Tuesday, 13 May 2025

SDoAR 3.18: Will This Raffle Ever End?!?

Lots to get through today!

1) As previously reported, Dave is effectively unreachable due to phone issues. Meaning ...

2) I don't have a winner for the raffle. So let's extend it for another week -- or until I can make contact with Dave.

3) Only 20 raffle tickets have been sold so far, encompassing five donors. Anyone else want to join the fun?

4) Remember last week when I talked about Dave's eight-page trailer for The Strange Death of Alex Raymond? Well here are the first four pages from last week and the final four pages of the trailer below..

5) Those pages are part of Hermitage Awesomes Silicon Session, a parody book by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh. This is a really rare book and up for grabs in the raffle. And guess what, no donations in the past week! Seriously? Did you even read the cover blurb? Satan, guys. SATAN.

6) Shout out to Manly Matt Dow for generously donating to the fundraiser for The Day Elvis Died, a film that I'm in. I even did a little video in support of it! ðŸ‘‡

 

Raffle VII Continues ...

Also included in the raffle is a set of four Cerebus bookplates, signed by Dave Sim.

As a reminder, 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 27, 2025 May 13 at some point. 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 May 14, 2025. Eventually? Cool? Cool.

Just the GoFundMe Facts, Ma'am

  • $17,650.00 raised to date from 305 donations (Seiler?!)
  • 112 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim through 12 Jan 2022.
  • $150.00 away from unlocking page 113

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, and this.

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

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

Jen x 

1 comment:

Steve said...

Dave could also draw on his Canadian Pension and Old Age Security for funding.

14 May 2025 at 06:39

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