Showing posts with label Regency Edition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Regency Edition. Show all posts

Monday, 16 August 2021

Live From YouTube: It's Carson & Sean!

 Hi, Everybody!

An now for something completely different...
Look for them here. (They aren't there yet. When I know...)

And, how about that Carson Grubaugh?

He and Sean Robinson are doing all sorts of neat videos:

And that's Moment enough, right?

Next Time: I'll have gotten more than a couple hours sleep, not worked a 12 hour shift, and be ready for this stuff... No, really!

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Cerebus Archive Number 9 (Reads) is here!

Hi, Everybody!

Remember yesterday when I was talking about Cerebus Archive Number Nine, and I posted this image:

And I said it was a gag?

Whelp...

It's not launching the day after tomorrow, like I said, it launched today:
So, there ya go.
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Also continuing from the yesterdays, my man at the Waverly Press followed up on the "Extra" High Society Regency Editions:
Hey,

Just a quick update as I get the last of the Regency books out the door.

For the sake of safety I slightly undersold the books when they went on sale in case any copies need to be replaced due to loss or damage in shipping.

It looks like there will be around 15 copies left over, a mixture of numbered and proof books. 
If anyone wants one they can get on a waiting list by contacting us directly through the Cerebusoverload website.
So there's your answer Bill.
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Heritage has some interesting "Dave Sim" bits (Page from issue 5, and two (count 'em) TWO! Beavers strips! And an original Diamondback deck.)
Up to 35% off site-wide:
June 23 – 27
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: Hobbs explains it all...

Friday, 4 June 2021

Regency Hotel pens Spawn 10 etc (Dave's Weekly Update #393)

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's Weekly Update:


All the Regency stuff should be packed and on it's way to ya (if'n ya bought some...) extras for sale at the link.
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If everybody who backed the Swords of Cerebus in Hell? Volume 1 hardcover Kickstarter could get their surveys in that'd make me a VERY happy Matt...

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

Up to 35% off site-wide:
June 10 – 12
June 23 – 27
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: One hour fifty-five minutes and thirty-five seconds


Saturday, 17 April 2021

That Creedence Clearwater Revival song we can't name, because we don't wanna get sued. (They sued John. He WROTE all their songs. We ain't @#$%ING around with CCR...)

Hi, Everybody!

So it occurred to me, that the amount on the check Dave sent me for my work on Amazing Batvark #1, was bigger than the amount Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster got for Superman in 1938.
My check.

Jerry and Joe's check. (The first item on the left is "Superman 130.00" which is what they were paid.)

(Not adjusted for inflation. With inflation, they got $2442.13. But shut up, I'm doing a bit...)

Which makes me sad and depressed, because I shouldn't have gotten MORE than Siegel and Shuster for suggesting a cover and writing the IFC. They made Superman for @#$%s sake...

The only reason I noticed was that Friend to the Blog (and star of Steve Peters Week 3-D (coming soon(?))) Steve Peters shared on the FaceItBooks an article about how Ed Brubaker makes more for the cameo he had in Captain America: The Winter Soldier than he does from creating the character of the Winter Soldier.

Which got me to thinking about how Marvel and DC have a history of screwing over their creators that stretches back about eighty-three years.

Which got me thinking about Crossing Over, Dave's story from Spawn #10

Speaking of SPAWN #10:
Dave sent me:
THE SPAWN 10 CORNER King and Scott Streets in downtown Kitchener, twenty-eight years after the fact. Me holding up one of the SPAWN 10 lenticular covers. Proving you can't get a good shot of me, the corner and the cover all in one picture.
Photo by Mike Kitchen



Photo by Mike Kitchen

Photo by Mike Kitchen

Photo by Mike Kitchen

Photo by Mike Kitchen

Photo by Mike Kitchen

Photo by Mike Kitchen

Cover NOT by Mike Kitchen

Speaking of Speaking of SPAWN #10:
The Waverly Press would like to know how Cerebus Fandom thinks they're doing with Spawn #10, Cerebus #1, and the Regency Edition.
GAH! Don't sneak up on me like that!!!

