A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: October 2023

Tuesday 31 October 2023

SDoAR 44: Giant-Size Ashcan #0 Restored Edition Inches Forward

Yup, you read that right. Jen actually made some progress in the past week.

Giant-Size Ashcan #0, Restored Edition edits are complete!

Next up is a final review of Giant-Size Ashcan #1, Restored and Remastered Editions, then all that's left is getting #0, Remastered Edition finalized, then getting everything printed as proofs.

GoFundMe Tote Board

*ZERO* new pages unlocked since last week.
$9507.00 raised from 151 donations.
51 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from 11 June to 29 October 2021
72 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages
Only $93.00 away from unlocking page 73
If you have not donated >> $5+ donation grants access to all 72 pages and all pages moving forward!
If you have donated (thanks!!) >> 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 #10.

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

SDOAR Pages, Part X

Below is the fifth 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?

The blue pages! Bring me the blue pages! Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V
Show me the new stuff! Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII; Part IX

Reminder: The image below is *neither* the restored *nor* the remastered page, just what I cleaned up as lo-res files for Dropbox.

That's all I got this week! Happy Halloween!

Jen

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

Monday 30 October 2023

Not Judy, I'll tell ya that much for free...

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays!

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I got nothing...

Um...

'82 back matter?

Click for bigger

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Dave's calling me on Thursday for the November Please Hold, so if you got a question: momentofcerebus@gmail.com

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The Waverly Press is running a sale until Friday(?). 25% off everything with code FALL. Enter it at checkout to save some cash. AND, on their eBay page, they're selling "rarities and B-stock" from their Archive that's been found in the "warehouse" (think the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...) as they move. And they gots a Kickstarter for a book that's gonna be a similar level of quality to the 1982 Tour Book (comin' soonish)

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Narutobus Page 6 is live. And the Wolverroach Triptych is live too:

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MarvelManVark
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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

On sale:

November something.

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The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me.

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.

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Larry Shell could use a hand. (I still haven't heard about where/when Dave's donation is getting sold.)

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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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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".

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Next Time: Jen ain't gonna talk about Judy neither...

Sunday 29 October 2023

Gerhard's hunting wabbits

Hi, Everybody!

Paul Slade sent in:

https://gerhardart.com/back-from-licaf/

Gerhard did a gorgeous Beatrix Potter piece for the recent Lakes International Comics Art Festival. Watch the animated GIF above to see the little surprise he added at the end.

Page 45, the Nottingham comics shop sponsoring his appearance, printed up some postcards zeroing in on the crucial section. That’s the crop you see as the GIF concludes.
Paul

Here's the bit at the end:

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

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Anywho, Dave's calling me on Thursday for the November Please Hold, so if you got a question: momentofcerebus@gmail.com

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The Waverly Press is running a sale for the next week. 25% off everything with code FALL. Enter it at checkout to save some cash.

AND, on their eBay page, they're selling "rarities and B-stock" from their Archive that's been found in the "warehouse" (think the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...) as they move.

And they gots a Kickstarter for a book that's gonna be a similar level of quality to the 1982 Tour Book (comin' soonish)

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Narutobus Page 6 is live. And the Wolverroach Triptych is live too:

__________________________

MarvelManVark
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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

On sale:

October 29.

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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.)

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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Next Time: I ain't gonna talk about Judy...

Saturday 28 October 2023

"SWEAR COMPLETE AND EVER-LASTING LOYALTY TO MY THUMB!"

Hi, Everybody!

This.

Then: (click for bigger)

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The Waverly Press and their blank T8 covers, they're running a sale for the next week. 25% off everything with code FALL. Enter it at checkout to save some cash.

AND, on their eBay page, they're selling "rarities and B-stock" from their Archive that's been found in the "warehouse" (think the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...) as they move.

And they gots a Kickstarter for a book that's gonna be a similar level of quality to the 1982 Tour Book (comin' soonish)

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Narutobus Page 6 is live. And the Wolverroach Triptych is live too:

Me and Dave will be talking on Thursday, so if you got one of them there "Please Hold Fer Davey Sim" questions, ya might wanna send it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com before I send the fax on Wednesday...

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MarvelManVark
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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

On sale:

October 28-29.

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The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me.

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.

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Larry Shell could use a hand. (I still haven't heard about where/when Dave's donation is getting sold.)

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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Next Time: Ghosts and Goblins and Aardvarks?

