Proofreading poetry Pt 2 (Dave's weekly update #587)

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:

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Longtime AMOC readers may remember back in September when I needed help with a fundraiser for my daughter's middle school dance team. Well, she's back with a fundraiser for her HIGH SCHOOL Dance team. 

So, she's got a calendar for May. Thirty-one squares, you pay the date. So, as an example, Dave Sim's birthday: May 17th would "cost" seventeen bucks. 

Last time I offered prints of Dave's Taylor Swift pieces he did for my kids:

 I have a few sets left...

But, I'm fairly certain that the people who would be willing to chip in ALREADY did last time, and have these. So, I'm thinking of what I could offer... All I can think of is my rejected Turtles card idea:

No idea if I'll do it as a regular card size, or postcard size, or what. More as I make up my damn mind...

BUT that's not all:

The school board gives the dance team $4000 for the year. The team (of 21 girls) has expenses of $9100+. So each kid needs to find a Sponsor.

 
Sponsors get their name/logo on the team's banner (that is at every game they dance at), and on the Fan shirt.

My (lame) employer MIGHT give me the two hundred bucks minimum they're looking for.

I THOUGHT of asking Dave and getting the AV logo on there, but sponsoring a team of mostly underage girls? I can hear the "NO!" from here.

Then I thought, how about a small "local" business. I could ask MJ Sewall if he wanted to pay $200 to get the Alfies Fish & Chips (610 N H St, Lompoc, CA) logo on there... 

But he's a small business owner during his busiest time of year, and how does advertising on the banner of a local high school dance team located two thousand two hundred and forty-eight miles away help his business at all? (I mean, I think it'd be funny...)

Then I thought of getting the brave and loyal AMOCteers to chip in and get the AMOC logo on there... 

  

 

But: Which one?

But, then I thought, what about a treat for the long-suffering members of the Little Orphan Aardvark Secret Society, and get Aardvark on there:

And then I thought about it, and what would be AMAZING is to get brave and loyal Cerebus fans to chip in and get THIS on there:

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SO, if we can raise AT LEAST Two Hundred American dollars, I'll get this onto my kids dance team banner AND the fan shirts along with a bunch of other loser's logos.

AND I'll make Pud's Tavern merch on the AMOC TeePublic Shoppee.

If you want to make this dream a reality, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com titled "Pud's Tavern" and how much you're willing to give, and I'll let you know where/how to get me the money.

Anyway,

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A Moment of Cerebus runs Saturday through Friday.

The Week in AMOC:

• Saturday: A "fun" look at Narutobus variant covers?
• Sunday: Cerebus back when the tighter continuity started...
• Monday: The Monday Report, Aardvark-Vanaheim business, and I'm posting the glamourpuss SDOAR pages...
• Tuesday: Jen's posted all the Dave and Carson pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, and has moved on to the mock-ups Dave produced after that. Donate to The Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe to see Dave's mock-ups for the next 400 pages (eventually). $200 until page 112 of Dave's POST-Carson SDOAR mock-up pages unlocks. AND GoFundMe has a MONTHLY option now, so you can schedule a reoccurring donation. And AND, Birdsong has donated a Carson Grubaugh original SDOAR painting (it was gonna be a cover for an early version.) Jen has all "the deets".
• Wednesday: Hobbs posts the beginnings of a possible future Cerebus in Hell? Kickstarter Dave DRAWN variant cover.
• Thursday: Margaret's IS done with Albatross One. If you click that link, you can see all the pages of the notebook, OR, you can get a PHYSICAL copy here, anyway not knowing where to head next, Margaret has decided to go with the LAST notebook, from page one to the end. Currently: Issue #287.
• 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.

Rigamarole:

Narutobus, the Comic Store Version:

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Signed and Numbered

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Up to 35% off April 23-27th.*

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

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You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)

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Heritage has

• glamourpuss #18 page 14

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill. More on this as I'm allowed to post stuff...