Speaking of The REGENCY EDITION:
Dave sent this too:
THE HIGH SOCIETY REGENCY EDITION GIANT PRINTS the color (it was done in San Francisco, so no "u") is absolutely amazing in person. Even with "mood lighting" at Camp David and hitting it with the video camera's flash almost head on, you only get a fraction of the intensity of the colors. Not to mention the extremely rich texture of the photographic paper (I TOLD you not to MENTION that!). Dagon says Mr. Hoffman is one of the best photo printers in the U.S. and I believe it. They came in about ten minutes after Mike left. All signed and ready to ship to North Carolina!
Click for bigger (nice shirt...)

Ahem. So the Regency Editions aren't gonna ship to the Waverly Press until May 25th, so I, personally, wouldn't expect anybody to get their packages until June.

Anyway, The Waverly Press would like feedback on their collaborations with Aardvark-Vanaheim. Specifically, they're looking for what people want and don't want. Non constructive complaints don't interest them, but thoughtful, constructive feedback is most welcome.

More or fewer variant covers? (Hey, be nice. I know the answer to this one...)
Trading cards?
Hardcover books?
Signed and numbered fine art prints?
Additional expanded content?
Are there things they could be offering that they haven't thought of?
Contests for rarities from the archive?
What do Cerebus collectors want?

You can comment here, email me momentofcerebus@gmail.com, or be "that guy" and email The Waverly Press directly through their "My Spawn #10 package is damaged/missing stuff" email account: thewaverlypress@gmail.com

(If you do that last one, do me the favor of not being an ass. I don't need anymore static than I already get here. They're nice to me. I'd like that to continue.)

Rigamarole:
Gerhard is having an art sale.
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (ORDER NOW!)
Cerebus in Hell?:
Strangers in Cerebus Get your orders in by April, 22!

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe will be on sale:
Up to 35% off site-wide:
April 22 – 24
Up to 30% off site-wide:
April 28 – 29
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: Oliver. Links.

Tuesday, 9 March 2021

The Ol' AMOC Mailbag has more from Dave, and Spawn Surprises too!

Hi, Everybody!

Got another Fax from Dave about Frank Thorne:
And since we're doing Dave faxes, More New Mutants (this time, THE COMICS!):




Here's that Turtles cover (you're welcome...):
Click for bigger.

And the ol' AMOC Mailbag got a box:

"What is all that?" I hear Margaret ask...

Eh, maybe I'll show you on Saturday...

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Rigamarole:

Hemingway in Comics: https://www.booktable.net/ https://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/


The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe will be on sale:
Your store will be on sale:
March 10 – 12
March 24 – 26
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.
Except Baby Yoda Cerebus Merch. Bastards.
Speaking of which, order the comic.
And order a copy of Sword of Cerebus in Hell? Volume 2 as well.

Next Time: I'm off until Friday. So, I don't care...

Friday, 5 March 2021

Another Hot Canadian Price Variant (Dave's Weekly Update #381​)

Hi, Everybody!

So, on Margaret's post yesterday, "Anonymous" commented:
Margaret is the only reason for AMOC to keep going. The rest of it is trash.
And I was a tad...perturbed when I read it this morning. (I get all the comments emailed to me. Because I'm a masochist...)

My first reaction was "Ok, I just won't post for a week and see how he/she/they like it."

But I can't do that, it'd be unfair to the vocal minority who LIKE my bull$#!*.

Then I thought, "Ok, I'll make mention of Anonymous' comment and let the usual gang of well wishers tell me how great I am."

But I'm not doing THAT, because I don't need my ego stroked that bad...

And my third reaction was to take stock and remember that there's something that nobody can take away from me:
Mainly, that I've sold more paintings in my lifetime than Vincent Van Gogh did. He sold one (possibly two) and I've sold three! (Thanks to Larry, Margaret and Scott!)

So, with that in mind, I've decided to do another A Moment of Cerebus Contest!
Here's the deal:
  1. Create a "meme" of how terrible A Moment of Cerebus is (specifically under my "Rein of Terror"). Like this:
    As an example...

