Benjamin Hobbs:
David Birdsong prompted the AI to try Astoria again. This is what it spat out:
He got the AI to give Red Sophia another pass, now with Chain mail:
Wednesday 31 July 2024
The Ladies of Cerebus: AI edition: Part Five: Astoria and Red Sophia again!
Tuesday 30 July 2024
SDoAR 2.31: No One Wants Cerebus #3 for $25? How 'Bout #3, #5 & #6?
Last week in the comments section, Christon said...
So there were 10 people who donated $50 or more (including that $100 & $150 drop) but NONE of them won?? YIKES
Jen responds...
The last two auctions were one raffle ticket per person, and it is the exact situation that you described that got me to thinking about individuals being able to purchase multiple raffle tickets.
The only problem is that NO ONE has donated since I put Cerebus #3 up for raffle.
So I'm going to do the only thing that any sane person would do, which is sweeten the pot. I'll see my Cerebus #3 and raise me Cerebus #5 *and* Cerebus #6.
And the crowd starts buzzing!
Rules to win Cerebus #3, #5 and #6, 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 through Monday, August 19, 2024 at midnight, PST.
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 at the very end of month #7 of Year 2.
SDOAR GoFundMe -->> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023
Monday 29 July 2024
"Astoria and Gerrik sitting in a tree..."
Hi, Everybody!
Mondays!
Ah! So as Anonymous asks: "Was Astoria ever actually pregnant with Sir Gerrik's child or did she have an abortion as was hinted at in the story?"
And:
So, Dave and I are doing Please Hold For Dave Sim on Thursday. If you have a question, get it in to momentofcerbus@gmail.com by Wednesday night when I send the fax. And Dave and I will answer it. Any question. Like this one from Anonymous:
The Cirin family tree is weird. Who is Sir Gerrik's father and what was he thinking? And how did he...never mind, some men will just do it with anything, or he was tricked, or drugged, or, gag me, wanted too.
If that is too gross, a more serious question is was Astoria ever actually pregnant with Sir Gerrik's child or did she have an abortion as was hinted at in the story? Was she just playing games with Cirin knowing the game was deadly or just "effing" with her in a vicious mother/daughter spat? Did George R. R. Martin read Cerebus? Looking back at it now, the whole Cirin/Astoria spat was very Game of Thrones-ish.
Serra-Cirin is one of the best comic book villains ever and still scary to this day.
Anonymous
I think Anonymous is talking about this bit from Church & State I:
I'ma pretty sure Anon. has forgotten that Dave answered this...in the Cerebus storyline. Specifically in Reads:
Serna the Aardvark gave birth to a human son. When she stole the human Cirin's identity, she "adopted" Gerrik as her son. Who was the father? Well, Cirin DID engineer a society where alcohol was free, and there was no "Last Call"...
Next Time: Jen's got a question?
Sunday 28 July 2024
"It's over. Finished. The jig (as they say) is up..."
Hi, Everybody!
Before I forget AGAIN(!!!!!!!), Dave and I are doing the Please Hold thing again this Thursday. We would LOVE to have your questions/comments/whatevers. (Mainly because the ol' AMOC Mailbag is mighty slim on Qs this month. And I much as I appreciated a weekend of in July, that wasn't my intention when I told Dave I wanted to be done before the fireworks. I live downtown. I wanted to be done before it got loud...) So, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, before Wednesday night, and Dave and I will prattle on about it on Thursday, and I'll slave all Saturday making ma li'l videos.
Anyway, this.
Then (click for bigger):
Rigamarole:
See here if you wanna physical copy of Albatross #1, Dave's first notebook used in the creation of Cerebus.
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THe Humble Bundle is over. If you want digital copies of Cerebus, CerebusDownloads.com is back to being the only game in town.
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Heritage has Cerebus #179 page 7.
I have been outbid.
I'm not bitter. You're bitter.
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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
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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: I had me an Aardvark Wang related thought...
Saturday 27 July 2024
What's in the Box?!? 7/27/2024
Hi, Everybody!
I gots the Mail:
Thanks Jen!
I guess you've earned this DiGiacomo...
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Speaking of Jen, she's still running the The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me. $98 until the next page is unlocked. And she's got a Cerebus #3 up for grabs. New rules, checks it out.
Rigamarole:
See here if you wanna physical copy of Albatross #1, Dave's first notebook used in the creation of Cerebus.
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And 'emember those guys who bought the complete package from CerebusDownloads.com during the Humble Bundle?
One of them checks in:
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Heritage has Cerebus #179 page 7.
I have been outbid.
Eh. Wasn't that great a page anyway...
__________________________
The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:
August Something-th.**Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.
___________________________
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
___________________________
The Last Day Without nothing.
" " " " Dave's signature.
" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque
___________________________
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: The "unboxing" video I made of me opening my bills and crying.
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:
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It's Friday, so that means:
Dave's Weekly Update:
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:
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
sixFIVE 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...)
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| 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.
___________________________
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
___________________________
The Last Day Without nothing.
" " " " Dave's signature.
" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque
___________________________
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:
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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.
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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:
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
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