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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: Well Dave's been faxing me a storm, so probably that.

Notebook 36: Cerebus #287 - Not Really

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.

With last week’s post we looked at the pages labeled for Cerebus #286 from Notebook #36, Dave’s final notebook for Cerebus, but those pages didn’t have material for Cerebus #286. It was more of Dave’s writing on Jung. After a couple of weeks of this writing, we come to another blank page. This one for Cerebus #287:

Notebook #36, page 64

Was there anything for Cerebus #287 on the other two pages for this issue? No, we skip forward to page #67 as pages 65 and 66 were blank. However, we already saw pages #67 and 68 in Sixteen Questions Before Breakfast. Well, not those sixteen questions, but sixteen questions that we would love to ask Cerebus.

Going to the next unseen page from the notebook, page #69, it seems I should’ve but this page with pages #67 & 68 as it kind of continues with the sixteen questions pages:

Notebook #36, page 69

Some good quotes on this page:

“So you didn’t actually call forth the Queen of All Demons? Rick just imagined it or something?”

“You thought the three Wise Fellows were quote religious nuts unquote for thinking Rick was a Prophet?”

“I think why wouldn’t Sarah Buttz was the actual Prophet. It was her three Wise Fellows who declared your Three Wise Fellows to be SUBEREC.”

“And you agreed with her. You said yourself that they had forgotten the word they were supposed to speak to you.”

“Far from skipping the Sarah Mickey Donald and Walt story – you’ve as much as admitted that Sarah Buttz was the Chosen One.”

I went looking for tracing paper preliminary sketches for Cerebus #287 and instead came across an old one for Cerebus #92:

Cerebus #92 cover & preliminary sketch front

While the preliminary sketch looks really close to the cover, I think it is for page 16:

Back of the preliminary sketch & Cerebus #92 page 16

Part of me wonders how many of these early preliminary tracing paper drawings that were used in the creation of the original art still exists. I’d ask boss man to ask Dave for the next Please Hold For Dave Sim, but he said Thursdays were his day off. . .Or was it Tuesdays are his day off? Anyhoo, it is probably his day off. Good luck.

Twitter Men #1 Preview

Benjamin Hobbs:

Dave Sim sent David Birdsong this in-progress drawing of Professor Twitter. Twitter Men #1 is tentatively scheduled for a 2026 launch.

Next Week: Dave's Varkdalorian variant?

SDoAR 3.15: Page Unlocked! 1 in 12 Chance to Win Raffle VII!

Shoutout to Philip Berkheimer who donated $150 to unlock our 111th page of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond by Dave Sim via our GoFundMe campaign. Not only that, but this is Philip's 14th unlocked page. But that's not all! He also left this delightful note that I shared with Dave:

It's good to be back! Lets keep this baby rolling! A painting! Bookplates! A raffle! Jennifer D. has it all going on here, and you can join in the fun for a few measly $$!!!! This will also get Dave will continue to work on the book! So many good things...

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

Giant-Size Ashcan Update

Next up! I drafted a 31-page Google document for Philip R. Frey with feedback for our next proof of the Giant-Size Ashcan #0 that features new cover art and insane amounts of remastering by the aforementioned Philip R. Frey. Things are looking really good and I've already faxed Dave with a handful of questions to get us to publishing the next proof of not only Ashcan #0, but Ashcan #1 as well!

Raffle VII Continues

Last week, I added a set of four Cerebus bookplates, signed by Dave Sim, to the raffle and we've raised $330 and 12 raffle tickets so far with two weeks to go!

Also last week, David Birdsong provided an update on packing of the Carson Grubaugh SDOAR cover painting, "I have some thick vellum that is the same size as the board so I placed two sheets over the painting and then a few more sheets to keep it all together. I've got several large pieces of cardboard and I'll make a nice oversized package for it and it will be ready to go when the raffle ends."