  2.  Email it to thevarkwars@gmail.com, NOT the regular momentofcerebus@gmail.com. 
  3. I, and my team of unwitting volunteers (come on Mags, you know you wanna be a judge...) will pick a grand prize winner, and three runners-up.
  4. What does the "Grand Prize Winner" get? An 8"x8" painting of any image from Cerebus painted by me. Like these:
 





AND, one copy of every CiH? book I've got in the AMOChive: Vark Wars, Vark Wars: Walt's Empire Strikes Back, Batvark: PENIS, Batvark: PENIS (Virgin), Hermann, Hermann (HRM Edition), Spider-Whore, CiH? 2021 the misprint, CiH? 2021 the right version, and anything else I find in there. All signed by me, or "slab-able" (except Walt's Empire, that's signed by Dave already...)
AND a copy of High Society 12th printing with a "The Hell it's yours" Cerebus bookplate, signed by Dave Sim, and hand-lettered with your name by me.
     5. The runners up get an 8"x8" painting and MY pick of ONE of the CiH? books.
     6. Contest is open to everybody. Even the Judges. (What? My Contest my rules.)
     7. Contest ends the on the 30th of March, Winner announced on the April 2020 Please Hold For Dave Sim. (Is Dave a judge? Maybe... (I ain't asked him yet...))
     8. No limit on submissions, but you can only win once.
     9. And if you're artistic and can't use photoshop, drawings/paintings/poems are all acceptable.
     10. Good luck! (And remember, I suck! (apparently...))

Oh, and Anonymous?

HR says I gotta say:
We value your input, and your comment will be reviewed and brought to the attention of the responsible party. We apologize for any inconvenience, and wish to remind you:
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It was to update everybody on the remastering of Cerebus/High Society. And then he just...ran with it.

Just thought I'd point that out.

And Spawn #10 is shipping, as they said in their last update:
Hi everyone,

This is the update so many of you have been patiently waiting for.

Spawn 10 is printed, bound and going on the truck Friday. The trip from the printer to our office should take about a week which means we expect to start packing your orders next weekend!

The 24 page Spawn 10 supplemental books arrived today and they look even better than expected!

Have a look at the picture below for a sneak peek!

This one is super rare at only 300 copies. If you missed out, we do have a few copies available here: https://www.cerebusoverload.com

We will post our next update with photos when the books arrive next week.

Thank you again for your support!

ALSO: they let me know:
The 64 page HS Notebooks also arrived in 2 cover variants.
The black cover is limited to 65, the white cover is limited to 200.
There were 500 of these books (250 of each variant) but half the print run was damaged in shipping and sent to the recycling bin, so now we get an accidental rare book.
Good luck getting THAT slabbed in 9.8...

Ditto...

I got an email saying that the copy of the Notebook I ordered (funny story, I thought it was a blank notebook with a High Society cover, so I bought one, because I can always use another empty notebook... I never claimed to be smart...) has shipped, so if you bought any of the add-ons, you probably did too...

Rigamarole:
Hemingway in Comics: https://www.booktable.net/ https://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/


The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe will be on sale:
Your store will be on sale:
March 10 – 12
March 24 – 26
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.

And the OTHER reason I can't stop posting for a week,

Next Time: Dave and I talked yesterday...

Friday, 15 January 2021

Mysterious Traveller (Not the Weather Report LP) (Dave's Weekly Update #374)

Hi, Everybody!

Today is the day!
12:10PM Eastern Standard Time. High Society Regency Edition (When you click the link, it'll say "sold out" click refresh. Then it should be available. But it's gonna say "sold out" when you click the link. It's because I'm posting this BEFORE the sale goes live. So you're gonna need to refresh. Trust me. I'm not listening to the whining if you mss out because you didn't refresh. Just refresh. It'll all be okay if you refresh.) The whole site is got 10% off for the whole weekend. And they added all sorts of bundles and packages and you can buy the extras without dropping $195 on the collector edition and whoo!

Anyway:


Previously-recorded-at-an-earlier-date from 
the Off-White House in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, It's:
Aardvark-Vanaheim Founder and President:
Dave Sim, with his Weekly Update:

Dave says the email is: SnyderandDitko@icloud.com, but Dave doesn't do email, but I do KickStarter...and Hey Look! They're doing a new one: Cheyenne Kid #100.

And if you click on Robin's profile there are a couple of websites. ditko.blogspot.com ditkoclub.com

Rigamarole:
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Carson is Auctioning off Strange Death of Alex Raymond art. Current bid is $100 (USD!) to Ted Adams. (Wait, THAT Ted Adams? I dunno. Guess we will find out...)
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Your store will be on sale:
Jan 13 – 16
Jan 27 – 29
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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Anyway, I'm selling something on the eBays. A big bundle of "rare" Cerebus in Hell? comics, including a copy of Vark Wars and Vark Wars: Walt's Empire Strikes Back that I took with me on vacation so they've been to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021

High Society: The Regency Edition

Hi Everybody!

