Notebook 21: Even More From Viktor Davis

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.

We’re continuing our look at Dave Sim’s 21st notebook used during the creation of Cerebus #164 to 187. We’ll be looking at this notebook, which there were 260 out of 300 pages scanned, until we’ve seen every single page of it. Well, the pages scanned. If you want to see all of the notebook #21 posts to date, just use the Notebook 21 tag. 

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Guess what is continuing in the notebook? Pages of text for Viktor Davis. We’re getting to some sketches. At some point. Really.

Dave must’ve finished page 176 of his notebook and put it down, for the handwriting style has changed from the prior page. Well, at least at the top of the page. This text is closer to the text that appears in Reads. And this actually shows up on page 161 of Reads, aka Cerebus floppy issue number 182 page 15.

Notebook #21, page 177

Notebook #21, page 178

This next page I found interesting because I find it to be True. Not true, but True. I could more pages like this one. Just like I could read three hundred issues of material like Cerebus #244. Well, maybe not 300, but a novel’s worth. 

Notebook #21, page 179

“Can you stop reading?” Can you?”

And the next page continues this text and going on about how Cerebus would die in issue 185. The crossed out text was 193. 

Notebook #21, page 180