a card set called "Visions of Turtles 8" with art by lots of cool folks. (Maybe even me!)
• They are looking for members of the Cerebus community to submit their own art ideas for a trading card that will be included in the set.
• Dave Sim is one of the judges. Our man at the Waverly Press is the other.
• Winner gets 50 copies of their card, and "a package of fun stuff including a platinum T8 ashcan"
• Contest runs the Friday, March 24th at midnight.
• Submit your entries to momentofcerebus@gmail.com

Also Speaking of Turtles 8, Dave's been busy. TO THE AMOCFax Robin:

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I know, I know Margaret, you wanna see bigger...

Here's what's on the drawing board:

Here's a Turtles variant on the wall:

And here's a scoop on Jen:

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If you have not purchased one of these:

You totally should.

Here's how to get yours:

1. Go to www.paypal.com and PayPal Bill directly at - billmessnerloebs@gmail.com if you don't have PayPal, or PM me (Mike Jones).
2. The amount is $50 each (we pay postage in the U.S.)
3. Pay all Paypal fees or use "friends/family" to avoid fees.
4. IMPORTANT! Include on PayPal, your mailing address.
5. Sit back and wait for your print....maybe get a frame ready.
6. First come first serve until all prints are gone. All money goes directly to Bill.

Thanks for your support.

Supplies are limited (I think. I dunno, I'm "Go-and-see-if-they're-interested-in-this-Wise-Fella" not "Let's-plan-the-conquest-of-Estarcion-Wise-Fella"...)

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Cerebus in Hell?

CIH PRESENTS AVERSIONS #1 also available Signed by Dave. 

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Physical copies of Cerebus Archives on CerebusDownloads.com

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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..., "Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video", "AND AN AARDVARK IN A PEAR TREE!!!" 

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Heritage has a bunch of neat original art.

____________________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:  

February 25 - 26.

Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off 

___________________________________

Next Time: I got more faxes...

Trilemma (Dave's weekly update #476)

Hi, Everybody!

5 more sleeps until 

I told Dave that the Weekly Updates for March better ALL be about the TMNT 8 Kickstarter...

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Man, that's coming up pretty quickly. How quickly? There's a pre-launch page. THAT quickly!

Dave's Weekly Update:

Problems viewing this video? Watch directly on YouTube...

___________________________________

If you have not purchased one of these:

You totally should.

Here's how to get yours:

1. Go to www.paypal.com and PayPal Bill directly at - billmessnerloebs@gmail.com if you don't have PayPal, or PM me (Mike Jones).
2. The amount is $50 each (we pay postage in the U.S.)
3. Pay all Paypal fees or use "friends/family" to avoid fees.
4. IMPORTANT! Include on PayPal, your mailing address.
5. Sit back and wait for your print....maybe get a frame ready.
6. First come first serve until all prints are gone. All money goes directly to Bill.

Thanks for your support.

Supplies are limited (I think. I dunno, I'm "Go-and-see-if-they're-interested-in-this-Wise-Fella" not "Let's-plan-the-conquest-of-Estarcion-Wise-Fella"...)

___________________________________

Cerebus in Hell?

CIH PRESENTS AVERSIONS #1 also available Signed by Dave. 

___________________________________

Physical copies of Cerebus Archives on CerebusDownloads.com

____________________________________

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", "AND AN AARDVARK IN A PEAR TREE!!!" 

____________________________________

Heritage has a bunch of neat original art.

____________________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:  

February 24 - 26.

Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off 

___________________________________

Next Time: Dave's been a faxin'...

Cerebus Live!

MARGARET LISS:

The fanzine Cerebus The Newsletter was originally published by Fred Patten and then by Aardvark-Vanaheim from January 1981 to October 1985 and ran for 13 issues. After asking Fred Patten and Dave Sim if I could use the name of the previous fanzine, Jeff Tundis and I started anew in 2009 with issue #14. I published issues #14 through 21, which was released in November 2011. Below is an article that I wrote for the Cerebus The Newsletter . Mostly you're seeing this as I went to 4 hockey games over the course of the last three days, and I'm tired from sitting and watching so much hockey.

The first CEREBUS Live! segment was just Dave Sim, a microphone and a slide show. At the Victory Cafe in Toronto, in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on May 28, 2005, Dave performed several segments from CEREBUS. Using a slide show for visual aids, Dave did the voice acting for several characters. The segments he did were "Night in Iest" from issue #46, the Alec and Bacchus meeting from issue #205, the Swoon and Snuff encounter from issue #167, the mongoose "incidents" from issue #211, the Spore and Todd McSpawn baby throwing scene from issue #276, and a scene from issue #295 of Cerebus trying to get the veto lifted to see his son.

The second CEREBUS Live would wait until the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (aka: SPACE) in April 2007. The CEREBUS Yahoo!Group was getting ready for their 6th annual meeting and Jeff Tundis was working on things for the group to do. He talked to Dave Sim and the two of them discussed doing a follow-up to Dave's CEREBUS Live! at the TCAF after dinner with the group at the Sausage Haus. From my blog entry:

After the interview, everyone pulled out their High Society phonebooks. Dave called me over and said we should do the short story " The Goat" from High Society.  So Dave played Lord Julius and I was the Abbess.  We did a "walk through" then we recorded a take. It was pretty fun, and I did all I could do to not laugh - just focus on my next line. For Dave plays a great Julius. It was fun trying to keep up with him.

