WTF, a comic book jam (Dave's Weekly Update #390)/Frank Miller's Ronin (Dave's Weekly Update #391) (it's cool, it's like one of the double issues...)

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's Weekly Update...FROM LAST WEEK...(oooohh do you feel like a time traveler?)

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Well Dave, you'll definitely see everybody next week, because it's this week. (Tiiiiiiiimmmmmmmeeee Travel...)

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I found out what happened. Dave Fisher, who posts these on Dave's behalf, is taking care of his ill father, and scheduled these, but didn't get a chance to double check they went up. So, if you're into prayer, say one for Dave's dad. And Dave. And if you're more hippy-dippy, send Fisher and his dad some "positive vibes" or whatever. (Hippy.)

ANYWAY, the Nazi shithead is back...so, comments are "locked" and under my moderation until "Himmler Jr." fucks right the hell off back to whatever little spider-hole he went to last time. Which means if you post a comment, it might not show up until I can get to it. (Sorry, not sorry.)

Cerebus in Hell?

The Unethical Spider-Vark

Also available: Swords Of Cerebus In Hell? Volume 4

And Ben Hobb's Kickstarter is fully funded, and all initial rewards are all met (yeah, I was surprised too...) he's added a couple of new goals:

Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for your tremendous support!

The first three Stretch goals have been unlocked! That means that every book comes with 2 trading cards: Cerebus and Batvark! (The two volume sets come with two of each.) And every volume will include a bookplate! I'll post mock-ups of the book plates in the coming days.

I've added two new stretch goals!

$12,000 unlocks the Dante Trading card, which will be added to every book.


$15,000 unlocks the Jingles trading card, which will be added to every book.


(Art not final)

Additionally, I've added Trading Cards! as both a new tier and an Add-on (In case two sets just isn't cutting it for you.)

Thanks again for all your support!

Benjamin Hobbs

So, there ya go...

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond:

SDOAR on  Kickstarter

SDOAR The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (ORDER NOW!) 

SDOAR on Amazon! 

Follow Living the Line on the FaceItBooks. (All the cool kids are doing it...)

Latest Kickstarter Update (sorta, this is from yesterday):

Hello everyone!

Ever since the campaign's start, Dave and Carson and I have been discussing different possible add-ons to the campaign, the type of project extras that only Kickstarter really makes feasible. And boy howdy, do we have a doozy for you today.

We just added the following item as an add-on—


From the add-on description:

The Preliminary Strange Death is a 120-page oversized book, presenting for the first time in print the preliminary artwork of Dave Sim. This volume is stuffed with preliminary artwork for both STRANGE DEATH and the STRANGE DEATH-related sequences for glamourpuss, presented as close to at-size as possible. This is a limited-availability, supplemental book, the same dimensions as STRANGE DEATH — 8.25" x 12", so it will fit comfortably on the shelf next to the finished book. As Sim's artwork increased in compositional complexity, Sim's tracing paper work became increasingly vital to his process, enabling him to reposition figures and even parts of figures to adjust his compositions and body language without having to redraw each time. These images give critical insight into the artist's interlocking drawing and design processes.

You might notice that the description doesn't indicate if this will be a black and white or color book. That's because once someone has pledged for an item, the description for that item can't be edited, and in this case, the final format of the book depends on you!

If we sell more than 100 of these, The Preliminary Strange Death will be presented in full-color. If orders are less than that, the book will be black and white. But either way, you'll have a gorgeous tome of preliminary drawings to go along with your finished book.

Later today I'll also be adding this as its own tier, for anyone who wants to pick up this book, but has already ordered Strange Death from their local store.

Lastly, I wanted to mention for those of you still wanting to get a Signed/Numbered/Limited edition of Strange Death — although that tier is sold out at the moment, over the past 48 hours we've had several people switch tiers to the unsigned book, temporarily opening up a S/N/L book. So if you're on the hunt, keep your eyes peeled, and you just might snag one!

I hope you all are having a fantastic Thursday!

