A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: 2024

Friday 26 July 2024

You don't know how to make tea (Dave's weekly update #549)

Hi, Everybody!

Like it says on the Logo:

The little bit on the bottom there...

It's Friday, so that means:

Dave's Weekly Update:

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

Continuing from here.

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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday.

The Week in AMOC:

Saturday: The Unexpected Return of Aardvark Comment!
Sunday: The Unremarkable Return of The 2019 Reread!
Monday: The Unpredictable Return of The Monday Report and Fan art! I couldn't embed the inking videos, but I gots them better links:

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

Yeah, youse likes them better links, doncha?

Tuesday: Jen's update for us on The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me. Speaking of SDOARGFM, $98 until the next page is unlocked. And the winner of the Cerebus #2 is Donnovan Knight. Now she's got a Cerebus #3. New rules, checks 'em out.
Wednesday: Hobbs shows us his angry baby. NOT a euphemism...
Thursday: Margaret continues GIVING away the first Notebook AKA Albatross 1 for FREE! We're trying to sell the ~~six~~ FIVE extra copies that are at Camp David Mags! And. You're. Just. GIVING! It. Away... See here if you wanna physical copy.
Friday: that's this post. You're reading the Friday post right now. This is STILL like that bit in Spaceballs. (Should I link to LAST WEEK'S Update in these things?)

Okay, so that was the past week in AMOC. You're welcome.

And now, back to Bizness as unusual:

Rigamarole:

The Cerebus Humble Bundle:

Is over.

THIS BUNDLE WAS LIVE FROM JUN 27, 2024 TO JUL 18, 2024 WITH 5,478 BUNDLES SOLD, LEADING TO $15,800 RAISED FOR CHARITY.

Well, that's just *peachy*. But how much is Dave getting?!? (That's all I care 'bout...) Anyway, if you missed out, you can STILL get all 16 volumes for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)

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Heritage has Cerebus #179 page 7. Don't bid on it so I can FINALLY win one of these goddamn things. Or do, I mean "fuck that guy" right? He (me) only SLAVES doing this Blog day after day after day for YEARS now. With little to no reward. But, YOU have extra change you can throw at a page from Reads. He (me) probably can't even afford the bid he (me) made. You could probably EASILY beat his (my) bid, win and hang a Dave Sim/Gerhard original in your guest bathroom and impress you friends (they're not REALLY your friends...are they?) at your Equinox soirees... (Man, you're a dick. Swiping an original page from Cerebus to impress your dickhead "friends" at twice-a-year parties they only attend because you have an open bar. They think less of you then I do. And they don't even show you an Aardvark Wang every chance they get...)

Speaking of which...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

August Something-th.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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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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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Oliver' Simonsen'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: Aardvark Wang if I get outbid...

Thursday 25 July 2024

Notebook One: Cerebus #24 Part Eight

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.

Maybe instead of rewriting this opener every week, I’ll be a bit more efficient with my use of time and have this standard opening:

Have you got your copy of Albatross One? That is Dave Sim’s name for his first notebook used in the creation of Cerebus. If you want a copy of the notebook – and trust me, as someone who has held the actual Albatross One, it is a pretty close duplicate and looks great – you can check out this post right here. Well not this post. The one at this link. Go check it out, this post will still be here.

And if you don’t want to buy one, you can wait as I release a couple of pages a week and check them out using the Notebook One tag. But trust me, the notebook is much much nicer then my silly little posts.

Okay, now that is done, on with this week’s Notebook One post.

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Last week we continued our look at Dave Sim’s first notebook, Albatross One, with pages 104 through 106 and material used and some not used for Cerebus #24. On page 106 we ended with some text that was on page five, but Dave had it notated as ‘end page 7’ and the next two items were crossed out. So on page 107 of the notebook we start with some Cirinist stuff and the second paragraph is some dialogue for Madame DuFort:

Notebook 1, page 107

Passages in the Cirinists texts concealed ages old sorcerous disciplines from before the birth of mankind.
They laughed told me I was insane for studying the incoherent works of an old woman. And it was through that rejection [illegible] I found the answer I had been searching for. . If I wanted well-trained emotionless assassins was there any reason they couldn’t be women?

