What does the Fax say? *yipping noises*

Hi, Everybody!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! (I WAS just gonna post this story, but Tim already did...)

Which means I gotta find that sweet, sweet Cerebus content you come to AMOC for...

Friend to the Blog, James Windsor Banderas-Smith has a new Papa Balloon & Cactus Kickstarter. He's offering A BRAND NEW Dave Sim variant cover on this campaign. As Dave faxed:

Dave's been playing up Idyl so much, I bought a copy. It arrives Tuesday...

Let's see, this one is worrying:

Hopefully Flight, Women, and Rick's Story can be completed with out the negatives. And Dave can figure out WHERE the negatives went...

Anyway, this is a sequel to this fax:

This one arrived with no explanation: 

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Dave remembered:

And Dave commented on Chad Lambert's notice of Aardvarkian Splendor getting nominated for an award:

Chad says how to vote:

Voting for the HEROIC Awards has started, and it's March Madness bracket style. Yay, said no one.

H.E.R.O.I.C Awards voting instructions

Round 1 = march 15-17

Round 2 = march 18-21

Round of 32 = march 22-25

Sweet 16 = march 26-29

Elite 8 = march 30-april 2

Final 4 = april 3-5

Championship 2 = april 6-8

STEP ONE

Go here: (If the link doesn't work, let me know. Then I gotta figure this crap out. Try this.)

STEP TWO

On the home page, enter the date on the bottom left (under the trophy)

STEP THREE

Scroll down to Bracket 53 and vote for Aardvarkian Splendor.

STEP FOUR

Scroll to the very bottom of the form and click the Submit button. 

Rigamarole:

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

Your store will be up to 35% off

March 20-24.*

*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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Heritage has Dave Sim's recreation to the cover of Cerebus #17.

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The Last Day Without nothing.

   "      "     "        "  Dave's signature.

   "      "     "        "  an Old Cerebus Remarque

   "      "     "     Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques. 

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.

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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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Next Time: Cerebus!

I get these "Incoming!" Faxes every week, I may not post 'em, but I get 'em every week...

Hi, Everybody!

Since CAN10/Akimbo is the Top Story, let's start with:

"Akimbo Variant Covers?" Dave's talking about the Swordfish. (Dave may have planned on only mentioning it once, but as it says in the upper right corner: "I ain't Dave Sim"...)

Anyway,

This is from "The Night Before" the Kickstarter launched. May not apply, but I found it neat...

Speaking of Kickstarters:

Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters new Kickstarter, it ends on Feburary 1st.

Living the Line has a new one: TIHKU!

Coming Soon: Greener Pastures #8

And maybe I'LL do a Kickstarter. (Everybody else is...)

Back to the Incoming...

CLICK. FOR. BIGGER. (It's long-standing AMOC Policy that Original Dave or Gerhard Art gets presented bigly.)

And again:

The Cover WILL be going to Heritage, not sure about Narutobus.

Speaking of Heritage, that's the link to ALL 34 of Larry's auctions. The Dave ones are:

Dave Sim glamourpuss #17 President John Kennedy Splash Page 11 Original Art

Dave Sim glamourpuss #17 President John Kennedy Splash Page 4 Original Art

Dave Sim glamourpuss #21 Complete 6-Page Story Original Art (Ya gotta be 18 to see that one.)

But there is more than just Dave, so click around and see what Larry has.

And remember, it's for CHARITY!

Anyway:

Neat!

Click. For. Bigger.

And finally:

Click for Bigger:

Rigamarole:

You can order a copy of the New AV Book: the Cerebus #1 Facsimile Edition. Also available in Signed: Cerebus #1 Facsimile Edition Signed. (Final Order Cutoff is next week the 23rd or 24th.)

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

Your store will be up to 35% off

January 25-28.*

*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.

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The Last Day Without nothing.

   "      "     "        "  Dave's signature.

   "      "     "        "  an Old Cerebus Remarque

   "      "     "     Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques. 

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Oliver'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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Next Time: High Society pages? High Society pages.

It was twenty years ago today...

Hi, Everybody!

Guess what?

It was twenty years ago TODAY!

"Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play?"

No Imaginary AMOC Reader who lives rent free in my head, Sgt. Pepper's came out in 1967, so twenty years before that is 1947, and Math isn't my strong suit, but 2023 minus 1947 ain't in the twenties...