All the best,

Sean Robinson

Living the Line Books

I'm getting one. (Is gonna be LIT!)

Heritage has some interesting "Dave Sim" bits (Page from issue 5, and two (count 'em) TWO! Beavers strips!)

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe 

Up to 35% off site-wide:

May 20 – 21

May 27 – 31

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!

Next Time: Wouldn't you like to be a Kickstarter too?

Please Hold For Dave Sim 5/4/2019

Hi, Everybody!

The Auction for the Green Dante/Green Virgil cover is at $1277.00 US Dollars from: 高伯乐 (Gao BoLe)! If you want in on this action, just comment on this post, or e-mail momentofcerebus@gmail.com

Friend to the Blog, uses the Vulcan nerve pinch to bend his Wookiee: Steve Peters has another Kickstarter going. (I have a joke in one panel.)

The remastered Volume 1 is available digitally for $9.99.

On May second, Dave called and we talked for a hour and twenty-one minutes (I broke it up into six parts, HOPEFULLY, I split the video at good spots...). This month's Please Hold is a little more free-wheeling than in the past, but I hope everybody likes it.

Please Hold For Dave Sim 5/2/2019:

Part one in which Dave and I say "hi," and Dave talks about his wrist, and...Jeff Seiler's birthday, with a special surprise for Jeff:

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SURPRISE!

"YOU GET AN AARDVARK WANG! YOU GET AN AARDVARK WANG! EVERYBODY GETS AN AARDVARK WANG!!!" -Rapho

Part two in which answers the question of whether or not Suenteus Po was the narrator of Cerebus up until Women (in a very Dave Sim way...)

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Part three where Dave's continues talking about Suenteus Po as the narrator of Cerebus, and which Po was an aadvark.

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Part four, where Dave and I discuss my grandmother, and then David Johnson (who sent me a long e-mail, that I then sent up to Dave), which leads into Frank Miller

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Part five, where Dave continues talking about Frank Miller, Batman, and David Johnson, 

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And the finale, where Dave talks about David Johnson, the petition, the last questions of Jesse Lee Heardon and Jeff Seiler and Ramadan.

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Alright, thanks for watching, last one out turn out the lights. I'ma going to Endgame!

Next Time: I curse Thanos while you read Genesis Question commentary...

The Ol' AMOC Mailbag

Hi, Everybody!

As I do:

There's a Indiegogo live if you missed the Kickstarter for the birthday card.

The remastered Volume 1, digitally for $9.99.

No word on the postcard Kickstarter, or a Star code for the remastered Jaka's Story, but I'll add 'em to the list when I get 'em!

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Okay, time to clean out the Ol' AMOC Mailbag:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                          
Item: Eddie Khanna sent in:

A link to an interview with a band called TARIM (Talking to Tarim?) which I don't think has been run on AMOC before

From the interview:

X: Is the name Tarim derived from the mummies found in the Chinese river, the fictitious god, or the city in South Yemen? Please explain. James: The name actually comes from a graphic novel series called Cerebus, a parody book featuring a barbarian aardvark. Tarim is the deity worshiped by Cerebus. We went with it to pay homage to the creator of the series, Dave Sim, but also because it just sounds cool.

Thanks Eddie!
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Item: Carson Grubaugh sent in:

Hey Matt,

I don't know where all our fans are at but there will be chances for people to go see some of my original art from SDOAR and YDKJ coming soon.

There is a page from SDOAR V. 1 going up 2/1/2019-2/21/2019 at The Downtown Gallery, 102 N Main St. Kokomo, IN 46901

and a piece for YDKJ from Februrary 15, 2019- May 3,  Joseph A. Cain Memorial Gallery. Del Mar College, 101 Baldwin Blvd, Corpus Christi Texas 78404

Best,

Carson

 Thanks Carson!
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Item: Travis Pelkie sent in:

Just in case you missed it another chapter of the Grant Morrison/Gerhard story is in Heavy Metal 292. 