Friday 27 October 2023

Robots (Dave's weekly update #510)

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's Weekly Update:

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

So I made a template for Akimbo Covers so everybody could try to be Dave. Well Christon sent in:

Hey Manly,
So I gave it a shot using your template. In my mind, I saw something awesome. Unfortunately, my crayons were not wanting to participate very well for me.

Christon

I sent it to Dave:

I happened to find the original:

I sent it up to Dave:

Anyway, Dave took a "stab" at it:

Anyway, remember when the Weekly Update started and it was Dave sending a Fax to Tim?

And then Dave's hand took a crap and he started making videos?

And lately the videos are Weekly but not very Updatey?

Well the hand's working better:

Spore:

And Bill (who's probably gonna DIE waiting by his mailbox, is getting one of these as soon as I get 'em and fuck it up real good:

Speaking of the Waverly Press and their blank T8 covers, they're running a sale for the next week. 25% off everything with code FALL. Enter it at checkout to save some cash.

AND, on their eBay page, they're selling "rarities and B-stock" from their Archive that's been found in the "warehouse" (think the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...) as they move.

And they gots a Kickstarter for a book that's gonna be a similar level of quality to the 1982 Tour Book (comin' soonish)

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And Narutobus Page 5 sold:

Page 6 is live.

Here's page 11 (click for bigger):

And the Wolverroach Triptych is live too:

Me and the Big Giant Head there, will be talking on Thursday, so if you got one of them there "Please Hold Fer Davey Sim" questions, ya might wanna send it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com before I send the fax on Wednesday...

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MarvelManVark
__________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

On sale:

October 26-29.

___________________________

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.

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Next Time: Sheeet...that's like a week or two's worth of posts right here...

Thursday 26 October 2023

The Wolveroach Saga

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.

So the boss man is back and you know what that means! More of Dave Sim’s sixth notebook. We saw almost every page from #30 to 50 when we looked at the thumbnails for nearly every page of Cerebus #53. We went back and looked at pages #39 and 40 a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve seen pages 47 and 48 back in June of 2019. The only page left is page 46.

You can see the thumbnails for pages 14 and 15 on the back of page 46, which is page 45, along with a sketch of Cerebus. But on page 46? The majority of it is random stuff.

Notebook #6, page 46

I don’t know why Dave was composing a note to the mayor of Victoria, BC, who was Peter Pollen in 1983, but my guess is the First Canadian Tour ’83. And no, I did not make up the name, Peter Pollen. It was actually his second term as mayor of Victoria. The line that is crossed out says ‘My wife, who incidentally is my publisher lived’.

Then a sketch of the Countess and the sketch of Cerebus. That seems very Cerebus #53 related, but then we get a thumbnail for the cover to Cerebus #54. And a preview of what was to come in Cerebus #54 through 57. Along with “Possessed by the spirt of Charles X Claremont”. And “Mick Jagger character runs a charismatic democracy in the T’Capmin Kingdoms”.

Man, Dave really likes that word. Charismatic. Seems to be the first mention of Prince Mick in the notebooks as far as I can recall.

Wednesday 25 October 2023

WildP.I.G.S. #1 In stores... NOW!

Benjamin Hobbs:

It's the last Wednesday of the month, and you know what THAT means! Time to scurry on down to your LCS and pick up the new CIH?! Available in both signed and unsigned!

Next Week: I've been playing around with AI image generators. I have some thoughts.

Tuesday 24 October 2023

SDoAR Update 43: Mea Culpa and Skull Fractures!

Another slow week for GoFundMe. Another slow week on the Giant-Size Ashcan.

I gotta be honest. That's on me. I simply haven't put the time in that I need to make the GoFundMe more successful and the Ashcan ready for printing. I've been... distracted the past few months. Shiny new toys. Shiny new projects. Every week I vow to get caught up on SDOAR and before I know it, it's Tuesday again.

I don't know how Manly does this day in and week out.

If it's any consolation I've spent a good chunk of today reviewing the Ashcan pages for our next proof.

But no more promises of what I will get done. Let's just wait and see if next week will bring better news!

That said, wanna see what Dave had me research this week and his response to what I sent over? Sure ya do!

GoFundMe Tote Board

*ZERO* new pages unlocked since last week.
$9482.00 raised from 149 donations.
51 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from 11 June to 29 October 2021
72 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages
Only $118.00 away from unlocking page 73
If you have not donated >> $5+ donation grants access to all 72 pages and all pages moving forward!
If you have donated (thanks!!) >> GoFundMe does not have an option for monthly subscriptions. So if you want to donate on a monthly basis, please do so as we are nearing the end of month #10.