THIS happened:

I asked Gerhard about it:

So, I just celebrated the 12th anniversary of AMOC, and the 6th anniversary of my taking over, but I realized that next month is the 20th anniversary of you and Dave finishing Cerebus (I believe yours's is around Christmas.) With that in mind, I thought I'd make a big deal out of it. My question is what is your favorite page (or series of pages) from issue #300? (Bonus points for why?)

And Ger said: 

I guess my favourite (or least hated) part of #300 is the 'falling out of bed' sequence.
This panel in particular:

Why?
I like the balance of black/white/grey
and it has this real 'frozen moment' quality.


Least favourite/most hated part was the fifty-seven versions we went through of the cover trying to get the rays of light to look right.
Never really nailed it. Just ran out of time.
And patience.

As always, Thank You Gerhard!

And Boys and Girls, tonight is the night!

I hope you've been good. Otherwise The Big Guy won't be heading your way, OR bringing the Missus:

Click for bigger on all of those...

You can show support to "Santa" by donating here.

Rigamarole:

New AV Book:

Cerebus #1 Facsimile Edition and Cerebus #1 Facsimile Edition Signed

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe: up to 35% off:

December 25-29.

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Heritage has a few Dave Sim/Cerebus items. Including a thing I didn't realize Dave didn't have..

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The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Go Fund Me.

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The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.

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Larry Shell could use a hand. (I still haven't heard about where/when Dave's donation is getting sold.)

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EVERYTHING on Cerebus Overload is 35% off until the end of the year. The. End. Of. The. Year. Use code "SANTA" at checkout.

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The Last Day Without nothing.

   "      "     "        "  Dave's signature.

   "      "     "        "  an Old Cerebus Remarque

   "      "     "     Auction catalog for the Panoramic Remarques. 

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Oliver'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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Next Time: Christmas! So, Jesus & Friends!

It was twenty years ago today...

Hi, Everybody!

Guess what?

It was twenty years ago TODAY!

"Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play?"

No Imaginary AMOC Reader who lives rent free in my head, that happened in the forties...

THIS happened:

I asked Dave about it:

That means I can run ANY pages from 300...

Next Time: Monday! And more 20th Anniversary Fun!

Hey, THIS one is Brian's fault...

Hi, Everybody!

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Pieces of Turtles 8.2

Birdsong made a new logo...

In TWO DAYS, Aardvark Vanaheim has made just shy of $3500 Canadian. So...thank you.

Here's, here's a little tease of the cover:

I still think it's funny that Dave has to have the "Health & Safety in the Workplace" rules in what is essentially his garage...

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Hobbs' Kickstarter for the HARD COVER Swords of Cerebus volumes 9 & 10 is still a kicking.

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The Living the Line store is having a 20 percent off sale through the 15th. 

AND, Sean's doing a contest in the Cerebus Facebook Group. Um...ya gotta be a member to see the post. So if you're not "IN", you need a FaceItBook id, I recommend using a realistic fake name, like "Sophia Henrot-Gutch". Then ya gotta pass the entrance exam. Tell Mags "Ron sent ya"...

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Heritage, pretty much has the best Cerebus Original Art deals available...

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Cerebus in Hell?:
The Uncrucifiable Cerebus Goes To A Gay Bar MAY221082 Order Cut Off May 26, 2022

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Form & Void Kickstarter:

Please fill out your surveys so I can get the copy Travis is buying from me.

And if you didn't wanna deal with Kickstarter or the Waverly Press, guess what's in the new previews.

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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently available "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi".

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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:

May 11-15

         26-30

Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off -- that means $13 tees, $20 phone cases, $30 hoodies, and way more!

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And NOW, Your Moment of Cerebus:

From Brian West:

Zoom in on the left, and you will find another moment of Cerebus. From Future Imperfect TPB by Peter David and George Perez.

"Zoom in"?

You're NOT the boss of me...

So wait... 

If Cerebus exists in the Marvel Universe, then it's entirely possible that in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the demon S'ym could have come to Earth, and tempted the then atheistic Dave Sim into selling his soul to gain the comic Cerebus the Aardvark wider renown and fame.

(Also, if Rick Jones Museum of Heroes had both the Cosmic Cube and the Infinity Gauntlet, why'd they need the Hulk to defeat the Maestro?)

(And S'ym wasn't even the first Sym in the Marvel Universe...)

Boom!

Moment!

Next Time: Buy does Hobbs have the Moment for you...