Thanks Travis! You can order a copy here. (I don't know where part two is, Part one was in #283, and #292 says it has part three.)
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Item: This one's fun, Marie Miguel send me:

Hi there, I am emailing you because I have a quick question about a mental health project I'm working on. Simply put, the goal is to try to educate more families about mental health & wellness related topics by possibly working with websites like yours. As someone that has been featured in Yahoo, ADAA, TheMighty, AMHCA, GoodMenProject, etc... mental health has become something I'm increasingly passionate about. I'm doing what I can to support and encourage more discussions about these and other important topics. After looking at a few pages of your website, initially this one http://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2014/10/ I noticed it's a great resource and also that you linked to a psycnet.apa.org page I thought I'd reach out. If there is a way to encourage and support you in covering these topics for the benefit of your readers, I'd like to discuss in more detail with you; even if there is a fee. If this might be something you're interested in, please let me know. If not, I understand and don't necessarily expect a response back from you. Thanks for your consideration & have a great day. Marie

I responded:

Hello Marie,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, but the blog post you mentioned (at least I THINK it's the post you meant,) was written by someone who is not associated with A Moment of Cerebus anymore.

My blog (well, I run the joint, but I didn't start it,) mostly deals with the comic book series Cerebus the Aardvark. Mental health isn't really a prominent topic on a regular basis.

I mean, I'd be willing to run something occasionally, if I could find a way, but I don't think it's very likely.

Matt Dow

Interim Editor

A Moment of Cerebus

The post I think she meant was one written by Mara Sedlins. As she left before I took over, I don't think Marie and I are gonna be doing Mental Health Issues posts...
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Item: Carson Grubaugh also sent in:

Hi Matt,

Went to a friend's studio today and he had this sculpture (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/madlib-quasimoto-stones-throw-yellow-471567030) on a shelf. I said "Oh,a yellow Cerebus!"

And checking eBay, these things ain't cheap...

No, Apparently it is Lord Quasimoto, the mascot for rapper Madlib.

Hmm?

Thanks Carson? I guess...I mean I'll NEVER afford one of these, and it'd be SUPEREASY to turn it into Cerebus.
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Item: Who's got money?

Issue #30 page 12

Issue #69 page 18

Seriously, who's got money?
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Item: This one's funny:

There's a Humble Bundle for ALL of Spawn up to issue #262 (SO close to #301 and Todd's bullshit claims of "beating the record")...except issue #10.

Ya know, the one Dave wrote.

They even got the Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, and Grant Morrison issues...

That's hilarious to me.
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Item: That's all I got.

Next Time: Cerebus stuff of some sort...

December previews stuff

Hi, Everybody!

The Vark Wars continue. If you want in: thevarkwars@gmail.com

And Then:

Travis Pelkie returns with his regular monthly selection for Cerebus fans of comics and books featured in the latest Diamond Previews catalog. Travis is co-founder of the Atomic Junk Shop, a site about comics and other fun pop culture. To see your comics featured here or at the Atomic Junk Shop feel free to send an email to Travis at: atomicjunkshoptravis [at] outlook [dot] com.

Didn't we suggest this one?

CANADIAN VARK #1

OCT181300

(W) Dave Sim (A) Dave Sim, Gustave Dore (CA) Lee Thacker, Benjamin Hobbs

Now! With No Reprints! Book Length All-In-One Issue! Cerebus' Canadian Inaugural Address, 2020; Cerebus is his own Bioethics Mandarin; Cerebus beheads everyone at a campaign stop; Cerebus as "Mecca/Jerusalem/Vatican City"-style candidate; Voluntary carbon tax paid only by environmentalists; Nutrient-dense Locavore Eco-magno variant systems; Friedrich Nietzsche, Environment Minister; Dancing With The Inconvenient Stars starring Jennifer Lopez as Al Gore; The Whore of Babylon serializes her diary online from when she was Cerebus' intern; the three answers that answer ANY question in a Liberal or NDP riding; Cerebus, Political Jargon Monster; "And Men Shall Call Him H.E.L.O.C." Batvark and Woolly-Bully's Sacred African Mask of Doom. 