After those first two paragraphs of text is yet another list of plot points for Cerebus #24. Plot points that we’ve seen in one form or another for the last 5 or 10 pages or so. . .Note how the page ends with the number eight circled and then on the next page we start with number thirteen.

Notebook 1, page 108

Note that page 108 is the back of page 107, so there aren’t any pages with numbers nine through twelve. It is likely that Dave was writing a bunch of stuff down, and then went back and numbered the different items.

Charles Claremont gets another mention under the items for #14, last mentioned on page 97 of notebook one. Note how item #15 is in the middle of the text between 14 and 16, hard to see, but there. Under #16 Cirin was crossed out and replaced with Suenteus Po as the inspiration for the Charles X. Claremont character, which does make it into the final comic. This page makes it look like Dave is wrapping up Cerebus #24. Will we move onto Cerebus #25 next week? We shall see.

Wednesday 24 July 2024

MORE Narutobus Cover Color Updates!

Benjamin Hobbs:

Here's the current version of the Kosplay Narutobus Variant:

And the Dark Narutobus Variant:

Both are still In Progress. The final versions of each will be available on the forthcoming KS.

Next Week: The AI images will flow!

Tuesday 23 July 2024

SDoAR 2.30: And the Winner Is... Donnovan Knight! Next Up for Raffle...

Congratulations to Donnovan Knight on winning Cerebus #2 in our Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe raffle!

Before I get to the next raffle, I have news!

It turns out the email I sent to Alfonso with all the details on our next set of proofs never got to him. But fear not! We chatted amiably yesterday and he will let me know if he has any questions and what sort of timeline we are looking at! Huzzah!

Now for the next raffle, with slightly modified rules, which reminds Tony Dunlop of his school days...

Will those of you who are playing in the match this afternoon move your clothes down on to the lower peg immediately after lunch before you write your letter home, if you're not getting your hair cut, unless you've got a younger brother who is going out this weekend as the guest of another boy, in which case collect his note before lunch, put it in your letter after you've had your hair cut, and make sure he moves your clothes down onto the lower peg for you.

So...

Rules to win Cerebus #3 and Help Out SDoAR

Entries (or our equivalent of raffle tickets) cost $25 each and can be donated via lump sum to the Strange Death of Alex Raymond 2024 GoFundMe campaign, starting today through Monday, August 19, 2024 at midnight, PST. I'm adding a week because I'll be at Edinburgh Fringe for part of August.

I will then randomly assign numbers to each entry have Dave pull yet another Karnak, and I'll announce the winner on August 20, 2024.

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

Just the GoFundMe Facts, Ma'am

$13,702.00 raised to date from 233 donations
72 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from 11 June to 10 December 2021
93 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages
$98.00 away from unlocking page 94
If you have not donated > $5+ donation grants access to all 93 pages and all pages moving forward
If you have donated, thank you, but if you want to donate monthly, GoFundMe does not offer that option, so please do so as we are nearing the end of month #7 of Year 2.

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

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Preview, Part Twenty-Nine

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This, this,

This, this, this,

This, this, this, this,

This, this, this, this, this,

This, this, this, this, this, this,

This, this, this, this, this,

This, this, then...

Ciao!

Jen

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

Monday 22 July 2024

Fun Facts for fans of Fiction #107: Cerebus by J. Toons

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays!

So, over on ~~the Twitters~~.......... *sigh*, I mean...*ug* "X" (*yuck* I just threw up in my mouth a little...) J Toons shared a link to their latest Fun Facts for fans of Fiction, and it's about Cerebus:

There's a video of Joshua inking it too:

(I dunno how to embed videos from.........*sigh* "X" *yech*... so here's a link to see it.)

(And here's the inking of Dave.)

Rigamarole:

The Cerebus Humble Bundle:

Is over.