In case you're new to this raffle, David Birdsong generously donated Carson Grubaugh's painting from an early version of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond. Note that the frame was damaged and there was no glass in it so he removed the art. The marks made by the frame can be seen below. 16 x 20 inches, acrylic on board.

Rules to win the Carson Grubaugh SDOAR Painting

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, April 28, 2025 at midnight, PST. I will then randomly assign numbers to each entry and have Dave pull another Karnak, and I'll announce the winner on April 28, 2025. Cool? Cool.

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

Just the GoFundMe Facts, Ma'am

• $17,400.00 raised to date from 298 donations

• 111 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim
  
• $200.00 away from unlocking page 112

• If you have not donated, a $5+ donation grants you access to all 111 pages and all unlocked pages moving forward >> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023

• GoFundMe now offers automated monthly donations! >> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023/donate?source=btn_donate 

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

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond New Mockups Preview 

If you haven't read The Strange Death of Alex Raymond before, now is the perfect time to dive in, four pages at a time, and read the story as presented in the hardcover. 

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, 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, 

And this.

If you want to see how Carson Grubaugh finished the hardcover, well, you're going to need to purchase a copy of your own. HOWEVER, if you want to see how Dave Sim continued the story in the blue pages -- bring me the blue pages -- mockups that appeared in blue ink in final section of the hardcover can be found here...

This, 

This, this,

This, and this.

Then in June 2021, Dave picked up the story again and it continues here, here, here, here, then below.

Dave's 2021 mockups, Part 5

If you enjoy the journey, you can join us for all the new pages on Dropbox by donating $5 or more. 

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

Jen x 

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Proto Version #7 (AKA the photorealist bits from glamourpuss #20)

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays!

And before we get into it, a bit of the AV business to clear up:
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So, if you've ordered from CerebusDownloads.com, and something goes "wrong" let George know: cerebustech@gmail.com. And if THAT gets you nowhere, Eddie is eddiesdoar@gmail.com. But Eddie IS a pretty busy guy, so if THAT gets you nowhere, I pretty much act as "see-that-fill-in-the-blank-Wise-Fellow-gets-this" Wise Fellow (when I'm not being "see-if-he's-interested-in-this" Wise Fellow, or "go-and-get-whatever-he-wants-as-long-as-it-ain't-loaded" Wise Fellow...)

So, if you strike out with George and Eddie, momentofcerebus@gmail.com is ALWAYS your best bet on getting SOMEBODY to think of the children...

Anyway...

Tomorrow, as she does MOST weeks, Jen DiGiacomo is gonna solicit everybody into giving a li'l something-something to The Strange Death of Alex Raymond GoFundMe she set up to get Dave money to keep working on pages (Dave's drawing pages in the 650s...). And as a part of that, she posted all of the pages from the Living The Line version of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (up to page 205), and now she's posting Dave's mocked-up pages.

Fun fact: GoFundMe has changed their setup so you can contribute on a monthly basis (like the Patreon...).

So, to "tee her up", I'ma run the Proto-Strange Death of Alex Raymond that Dave ran in glamourpuss.

Because I can...

First this, then:

Next Time: Jen's been thinking of the children...not good thoughts, but she has...

"I KNOW, it's my only flaw."

Hi, Everybody!

This.

Then:

Rigamarole:

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Narutobus, the Comic Store Version:

Regular

Signed and Numbered

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off April 13, and 23-27th.*

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

Speaking of which, as requested, The Twitter Men Logo had been put on Merch, but The Mouse sent a takedown notice and 2 of the 3 designs are NO MORE. (One of these days, I'ma put all the removed design together in one image and see what happens...):
Blue & Gold

Yellow & Red

Blue
So get 'em while they still exist...

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You can get all 16 volumes of Cerebus, many of them Remastered for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)

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Heritage has

• glamourpuss #18 page 14

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill. More on this as I'm allowed to post stuff...

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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: Proto-SDOAR.