Travis sez: Of course you already ordered this, it's got all new stuff! 

WAR BEARS HC

OCT180319

(W) Margaret Atwood (A/CA) Ken Steacy

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale, comes this historical fiction graphic novel tracing the Golden Age of Canadian comic books.

Oursonette, a fictional Nazi-fighting superheroine, is created at the peak of World War II by comic book creator Al Zurakowski who dreams of making it big in the early world of comics publishing.

A story that follows the early days of comics in Toronto, a brutal war that greatly strains Al personally and professionally, and how the rise of post-war American comics puts an end to his dreams.

Internationally and New York Times best-selling novelist Margaret Atwood and acclaimed artist Ken Steacy collaborate for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events! Collects War Bears issues #1-3. 
Travis sez: I mentioned this when the first issue came out, but now comes the collection of the Margaret Atwood/Ken Steacy book about the Golden Age of Canadian comics.  Sounded interesting!

Not art from this, this is from a previous series. Just FYI

XERXES FALL HOUSE DARIUS RISE ALEXANDER HC

OCT180320

(W) Frank Miller (A/CA) Frank Miller

Frank Miller returns to the world of 300 with this sprawling historical epic! Persian King Xerxes sets out to conquer the world to avenge his father Darius's defeat and create an empire unlike anything the world has ever seen . . . Until the hardy Greeks produce a god king of their own, Alexander the Great. Collects issues #1-#5 of the miniseries. 

Travis sez: Frank Miller's sequel (prequel?) to his 300 comic.   

EC ARCHIVES HC PIRACY

OCT180352

(W) Carl Wessler, Various (A) Wally Wood, Various

Collecting the complete run of the EC Comics cult classic Piracy; featuring stories about the violence and cruelty of the pirates that sailed the seven seas. Across these pages sail plunderers, pillagers, buccaneers, whalers, smugglers, pearl divers, treasure hunters, mutineers, and many more, in these brutal tales of life on the water. Piracy issues #1-#7 in full color! Features stories drawn by all-star comic artists Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Graham Ingels, Reed Crandall, Bernard Krigstein, George Evans, and more.

Travis sez: The comics that inspired the pirate bits in Watchmen, I believe.  It's EC, it's pirates, it's great artists.  It should be cool! 

VOYAGE TO THE DEEP HC

OCT180726

(W) Sam Glanzman (A/CA) Sam Glanzman

Follow the adventures of a shape-shifting atomic sub battling sea creatures, arctic monsters, sonic attacks, anti-matter generators, global terrorism, and more! Four tales of the atomic submarine Proteus and her crew in one graphic novel! First, the submarine Proteus has just finished its shakedown run and heads out to explore the Mariana Trench, but when the ship arrives, it not only has to deal with giant sea creatures, but an act of terrorism that threatens the entire world! Plus, a monster larger than the Proteus, a fanged sea creature and an anti-matter generator that threatens to tear apart the world, and an unknown enemy unleashes sonic destruction on the Proteus, and then the world! Only the Proteus and her crew can stop them!
Advance solicited for February release! 

Travis sez: It's Alive and IDW put out a hardcover of the Sam Glanzman stories from the '60s.  I believe I contributed to the Kickstarter of this (and pledged for the print version), but I have not yet gotten a physical copy.  I have to double check that I was supposed to, though.

CHARLIES ANGELS TP VOL 01

OCT181168

(W) John Layman (A/CA) Joe Eisma

The Angels are back, baby! -- The original Angels, Jill, Kelly and Sabrina! Travel back to the swingin' 70s, and revisit the butt-kicking, crime-fighting, mold-breaking lady detectives who took 70s TV by storm, ready to do the same to comics 40 years later!

Break out your bell-bottoms, feather your hair, and jump back to an era of peanut-farmer presidents, gargantuan gas-guzzlers and foxy female detectives... for a globe-trotting adventure that's simply too big and epic for the 70s-era boob tube.