THIS BUNDLE WAS LIVE FROM JUN 27, 2024 TO JUL 18, 2024 WITH 5,478 BUNDLES SOLD, LEADING TO $15,800 RAISED FOR CHARITY.

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Heritage has Cerebus adjacent stuff coming soon. Including a Cerebus #1, if you like your comics encased in plastic and totally unreadable...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

August something or other...*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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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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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Next Time: Jen tells you John Lennon won a Cerebus #2...

Sunday 21 July 2024

"There's a difference?"

Hi, Everybody!

This.

Then (click for bigger):

Rigamarole:

The Cerebus Humble Bundle:

Is over.

THIS BUNDLE WAS LIVE FROM JUN 27, 2024 TO JUL 18, 2024 WITH 5,478 BUNDLES SOLD, LEADING TO $15,800 RAISED FOR CHARITY.

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Heritage has Cerebus adjacent stuff coming soon. Including a Cerebus #1, if you like your comics encased in plastic and totally unreadable...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

July 21.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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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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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Next Time: The Monday Report, and I dunno, either more High Society, or a Please Hold transcript?

Saturday 20 July 2024

"I'll take Potpourri for $500, Alex"

Hi, Everybody!

Continuing from here.

HEY! Speaking of "pointless and ineffective distraction", Friend to the Blog, Josh Even discussed his Savage Cerebus and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Art Collection on a Turtles podcast:

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You can get some of Josh's collection on the Waverly Press's T8 covers.

Anyway, who wants to see some NEW Dave Art?

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And, don't tell my kids:

Click for Biggers

Rigamarole:

The Cerebus Humble Bundle:

Is over.

THIS BUNDLE WAS LIVE FROM JUN 27, 2024 TO JUL 18, 2024 WITH 5,478 BUNDLES SOLD, LEADING TO $15,800 RAISED FOR CHARITY.

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Heritage has Cerebus adjacent stuff coming soon. Including a Cerebus #1, if you like your comics encased in plastic and totally unreadable...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

July 19-21.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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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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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Next Time: More videos I steal from elsewhere!

Friday 19 July 2024

Instant coffee (Dave's weekly update #548)

Hi, Everybody!

Like it says on the Logo:

The little bit on the bottom there...

It's Friday, so that means:

Dave's Weekly Update:

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

Continuing from back here?

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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday.

The Week in AMOC:

Saturday: AMOC remembers Michael Zulli.
Sunday: I try my hand at that Comic Art Metaphysics Dave's always talking aboot...
Monday: The Monday Report and clearing out the Dave-sent backlog.
Tuesday: Jen's update for us on The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me. Speaking of SDOARGFM, $98 until the next page is unlocked. And the winner of the Cerebus #2 is...John Lennon? Well, "#9" is the winner, who ELSE could it be?
Wednesday: Hobbs shows us his tie-dyed baby. NOT a euphemism...
Thursday: Margaret continues GIVING away the first Notebook AKA Albatross 1 for FREE! We're trying to sell the six extra copies that are at Camp David Mags! And. You're. Just. GIVING! It. Away... See here if you wanna physical copy.
Friday: that's this post. You're reading the Friday post right now. This is STILL like that bit in Spaceballs. (Should I link to LAST WEEK'S Update in these things?)

Okay, so that was the past week in AMOC. You're welcome.

And now, back to Bizness as unusual:

Rigamarole:

The Cerebus Humble Bundle:

Is over.

THIS BUNDLE WAS LIVE FROM JUN 27, 2024 TO JUL 18, 2024 WITH 5,478 BUNDLES SOLD, LEADING TO $15,800 RAISED FOR CHARITY.

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Heritage has Cerebus adjacent stuff coming soon. Including a Cerebus #1, if you like your comics encased in plastic and totally unreadable...

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

July 19-21.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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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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The Last Day Without nothing.

" " " " Dave's signature.

" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque

" " " Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques.

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Next Time: Stuff. Cerebus stuff. Promise!