From left to right: Lenny, JeffT, Dave Sim and Matt Dow during CEREBUS Live! II

The next reading was an Elrod scene that Jeff S wanted to do and it involved Jeff S as Elrod, Jeff T as Cerebus, Chris W as the Cockroach and myself as Astoria in Three Days Before. Everyone did a pretty dang good job, now I'll be hearing their voices in my head as those characters. Dave and Margaret also did the bit from High Society called Goat, when Lord Julius brought his "candidate" to the Abbess. The last installment was Summit Enchanted Evening with Dave reprising his Lord Julius role, Jeff T as Cerebus, Lenny as Duke Leonardi and Matt as the Army Commander. It was hilarious. During the walk through everyone was laughing like madman. And yes, there were some outtakes.

The next year at SPACE the CEREBUS Yahoo!Group performed a more ambitious CEREBUS Live! reading with CEREBUS Live! III that had a lot more segments and readings. Dave Sim participated again as Lord Julius in the reading of "Exodus". Yes, that is right: the group read the entirety of issue #51 in all of its hilarity. The list of segments includes a lot of bits from Guys (part one and part two), the Carroll E. King Reads bit from issue #59, "Anything Done For The First Time Unleashes A Demon", "The Merchant and the Cockroach", "All Lined Up" (part one and part two), "A Valuable Lesson", "The Origin of the Wolveroach", and the aforementioned "Exodus". From my blog entry on that year's SPACE get together:

With dinner cooked, Jeff T started handing out plates and pretty soon the tables were full of Cerebites, Dave and the Day Prize winners eating pasta. With the conclusion of dinner, and on full bellies, we talked about what to do for Cerebus Live! III. We knew that Cerebus #51 was to be  one of the "skits", so parts were given out. I had opened up the issue and did the line "And bad health ain't the worst of it, y'know? I've always had troubles with women - no luck with women at all. . ." from Lord Rodney and the next thing I know, I'm Lord Rodney. Jeff T recorded the skits on audio and video, and when he manages to get two free minutes (or more!) he'll edit them and put them on YouTube as he did with Cerebus Live! II.

Two of the highlights of Cerebus Live! III? Jeff and myself doing the baby throwing scene from Church & State I ("my baby! my baby!" "You're welcome.") and Jeff just doing page after page of Cerebus' internal dialogue from Guys - you know when everyone, except Cerebus, heads South, and then the voices in Cerebus' head start to talk to each other? Yeah, it was great - he had the timing down pat, like he practiced or something. Heh.

When the CEREBUS Yahoo!Group met up the next year for CEREBUS Live! IV, Dave would not be in attendance. His absence was duly noted, as his impression of Lord Julius could not be surpassed by anyone in the group. All the Lord Julius scenes the group thought of doing were nixed in deference to Dave. 

CEREBUS Live! IV was the first that the group performed in front of an audience. Kind of. CEREBUS Live! IV was given a spot on the programming list at SPACE, and use of the programming room for an hour. The panel before the group was to go on carried over their time limit just a bit, so it was off to a late start to read the selections from issue 7, 44, 68, 81, 84, 116, 133, 134 and 268 and some had to be skipped. From my blog entry for it:

At 3pm Cerebus Live IV had the panel room, and Tundis had sat up the video display to project panels from the issues that we were about to read out loud. We read issue #7 (Elrod, Cerebus and some kid in a bunny suit), issue #44 (wuffawuffawuffa and white lighting), some bits from Church & State (“one less mouth to feed” and “Praise conflict”) and some from Jaka’s Story (“Listen. Kid. Cerebus is in love with your wife.” and “I’m Mrs. Thatcher”). I thought it went pretty well – some good laughs.

This year at SPACE, the CEREBUS Yahoo!Group will be performing CEREBUS Live! V.  The event will once again be a panel on the programming list, the selected segments to be read this year: Church & State II excerpt: pages 675-708.  Jaka's Story excerpt: pages 324-352.  Melmoth excerpt:  pages 50-54, 62-68, and 76-87. Women excerpt:  pages 35-39, 45, 46, 48, 49, 58, 59, 94-97 and perhaps 119-121 and 125-126.

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6 more sleeps until 

It's a joke Margaret! Quit calling Dave and asking for a signed copy!

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Man, that's coming up pretty quickly. How quickly? There's a pre-launch page. THAT quickly!

Cancel America #1 at your LCS... TODAY!

Benjamin Hobbs:

 

First, Matt:
 

7 more sleeps until 

Hobbs would have done a better job...

from The Waverly Press Kickstarter launches:

Man, that's coming up pretty quickly. How quickly? There's a pre-launch page. THAT quickly!

Then:

Today is the last Wednesday of the month! An ALL NEW CIH? is at your LCS! Hurry in TODAY to pick up YOUR copy of CANCEL AMERICA #1! Signed and Unsigned!

Now available to order from Diamond, THE AVERSIONS #1! Available in Regular and Signed editions:  

Next Week: ZERO mo' sleeps! TMNT8 LAUNCHES!