Notebook 21: “Geysering. Blood. Semen.”

 Notebook 21: “Geysering. Blood. Semen.”

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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I. Am. Exhausted. First late Boston Bruins game of the season, three separate incidents of heavy traffic due to road construction on the way home, meant an 11:21 PM in bed time for me. Plus we had a prior Bruins home game on Sunday that made a 9:30 PM bed time. My normal bedtime is like 8 pm, 8:30 pm tops. I know, I know: I’m old. Well, ya get whatcha get. Four pages of text from Dave’s 21 notebook but no real commentary this week. Sorry, I’m just so tired bossman. The rain will keep me in all weekend, so I’ll perhaps make up for it next week? Perhaps? 

Notebook 21, page 245

Notebook 21, page 246

Notebook 21, page 247

“Geysering. Blood. Semen.” What? 

Notebook 21, page 248

*poit*