Written by elderly Eisner winner and solicitation-writing former-superstar John Layman, and with art by his scrappy but lovable youngster pal, Joe Eisma. This is one graphic novel you DON'T DARE TO MISS!!!!

Travis sez: The jiggle TV series comes to comics, written by Cerebus mega fan John Layman.  He's a good writer, so it should be semi-interesting, at least.

HER INFERNAL DESCENT TP VOL 01

OCT181341

(W) Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler (A/CA) Kyle Charles

A tale of loss told in five parts.

Any good mom would march through the inferno of HELL to get her family back. Unable to cope with the burden of grief, a middle-aged mother descends the nine circles of hell to retrieve her forsaken family. Guided by the ghosts of William Blake and Agatha Christie, this no-nonsense matriarch journeys deep into a bizarre underworld filled with celebrity sinners, surreal landscapes and absurd tasks.

From Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson, the writers of the break-out hit The Dregs and Cable, and Kyle Charles, the artist of Roche Limit, comes a journey through hell unlike anything you've experienced before.

HER INFERNAL DESCENT vol 1 contains the complete first story arc, issues #1-5.

Travis sez: This one involves a trip to Hell where William Blake is encountered.  Perhaps an aardvark is in a background shot? 

ABSOLUTE SWAMP THING HC VOL 01 BY ALAN MOORE

OCT180552

(W) Alan Moore (A) Shawn McManus, Dan Day, Rick Veitch, Alfredo Alcala, Others (A/CA) Stephen R. Bissette, John Totleben

Alan Moore's legendary run of Swamp Thing tales is collected in Absolute format at last, completely recolored for this new edition! This first of three volumes includes Moore's first Swamp Thing story, issue #20's "Loose Ends," a prelude to his haunting origin story, "The Anatomy Lesson," which reshapes Swamp Thing's mythology with terrifying revelations. Collects Saga Of The Swamp Thing #20-34 and Swamp Thing Annual #2.

Travis sez: I'm reluctant to tell you to spend money on DC books, and I'm wary of this one because it's newly recolored, but it's Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben on Swamp Thing!  It's still a high water mark of the medium.

DETECTIVE COMICS BEFORE BATMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 1 & 2

OCT180572

(W) Jerry Seigel, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Others (A) Others, Joe Shuster, Fred Guardineer, Bob Kane

DETECTIVE COMICS exploded in 1939 with the debut of Batman in issue #27-and now, for the first time, DC reprints the first 26 issues of this groundbreaking series, almost none of which have ever been reprinted before, in a two-volume slipcased set! The first volume, collecting issues #1-13, stars crime-fighters like Slam Bradley, Bart Regan, Speed Saunders and more! And Volume Two, collecting issues #14-26, stars characters like the Crimson Avenger, Fu Manchu and more! Please note that these stories will be scanned directly from original copies of these issues. 

Travis sez: This is another one that makes me go ooh.  The first 26 issues of Detective Comics (the pre-Batman stuff, as you probably know) is reprinted for the first time.  You probably have a spare kidney you can sell for the scratch to buy this one. 

DECADES MARVEL IN 40S TP HUMAN TORCH VS SUB-MARINER

OCT181012

(W) Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, More (A) Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, More (CA) Alex Schomburg

Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - beginning with the first two superstars of the Flying Forties! The original Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner get along as well as fire and water, and several of Timely's greatest comics feature the twin titans clashing in fantastic feature-length fisticuffs! A rivalry for the ages is born when Namor, mistreated by the surface world, attacks New York - and the Torch stands in his way! As World War II rages, Namor decides to create peace by flooding the planet! Can the Torch and his young sidekick, Toro, bring Namor back to his senses? They'd better - because the Nazis are on the attack, and the Golden Age archrivals must put aside their differences aside and unite against a common foe! Collecting material from MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #7-10 and HUMAN TORCH COMICS #5B, #8 and #10.

Travis sez: Marvel's starting a new "Decades" series of trades, and this one is stuff from the 1940s, the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner fights.  That's some pretty cool stuff (including, I think, the "drawn over a weekend" issue).

Next Time: Hobbs.