The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: New Merch, Old Merch, soon to be discontinued Merch

Hi, Everybody!

So, The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe is gearing up for their Labor Day sale:

August 26-September 2.*

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

Up to 35% (or more, they do get crazy for the Holidays...), and I decided to take a look back at all the designs, give notes where I feel they're necessary, and highlight the Merch that's going away in September (and why!)

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe has sold 404 items making $699.75. 

"Wait, aren't the shirts like $22? How's that math work?"

Well Imaginary AMOC reader who lives rent-free in my head, the profit margins kinda...stink. For a regular priced shirt, AMOC makes like four bucks. If the shirt's on sale (like they will be starting Monday), AMOC makes two bucks. I think we clear twenty-five cents on stickers. Ain't nobody getting rich off this. But that's not why The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe exists. It exists so I can get the Cerebus Merch I want. Like:

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The "Cerebus Head" design. The one that started it all. I wanted a facemask (remember COVID?) with Cerebus' mouth on it. But they wouldn't let me JUST sell a facemask, so this design had to be on ALL THE MERCH. 

It's also THEE most popular design we sell, with 120 products sold (I COULD look through the sales report and tell you which products, but the metrics just lump everything together in the basic report. And I ain't getting paid to sort that shit). This one is...NOT getting retired in September.

Our second most popular design, "Batvark" (41 products sold), started as the "Virgin" variant cover of Batvark: PENIS. Created by Ben Hobbs (NOT using AI...). It was another design that was uploaded to make facemasks (which, ironically, they don't sell anymore...). 

At the same time I uploaded this one, I uploaded the Batvark: PENIS and "Censored-for-grandma" Batvark: XXXXX variant covers as well. Both those are MUCH less popular, selling in the single digits. (With XXXXX selling one more "unit" then PENIS. 5 vs 4.)

Batvark is staying, but I think XXXXX and PENIS are getting retired in September.

                            

Next is "Cerebus the Mercenary". 

This is one of the many designs that came from 1982 Tour Book "Back Matter" I either stole, or Dave  sent to me. (It's been so long, I can't recall anymore.) This was one of the first times I got to experience how much of a pain in the ass editing stuff in my photoshop knock-off program is. 

I think this is a design that got ripped off and put on weirder merch like music boxes and stuff. It's also the third most  popular design, with 39 products sold. This design is staying.

Dave's parody of the movie poster for Conan the Barbarian, dubbed "Cerebus the Barbarian" is the next most popular design with 21 items sold. This was another '82 Tour image.

I actually bought this as a sticker, that I still haven't used.

This one is sticking around past Labor Day.

"Matt Dow's A Moment of Cerebus Logo". I kinda can't believe that this design has sold 20 products. I only bought two of them (three if I sent one to Dave, which I may have, but I don't remember...).

Obviously, this is staying. 

Although, I may replace it with the Cerebus #4 logo...

Sourced from the scans of the original art to issue #4 when those were up for auction, "Death's Dark Tread" has sold 12 products, most likely to the guys and gals who joined me in my quixotic attempt to win the original art and send it back to Dave. (We failed miserably, but Dave DID get high quality scans of the art, and now Kevin gets to scan most of the original Dave art that makes it's way to Heritage. 

I own a sticker of this that, I believe it was, Spatula sent me.

This one isn't getting retired just yet, but  might go in the next cull...

One of the designs I "inherited" from Birdsong, he sold a few on Amazon until he realized the futility of trying to sell Cerebus Merch. 

"Approval is an Authoritarian Construct" has sold 11 products (I bought it as a sticker and a magnet.)

This one is a classic, and won't be going away.

The first of my "I want this on a shirt." designs.

I don't actually remember what is says, but I believe "Star Trek Fans are Nerds" is the phrase. (I had my friend who had a copy of the Elvish alphabet do the translation, and he's dead now, so I can't ask to confirm.)

Because TeePublic has a "Fan Art" program that deals with Star Trek, I had to wait for approval before this design could go live. Which is why there's two or three versions on the shoppe. This one also sold 11 products. I have a shirt, and a sticker. I'm gonna get rid of all but one, and even that one might go away too.

Another image sourced from the original art to issue #4, "STATUS, BOY! STATUS!" is a panel J. Michael Straczynski had on his office door for years.

The last member of the "11 products sold" club, this classic image of Elrod is staying around until I don't think it's funny anymore...

The first of the Spawn #10 covers on the list, and the first of the "10 products sold" club, "Weird Society" is also the first design with a weird split between Dave, Birdsong, and Hobbs for the profits.

I REALLY need to sift through the list of what sold, and figure out how small a check I need to send to everybody for their share.

A part of me wants to retire this one just because of the mental anguish it's caused me over not promptly paying out the CiH? guys...

