Showing posts with label Distribution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Distribution. Show all posts

Saturday, 28 February 2026

Dave offers a bit of a business update, I have potential Merch, and an old bit...

Hi, Everybody!

As loooooonnggg time AMOC readers know, Dave likes to do his business on the streets, in plain view of Everybody, with no "behind-closed-doors" shenanigans. Which means I get "faxes" (or Fauxes if you will,) like this:

I VAGUELY remember an email about something like this, but I can't find it. I asked Eddie, and he gave me an encapsulated version, but he's dealing with more important personal matters, so if George wants to swing on by the comments and let us all know what's happening... (Eddie will be by if/when he can...)

A couple of things:
  1. Bill Messner-Loebs books are (presumably) on/from Critical Blast (it's what the website says...): 
    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
  2. A google doesn't turn up Critical Blast's webpage on the first page of results. And "publishing" doesn't show WHAT they publish (that's under "book store"). I think it's a form of print-on-demand publishing, but that's just a guess on my part...
  3. Dave's heritage stuff:
  4. Expect more "weird" Aardvark-Vanaheim auctions like https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127695779028 as Dave trys to find ways of bringing in income without a distributor for his books...
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During the last Please Hold, Dave suggested something like this as Merch for people to wear if they go to the Eisner induction ceremony in San Diego this year:


I had a better thought and reached out to David Birdsong to make it  for me:

(The text isn't final...)

I remembered that "we" had made fun of the San Diego Comic Con in Spore/Batvark, and made this:

And a "colour" version since the eye was red in the original version:

I think this one "pops" better. 

The suggested text is: "DAVE SIM: 2026 WILL EISNER HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE"

(Birdsong's suggested addition is: In small print below it reads "charges more for everything now".)

I also thought this could be a funny option:

I sent all this as part of the March Please Hold For Dave Sim Faux, so we'll see what Dave has to say in a week or so...
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And while searching for anything in my email about Critical Blast and George's discussions with Eddie, I found this bit I wrote:
"Know ye, O Princess, that between the years of the fall of the Black Tower Empire, to the years of the rise of the sons of Ishmael, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across Estarcion like diamonds inlaid on a necklace --Tansubal, Boreala, Isshuria, Unshib, Beduin with it's merchants and intrigue, Panrovy with its dueling instructors, Eshosopur that bordered Dehrsion, the Red Marches home of the Pigts, Palnu whose trading ships sail carrying spices, and silk. But the proudest kingdom in Estarcion was Iest, largest city-state and center of the political world. Hither came Cerebus the Aardvark, short of stature, shorter of temper, sword in hand, a mercenary, a soldier, a thief, with odd melancholies and odder mirth, to grind the jeweled thrones of Estarcion under his three-toed feet." --The Aardvarkian Chronicles

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Like the logo? I stole it...








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And, coming in February, who knows. Who. Knows. The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch). They've been sharing updates on the Instagram. 

And Tyrant. Don't forget Tyrant. Sean's remastering it. I've been sending sketches and jams I find. I should look through the Spirits stops in the AV Family Photo Album...
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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...
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Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.
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Dave also wanted me to post this:
Lots of little words, click for bigger.
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Up to 35% off February 28-March 1.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

Speaking of Merch, if you want a strange near-antique, shoot an email to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll tell ya where to send the $20USD I want for these. No shipping charge in the States or Canada. Everybody else add $10USD for shipping. I'll send 'em anywhere the postman is willing to go...
Back and front.
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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: (I talked about this up top...)
And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:
Thanks to Steve for sending the links. 
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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: Palnu?
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Sunday, 31 August 2025

"The Secret Wars of Buddy Saunders"

Hi, Everybody!

Friend to the Blog, James Pulitzer-Smith found:


It's something I had never seen. It's from WAP (Words And Pictures) which was a private newsletter, jointly run by Steve Gerber, Steven Grant and Frank Miller.

And you see more about all the Puma Blues controversy by clicking the link. (And scrolling like a MoFo...)

Thanks for leaving stuff laying around unattended James!

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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 but slightly more expensive...I dunno why...)
The site offers UK shipping, so PRESUMEABLY it's printed and shipped there(?).
And Journey Complete:
And if you wanna see how the book looks in Real Time...
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Zipper calls in a favor:
Hi Matt!

