Hi, Everybody!
Has five performances left. And then she has to back up and return to New York City and reacclimate herself to 'Merica. So, I'll probably be doing this next week too...
You can get reports straight from Jen's mouth if you follow her on the 'gram.
Anyway, that means I'ma still doing her bit:
SDOAR GoFundMe -->> https://www.gofundme.com/f/sdoar-2023
Just the GoFundMe Facts, Ma'am
- $18,660.00 raised to date from 331 donations
- 117 pages released so far as mocked up and/or drawn by Dave Sim through 21 Jan 2022.
- $140.00 away from unlocking page 118
- If you have not donated, a $5+ donation grants you access to all 116 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
As Jen has copy/pasted from her last post:
3) The next raffle is for a full-page Silverspoon strip from The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom #321, January 11, 1980. These are really hard to come by so, I hope everyone considers joining the raffle. Speaking of which ...
4) Last time I posted, I discussed raffle tickets were going to go for $5 a pop and no one complained, so let it be written, so let it be done. I also mentioned that all donations since the last raffle will be included, meaning we have 97 raffle tickets sold so far. If we break 150 tickets, I'll toss another Silverspoon page into the bucket.
And Jen always says:
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond New Mockups Preview
If you haven't read The Strange Death of Alex Raymond before, we have an eight-page trailer that Dave did back in 2018: Part One | Part Two
Then the Dave Sim portion of the hardcover, presented four pages at a time:
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,
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
And since I gotta justify posting on a Tuesday, and clean out the ol' AMOC Mailbag:
Ryan H. sent in:
Hello,
I apologize in advance if this is old news for AMOC crew and perhaps I've sent this in before.
There is a restaurant/bar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama whose ceiling is painted with all sorts characters, two of which appear to be Cerebus and Moon Roach (see attached photos).
This restaurant (now called Rabbit Hole) has changed hands over the years, but I was glad to see when I was in there this week that the portion of the ceiling with Cerebus characters is still there.
This was painted in the early 90's when the establishment was called Liberty Cafe. From an article detailing the closing of the prior business:
"The house at the edge of The Strip was opened by Rich Marcks as Liberty Cafe back in 1994. Artist Marcks, with help from his mother, acquired the building in 1993, and with the assistance of family and friends, renovated interior and exterior with heart pine and white oak salvaged from an old dogtrot house, built in 1845, on land owned by his uncle. He and his father constructed the bar.
Marcks painted the famous sepia-toned circular ceiling mural in the main room, spinning around a celestial "Bear" Bryant, spiraling out to include faces such as Groucho Marx, Lady Liberty and musician Robert "Rowbear" Huffman. Elsewhere in the melange you could spot Marcks' grandfather catching a fish, Native Americans, a T-Rex in high heels sipping from a teacup, or a violinist playing while surfing a wave. The artist himself can be seen in the corner, playing dominoes with family, in front of a cornfield."
Anyway, I just thought this may interest Cerebus fans to see the artwork.
Regards,
Ryan H.
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| That's a Flight Era Cerebus alright... |
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| That's the Moon Roach alright. "Merely Magnificent Moon Roach!" Thank you 'Kevitch... |
Thanks Ryan!
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Tim Gagne sent in:
Crownfundr for Nick Crane
Already net its goal but pretty cheap for a collection that finishes the story all these years later -
https://crowdfundr.com/nickcraine?ref=cr_3EI341_ab_18OUE1
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Birdsong sent me:
Here's some in progress art for the next Kickstarter. When I saw the Original Sim art on AMOC I asked Matt for the full size images so I can finally correct a 40 year wrong. I don't want to slam the original Marvel colorist so I'm not looking to see who it was. They were working against a deadline, but the Cyclops color was an abomination. Marvel Fanfare 25 and Cerebus 81 were both released in December 1985, about a year before I started reading Cerebus so I didn't know who Dave was and was not really impressed at all with the art until I realized later that Cyclops is really just the Roach in a Cyclops costume. And then I found out what the Eisner school was and comic book reading got a lot better.
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Okay, that's more moments than I'm supposed to do in a week...
Next Time: Birdsong has jokes.
Next Time: Birdsong has jokes.
2 comments:
Love it! It’s giving ceiling of Sistine Chapel vibes!
Funny; what I saw in Cyclops' physique in this drawing was less the Roach, more Megaton Man (whose heyday, I'm pretty sure, would've coincided with this drawing).
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