Thursday 18 July 2024

Notebook One: Cerebus #24 Part Seven

MARGARET LISS:

Maybe instead of rewriting this opener every week, I’ll be a bit more efficient with my use of time and have this standard opening:

Okay, now that is done, on with this week’s Notebook One post.

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For a while we’ve been looking at pages from Dave Sim’s first Cerebus notebook, which you probably figured out from the above intro which lets you know how you can get a physical copy of your own. And for nearly the last month those pages have covered Cerebus #24. Much of this material wasn’t used, and with the past couple of weeks we’re seeing more and more material that was used.

Last week we saw the material that starts the issue, the conversation between Cerebus and the girls at the school. And if you remember from last week we could see some drawing on the back side of page 103. Well, it is a drawing of Woman Thing:

Notebook 1, page 104

At the top of the page, Dave indicates that pages 1 - 5 of Cerebus #24 is “Playing cards with the girls. Madame shouts for them. Sound outside. He sits bolt upright listening. ‘I don’t know what you mean M’sieu’”. This isn’t our first look at Woman Thing, which originally showed up on page 96.

The following page of the notebook has some more plot points for Cerebus #24:

Notebook 1, page 105

The talk of the rain and hearing unknown noises in it with the girls saying it is nothing makes up the next part of Cerebus #24 after the discussion between Cerebus and the girls which we saw on page #103 of the notebook. However, the dialogue on this page doesn’t end up on the finished pages. There are a few bits on the next notebook page which do make it.

Notebook 1, page 106

The text at the top of the page: “The most ridiculous part was the fact that they denied hearing anything – it was impossible not to hear that slurping noise. If they had even just made up a plausible lie ‘on that Estarcion freestyle mud-wrestling and integral part of the island’s out. It’s true we’ve been taking madame’s pet hippo out every night to tinkle.’” And then Dave wrote ‘end page 7'.

Well, that text, in part, shows up on page 5 of the issue: “If they had had a hand in it, they would have offered a story – however implausible. ‘That? Oh – that ‘s Estarcion mud wrestling – an integral part of our curriculum. Didn’t we tell you? That’s madame’s pet hippo – Theresa takes him out when he has to tinkle.’ Whatever it was, it was big, and probably sorcerous in origin. . .’and that’ thought the earth-pig ‘could mean trouble.’”

How many pages are left of Cerebus #24 material are there? A few. I’m surprised we haven’t seen any High Society material showing up yet. It is only a couple of issues away. So what is up next week? If you guessed more of notebook #1, then you are correct.

Wednesday 17 July 2024

Narutobus Coloring Progression!

Benjamin Hobbs:

We interrupt the nonstop flow of AI images for an update on the Narutobus cover coloring!

Here is the finished DARK BABY YODA NARUTOBUS cover:

And here we have the currently-not-approved-by-Dave DARK BABY YODA NARUTOBUS Tie Dye Variant:

Who wants the the Tie Dye variant on the KS?

Next Week: More Narutobus Coloring updates!

Tuesday 16 July 2024

SDoAR 2.29: And the Winner Is...

The Cerebus #2 raffle officially had 16 donations totaling $690.

Not too shabby.

And the winner is #9!

Huzzah!

The winner will be contacted shortly -- and there will be much rejoicing.

Next up is going through my box of Cerebus extras and figuring out what is next on the raffle list.

Before we return to the regularly scheduled programming, let me ask this:

How do folks feel about allowing donors to purchase multiple raffle "tickets"?

In other words, $25 gets you one raffle ticket. $100 gets you four raffle tickets!

The advantage is that I can raise more money for the Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe. The potential disadvantage is that that wealthier donors can get more chances to win.

Thoughts?

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

Just the GoFundMe Facts, Ma'am

$13,702.00 raised to date from 233 donations
72 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from 11 June to 10 December 2021
93 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages
$98.00 away from unlocking page 94
If you have not donated > $5+ donation grants access to all 93 pages and all pages moving forward
If you have donated, thank you, but if you want to donate monthly, GoFundMe does not offer that option, so please do so as we are in the middle of month #7 of Year 2.