I stopped in a JAF comics this afternoon after work and had nice conversation with John. John is the owner of JAF Comics and publisher of Dreamscape Comics. He asked me for a favor. So, I'm asking if you for a favor. Can you please kindly promote John's new book, Lady Savage, through the Rigamarole. It's live on Kickstarter now and need a little push to get the book fully funded. Most of the creative team has gone to the Joe Kubert School of Art.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamscapepub/lady-savage-footsteps-in-eden-by-gary-petras?ref=discovery&term=Lady%20Savage%3A%20Footsteps%20in%20Eden%20Comic%20Book%20%231%20by%20Gary%20Petras&total_hits=1&category_id=250

Thank you, Matt!

Michael R.
Wait a minute...I don't owe Zipper a favor...
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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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Up to 35% off August 30-31.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.
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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:
  • Page 16 of issue #44
  • Page 5 of Cerebus #20
  • Inside Back Cover art from Cerebus #3
  • The covers to Issue #74 and #76
  • other stuff
And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:
Thanks to Steve for sending the links.
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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: I'll find something else, James? Little help?
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Sunday, 18 May 2025

INCOMING! Catching up on the not Faxes... (New Dave Art!)

Hi, Everybody!

Even though his phone and fax aren't working, that doesn't stop Dave from making me post stuff on his behalf...

INCOMING!

Dave said Monday that he didn't care about this, and things keep happening with Diamond (I've decided until I hear from Dave what HE hears is happening, I'm not reading anything anybody posts on the Internet about any of this...) I don't think Diamond was in arrears to Aardvark-Vanaheim for any money, so Dave really doesn't care until it is "Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss" time. But he sent it, so if maybe you're a creator who needs their ka-ching from Geppi & Co.:











Which leads to the "Back-up Plan" (one of my favorite gags from the Flying Kkaramazov Brothers was when they were doing a flaming juggling trick and they said, "Don't worry, we have a Back-up Plan. Everybody BACK UP!") and Dave's notes/thoughts:







Enough business, let's talk Art:










In a follow up to the last Please Hold:

And since the next CAN (#12 for those of you playing at home...) is a'comin':
OFF-WHITE HOUSE BULLETIN. 8 May 25
519-576-0610 LAND LINE and FAX LINE are FRIED.  PERMANENTLY?  Stay tuned.
AMOC
BIRDSONG
c/o Rolly
CAN 12/VARKDALORIAN (projected June launch)
subject line:  From Dave Sim re: CAN 12
 
1)  Hello, CAN 11 Backers!  We’re going to be trying something different this time to accomodate those of you who are in some form of financial distress (only a handful in February but this is May which is, like, a thousand years later in 2025 terms):
 
Everyone who participated in the last Kickstarter is going to get everything on CAN 12/Varkdalorian ahead of time in digital form for free.  The Digital Package will be offered for $20 on the Kickstarter to everyone else 
 
2) Varkdalorian [CAN 12] and Possum-At-Large vs. Super-Cerebus [CAN 13] are both written by Chad Lambert.  Rather than trying to explain Chad Lambert I got Rolly to scan his Kill Me & Other Curiosities and this will be e-mailed to you as soon as I make sure that this isn’t a Tragic Luddite Mistake that’s going to make anyone go ballistic. Always a danger with we Tragic Luddites (:
 
Chad won two Harvey Awards in 2015 for “Breaking Out” (Best Single Issue or Short Story) and “Kill Me” (Promising New Talent), both of which appear here. 
 
So him doing two Cerebus in Hell? comics is kind of a big deal.  And this seemed like the easiest way to explain it.
 
3)  I’m hoping Chad has a deal with Dark Horse where he can buy copies of Kill Me at a discount so he can offer them autographed on the Kickstarter.  Basically wait and see how many Backers want them and then order that many, get Chad to sign them and ship them to Rolly to include in your packages or ship them directly from Chad’s home Somewhere In Ohio if that makes more sense
 
4). As I said, Chad is the writer which means if all of the artists also sign
 
- Tom Williams
- Christine Larsen
- K CZAP
- Apri Kusbiantoro
 
that would be a) really cool b) possibly a logistical nightmare (depending on where they all are).
 
Fallback position:  KILL ME THE BACKING BOARD with space for everyone to sign
 
Which is why this is the first thing you’re hearing about CAN 12 VARKDALORIAN because this is the one that has logistic nightmare written all over it. 
 
5). Please
a) don’t share your digital KILL ME with others since it’s just a personal FYI for you and definitely borderline illegal even if it’s copyright Chad Lambert and Chad is (hopefully) cool with this. 
b) do buy a copy from your local comic shop if they have a DIA order code for it and autographs aren’t really your thing.  It just came out in December 2024 which is i) a thousand years ago and ii) recent enough it should theoretically work. 
 
