A Weird Fake Cerebus...

Hi, Everybody!

Since this is A Moment of Cerebus, people will send in all sorts of Cerebus related stuff. Like my pal Steve who sent in:

On eBay:
Vintage Cerebus #91 Original Comic Art Dave Sim Appears in 4 Panels! | eBay



Page is approx. Item is in great condition. See pictures for more details. This item is a must have addition to any collection.

This is the message I sent the seller:
FYI, while this art is amazingly similar to what Dave Sim and Gerhard drew years ago, it does not match what was published.
The differences are subtle (the look of the three 'stomps' for example, position of the stars, thickness of the bricks Cerebus is on).
Also the Cerebus figures themselves would've had a 20% screen overlay and there was a type of border tape used between the panels.
For reference: page 811 of the "Church & State Vol. 2" phonebook.
Best -
Steve

Seen here:

Well, I was gonna use it in a post, but I was on vacation, and then Dave had sent a bunch of stuff, and yadda yadda yadda, when I got a Facebookee messenger message from noted Filthy Hippie (and Yahoo Group Moderator/former Dave's eBitch) Jeff Tundis

Seen here in need of a haircut at the Ye Bookees of Cerebus show in Olean NY

Who said:

My boss recently picked up the page on the left, which is obviously not the published work. You know if this is a Sim recreation? Or some fan fake? I can't contact Dave obviously. It's on ebay right now.

Well, I asked Dave as part of the 44 page Faux I sent with the 11/2025 Please Hold For Dave Sim questions, but I won't get an answer for a week or two, but then I remember I can email Gerhard:

Hi Ger!

I hope retirement is still agreeing with you.

Question: Does this look like something you've seen before?

Tundis's boss got it, and he asked me if it was a recreation by Dave (which I'm asking Dave), but then I thought this might be another of those photocopied pages from the crazy 80s, like that not the cover to issue 80 I got sent to me. Like, maybe you at some point (possibly with alcohol or cannabis involved) mounted the copy on a piece of board and finished it?

It's a long shot, but if I don't ask, the world will never know...

Say "hey" to Shelley for me, and for God's sake don't expend too much energy on this!

Thanks in advance,
"Manly" Matt Dow
Interim Editor: A Moment of Cerebus
President and only employee, Mouse Skull Entertainment
Janis and Natasha's Dad
Reprobate

And sure enough, Ger responded:

Hey Matt!

Retirement is GREAT. I think I've finally found my true calling.
I have my To Do list. Each morning I look through it and say, "I don't feel like doing ANY of that."
And then I don't.

I just saw that "art" for the first time a few days ago. Charles Costas (my Art Guy) sent me a heads-up about it being a counterfeit page.
As I said to him:
It's far too poorly executed to be considered a forgery
but if somebody is trying to pass off fan-art as a genuine page
then it's definitely fraud.

While it KINDA looks like page 15 from issue 91 there are glaringly obvious differences.
Not the least of which (and I didn't see the back of this before) is that we NEVER would have used Bainbridge 80 illustration board. It's too textured and is meant for pencil or pastel work. We used Bainbridge 172; smooth surface for inking.

If somebody did this just for fun and because they liked the page, then it's great.
If they, or someone else later is trying to pass this off as genuine Sim/Gerhard art, then rot in hell, pal.

I hope Tundis's boss didn't pay too much for it.

Hope you and the family are doing well.

Best,
Ger

It sold on eBay for $9.99USD. I hope whoever got it didn't think they got a steal.

And now we know what to look for in the future.

Here's a better look for those of you who are fascinated with this kinda stuff:

It's all the goofy details (that are wrong) that fascinate me (as a guy who has poorly copied Dave and Ger before). The weird Non-crosshatching on the bricks. Cerebus' spinning arms. The odd colouring choice on Cerebus. 

Thanks to Steve, Jeff, and most especially Gerhard.

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Like the logo? I stole it...

The Latest CiH? Kickstarter is LIVE!

And since you're thinking of Kickstarters, Our Friends at Living the Line have a new one for Brandon Graham Pillow Fight and Other Delights. 

And, coming in February, The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch).

AND, Robert Jeschonek is back with Volume 2 of Legends of Indie Comics - Words Only. Dave was in Volume 1, and he's got another all star line-up for this one.

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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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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill. OR(!) you could buy Bill's book with the Dave backcover. I have discovered links:

Wanderland (Paperback)

Wanderland (Hardcover for the guys who get "hard" for hardcovers...)

Wanderland (Paperback but slightly more expensive...I dunno why...)
The site offers UK shipping, so PRESUMEABLY it's printed and shipped there(?).
And Journey Complete:

Hardcover

Paperback

And if you wanna see how the book looks in Real Time...

Over on the Facebookees, Mike Jones shared that Dave has a five page Strange Death of Alex Raymond story in YEET Presents #68. Ya gotta back them on Patreon to get it. Here's the post if you're not sure if you wanna give 'em five bucks:

YEET Presents #68 is almost here!
Our Halloween Special is at the final step at the printer and should be in the mail soon. Dave Sim, William Messner-Loebs, Mike Gustovich, Mike Royer, Shane Luttrell, Marcello Mitch Rosmini, Josh Holley, Bryan Fraze, Robb Cox, Eddie Morgan, Len Mihalovich, Ken Phillips,Steve Shipley, Ronald Currell, Doug Curtis, Trish Ellis and more. For $5.....order now.

Click for bigger obviously...

I guess the deal is:

Get every new issue of "Yeet presents" in your mailbox and never miss the thrills and the fun only this magazine can give you! Remember we need your physical address (you'll be asked after you pledge), this is no digital thing, it's a real, professionally printed magazine! :)

Five bucks in the US, $6 in Canada, and $10 outside them two. The link has all the details.

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Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.

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Our very own Jen DiGiacomo is part of a film production titled The Day Elvis Died. She'll never ask anybody here, but they're crowdfunding to finish the post production on the movie. (It's set in 1977, will a certain obscure Canadian cartoon aardvark make a cameo? (No. Elvis died in August. Cerebus wasn't published until December. Any appearance in the flick would be an anachronism that would ruin the movie for everybody. EVERYBODY!).) Here's the first trailer. 

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off October 22-26.*

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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:

• slabbed comics.
• And a proof of a new Cerebus in Hell? issue tied to the Kickstarter

And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:

• CEREBUS #112 - #113 PAGE 17 DAVE SIM COMIC ART SALE

Thanks to Steve for sending the link.

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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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