So I heard back from Gerhard about yesterday, and he sent this photo:
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Ger's caption: "Shelley, Teddy and me at the Pride Stables Christmas Open House" Ger's the one who is not in a dress, and doesn't take a dump standing up... usually. |
Mondays!
Then, you can disagree with me if you want, but at the end of issue #5, Cerebus is heading to Iest. The next issue starts with him in Iest. Which means this story can only take place after #5, and before #6. Dave, years ago on the Yahoo Group, said that this takes place after #6, but Cerebus LEAVES Iest at the end of #6, and in this story (as you're about to see, when I finally shut up) Cerebus is on his way TO Iest. This is where the series starts to become seriously less episodic and has less holes in the continuity. (And the holes there have been up to this point aren't that big. Dave has always said he was VERY aware of the holes in Conan continuity, and consciously kept Cerebus' continuity as tight as possible, which meant that if he finished an issue and was asked to do another story, he would set it on the heels of the previous story and continue it into the next issue, see how Passage fits in between #3 and #4... Something he stuck to until around issue 80 (when Gerhard showed up, I think Dave had enough continuity that he felt he could play around without screwing everything up.) Plus, at the end of #5, Cerebus DOESN'T have the black vest, and in #6 he does. And as you're about to see, here he DOESN'T have it. THis story has to takeplace between #5 and #6...
I'll probably ask Dave about all this when we talk on Thursday to record the first Please Hold For Dave Sim of 2025. Unless everybody sends in a mountain of questions to momentofcerebus@gmail.com before I send the fax up Wednesday night...
Anyway, THEN:
Again, Dave and I are doing Please Hold Thursday, and it just wouldn't be a party without ya! momentofcerebus@gmail.com
Rigamarole:
35% off December 30-31. And 25% off January 8-12.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.
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In other news, since Twitter is a dumpster-fire and most people are skipping out of there, AMOC has joined BlueSky. Follow along. Or don't. No skin of my nuts either way...
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The Cerebus Humble Bundle is over, the check made it to Dave and was cashed, *yay*, you can STILL get all 16 volumes for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
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: Jen explains where The Strange Death of Alex Raymond fits into the continuity of Little Orphan Annie...
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"Alas, the poetry was lousy."
-- Dave Sim
Black vest first appears in #4. So question is, does it temporarily “poit” for #5 and Demonhorn? Is there somewhere Cerebus conceals it, like in the lining of his bat-cape or a secret compartment in his medallions?
-Eddie
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