NEXT:  The CAN 12 side of this which should be easy-peasy (famous last words)
I haven't heard if that phase of the project is "GO!" If I hear anything, I'll let y'all know...

Dave continued a few days later (my philosophy now is: wait until somebody questions if  I posted it/they do something first. That way it is never possibly my fault when things go wrong. As I frequently say, "I didn't do it, unless it had to get done, in which case I did it twice.")
Would have been nice if Dave had had that page sent to me...

Ya know...I have a short box FULL of Vark Wars and Walt's Empire Strikes Back that my wife has stopped acknowledging as existing, that has some of them lower #ed Walt's Empire issues (I'd have to look which ones.) (Vark Wars was BEFORE they started numbering the print run on the covers.) I COULD grab a bunch and sign them and send them to Dave to sign so you could get a copy with two of the...eight(?) creators signatures on there. I also have a couple of the hardcover Swords of Cerebus in Hell? collections (volumes 8 & 10 that have the Vark Wars issues in them) I could sign and sketch in and send to Dave to use as add-ons or Postcard prizes. I guess I have to find a box...

Anyway if you made it this far, Original Dave Art time (click for bigger): 

Sans notes:

I THINK that's everything from the past 8 days...

Rigamarole:
THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER: It seems like EVERYBODY has a crowd funding campaign type thing going on:
Friend to the Blog, Steve Peters has launched his latest campaign: Comicverse #6. He's got all sorts of neat stuff on offer, some of it from previous campaigns, meaning "there's Dave Art in them there add-ons!" I dunno, click around and see what he's offering. The campaign has met it's goal, but he followed KickStarter's advice and lowballed that. So more money would mean he doesn't lose money on the deal.

I'm selling bootleg Cerebus trading cards featuring my art, coloring by Hobbs, and unused art of MY characters by Dave. $10 a set for 11 cards plus TWO HANDDRAWN cards (by me). Email momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll explain how to pay.


The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill. More on this as I'm allowed to post stuff...

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!).) 

The current thinking is that CAN12/The Varkdalorian will launch in June. Dave has ideas, more on this as I figure out what the hell Sim is planning...
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Up to 35% off May 21-26.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.
One of those is the Mother's Day Sale. Show Mom you care with a T-Shirt of the comic she doesn't understand why you like so much...
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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:
  • Nothing. But there are THREE pages of original art coming soon...
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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' 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: Well that WAS everything except the Monday Report, but I'm saving that for tomorrow...
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Saturday, 15 March 2025

ULTIMATE CEREBUS (2012) Limited Edition Prints -Fundraising for GNC 6 thru 10 LIVE on eBay!

Hi, Everybody!

For your bidding pleasure:
With the recent news of changes and modifications that might begin to affect the current comic book consumer market due to the social and financial developments in our country and abroad, and having seen for myself that we have a great lineup of artist creators and creations in Canada, I and the rest of the Studiocomix Press Team, now located in various parts of Canada, Spain and Mexico are working hard on the Great North Creators indie Calatog.

Our main mission has two goals:
  • To provide more points of sale for a comic book title, giving the creator access to more comic book stores, book stores, and other retail points digital and physical. 
  • To offer Canadian comic book stores (and those abroad) new and previously published products that can be easily brought in for retail at the stores.
AND if you're in Toronto this weekend:
Dave, generously donated a fantastic image of Cerebus for the Great North Creators launch and has given us permission to use it for a variety of different items. But first Dave suggested we make them available in some way during TCC2025 and we came up with this plan...

We will bring 5 of the prints to Toronto Comic Con, where the general public will be able to purchase tickets for a raffle. We will be located at booth #2222 and are offering tickets at:
$2.50 for one ticket
$5.00 for 10 tickets
The tickets are good for the whole weekend, and we will draw :
1 winner on Friday
2 winners on Saturday
2 winners on Sunday
Click for bigger. OBVIOUSLY, this is all five cropped and assembled to show of all five drawings, and not one print. You knew that, right?

Alright, Happy Bidding!

Rigamarole:
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Up to 35% off March 14-17 and 26-30.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.

Speaking of which, as requested, The Twitter Men Logo had been put on Merch, but The Mouse sent a takedown notice and 2 of the 3 designs are NO MORE. (One of these days, I'ma put all the removed design together in one image and see what happens...):
Blue & Gold
Blue
So get 'em while they still exist...
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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 all sorts of amazing things I'll never afford...
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Next Time: Something easy, I hope...
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