The next "10 products sold" member, "Original Art to Comic's Journal #83 cover" is another in the '82 Back Matter stuff I put on Merch.

I've put up newer Roach material recently, so I think this might be the first retiree from the Shoppe...

Thoughts?

Last member of the "10 products sold" club, the "I Vote for Cerebus" design is one of the three Campaign 2020 designs from the High Society 11th printing deal Dave was doing.

I only put it up because Birdsong thought it was a good idea (if'n I recall correctly). 

I might keep this one, but the "Debate 2020" (4 sold), "Joe Cerebus" (2 sold), and "Donald J. Cerebus" (1 sold) are going away... 

(I don't think the High Society bookplates were any more popular than these...)

The "Cerebus the Aardvark Page 1 (2023) recreation" design has only sold 9 products, which I frankly find rather surprising.

This is Dave's recreation of the 1977 original, coloured by me.

This one's staying around, but I should probably supplement it with the Dave and Ger version, just for the contrast...

The second Spawn #10 design, "Vault of Spawn", has only sold 7 products, and is another were I stress about splitting the profits between Dave, Birdsong, Sean, and Hobbs. 

(It's probably eight bucks, split four ways, but I still feel bad...)

Since Dave is recreating this for the forthcoming Scriptbook, I might deactivate it for the new version...

The "Young Cerebus" design is another low seller (6 products sold), but I was gonna split the profits with Gerhard, but he didn't want them, so it's supposed to go to Pride Stables, but again, we're talking less than ten dollars.

I'm probably gonna just donate a hundred bucks and not sweat it anymore.

Unless this suddenly becomes popular.

Not gonna retire this just yet...

From Tokyo, "Hell-Oh! Spawnee (Mark III)" AMOC's favorite "Dave-fucked-up-Matt's-gotta-make-jokes-to-stave-off-the-mob" mascot!

Hell-oh! has sold 5 items, and I bought 3, but I love her, so she stays...

"Benjamin Hobbs' Dave Sim's Hermann" has sold 5 items as well.

Since this is a Cerebus in Hell? design of a character that ain't a Manga, I doubt we'll be seeing him in future issues, so I think Hermann is getting "sent to the farm." Where he'll run, and play, and pet the rabbits...

"Ladies and Gentlemen: The Varkles!". Sure, it's another '82 tour "find" (we say "find" and not "steal"...).

Only 4 products sold, and I bought two of them.

I guess the boys are splitting up. (George already quit once, and John is going to Mealc with Red Yoko... Paul's taking about a new group..."Snouts".)

"Crossing over" the white on black version has sold one more that the black on white version (4 to 3).

I forget who requested this one, but it WAS a request.

(I take them from time to time...)

I might cut these two loose... I don't know yet...

"Original art to Comics Journal #82" has also sold 4 products. I have a new Roach design, so this may be retired too...

"Strictly Terrestrial". I should probably explain this 4 product seller...

So, I got this idea for a radio show style podcast. Full Audio drama. "Skip  Tracer: Telephone Detective". In the script, at one point Skip gets hired to find a guy's fiancée, and figures out that she's been shanghaied by the Vice-president of Mars (a reoccurring villain), and the guy wants Skip to go to the Moon with him to save her, and Skip delivers one of his trademark catchphrases, "Sorry pal, I'm strictly terrestrial."

I freely admit this is a design I made just for me. What? I have a T-Shirt shoppe.

"NANANANANANANANANANA Batvark Logo" has only sold 2 products.

I can't believe nobody thought this was cool.

I'll probably have to retire this one.

Nobody tell Adam West...

This is another design I made for myself. "Binary Protest"

For those of you who AREN'T C-3PO, it says:

FUCK ASMINOV AND HIS STUPID LAWS

I bought both of the products sold. One was a magnet that I fight DAILY to NOT put on one of the robots at work.

This is a keeper.

And now the one product sold stuff. 

First "Haunt of Spawn". Probably gonna let this one go to the cornfield.

Same as "Fear of Spawn".

Along with "Benjamin Hobb's Cover to Dave Sim's Hermann #1"

I HAVE to keep "Che Iguana" (He's a Commie Martyr!)

The other "Star Trek Fans are Nerds" design is going.

So's "Cerebus in Hell? Logo", "Friedrich Nietzsche with a L.B.D. on his head", "The Amicable Spider-Vark", and the "last version of the Elvish phrase".

NEW MERCH!

"The Merely Magnificent MoonRoach"

Another '82 Tour sketch.

I didn't make it JUST for Spatula, but I definitely was thinking of him...

"REVENGE!"
 

Yep, another '82 tour backmatter design.

Spatula ain't gonna have any money...

Dave's Eras Tour

Dave's OTHER Eras Tour

I'ma gonna make so much money youse guys...

You have no idea...

Anyway, the sale is:

August 26-September 2.*

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

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Next Time: Monday!