Dave Kopperman! Paging David Kopperman! Dave Kopperman!

This one's for you buddy:
THAT'S RIGHT!


At 12:10PM Eastern Standard Time, (That's New York City and the East coast of them United States.)

THIS FRIDAY!

Be there or be...not there.

And what do you get with this beauty, well as it says on the website:
This lavish edition includes…

  • Printed hardcover book housed in a printed slipcase with silver foil blocked details and beautifully designed end sheets.
  • 24 pages of additional rarities from the Cerebus Archive.
  • Each copy is hand signed and numbered by Dave Sim.
  • Silver page edge gilding on every book.
  • Every book comes with an exclusive trading card and a set of six 5x7” postcards.
  • Available in three options, the standard COLLECTOR edition, the CANDIDATE bundle and the PRIME MINISTER bundle.
  • The COLLECTOR edition comes with a trading card and a set of six 5x7” postcards.
  • The CANDIDATE bundle comes with the card and postcards found in the collector edition plus a 50-sheet pad of Regency Hotel stationary, a signed and numbered 6.5x10” archival pigment print by Dave Sim, a pair of original hand drawn Elrod ‘Bunny” and Cerebus “Tree” trading cards by Dave Sim, a set of 27 limited edition High Society trading cards, a Cerebus enamel cloisonné pin, a 3” round sticker, and the High Society Notebook, a comic sized book that contains highlights of sketches and studies from Dave Sim’s 1981-1983 notebooks.
  • The PRIME MINISTER bundle comes with everything above. The signed and numbered print is a larger 11x17” size and we will include a surprise unique to this edition.
They got pictures and stuff over there. Go look.

And I heard a little "behind the scenes" extra:
Most of the extra items being produced around this book will be very limited, meaning little, and in some cases no overrun.
The book will be limited to somewhere in the 150-200 range depending on how many the printer can reliably print and bind (It's an elaborate production and we didn't print many).
The books will be numbered based on the quantity of finished sets we receive from the printer.
Now this is the "Pre-Sale" window Dave mentioned in the last Please Hold.

What the balls does that mean?
We say "window" because we will offer a 10% discount from Friday - Sunday night, from there it's full price.
If there are any copies left.

Friday, 12:10PM EST, 11:10AM CST, 10:10MST, 9:10AM PST, 8:10AM AKST, 7:10AM HST 6:10AM...ya know what, I'll let you figure out what day and time 12:10AM EST is yourself...

Good Luck, and God Bless...

Next Time: THIS, plus Hobbs. Then THIS plus Margaret. Then THIS plus the weekly update if I wake up in time to post it before work...

Saturday, 5 September 2020

Please Hold For Dave Sim September 2020

Hi, Everybody!

Good thing it's a three day weekend huh?

So Dave called on Thursday. We talked for just under two and a half hours. If you're on the Facebookees, you saw the link to the audio podcast. (Or if you subscribe to the A Moment of Cerebus podcasts.) Anyway, for the folks who don't, here it is:
 

And for the people who are weird sadists who enjoy watching Youtube videos where I'm way TOO loud and Dave isn't, here you go:

Part 1: Dave makes me prove that the recording is working. "Fool me once: shame on you, fool me twice: shame on me."

Part 2: Dave and I discuss technology and this "Internet" fad thing...

And then Rich Laux's winning of the Mis-stapled The Amicable Spider-Vark #1 for $150. (Dave's says there are a few more copies out there soon to be auctioned by Rob Walton, if I hear anything, I'll let you guys know.)

Part 3: And Michael R. of Easton Pennsylvania is the Spider-Vark secret code winner

And since I've nowhere else to put it, the latest Cerebus in Hell? one-shot: Spider-Whore available to order wherever those kinds of things are sold.


Hi Matt!
Ok. I think I got it. The FAKE bar code on page 26 ( my CAN number ) when I googled the 10 numbers I got ... the REAL bar code for Trojan Magnum Bareskin Lubricated Condoms. I enclosed 2 photos.

Believe it or not, but that FAKE bar code was one of many wacky ideas that were going through my head.
1- the "wink-wink" on the front cover
2-the " approval is an authoritarian construct"
3- Denver vs Cleveland Super Bowl in 1987 ... WHY??
4- dinky
5- all those G.I. words. are they even REAL???
6- I even was looking at Spider-Vark's fingers to see if he was pointing to the "spot"

Michael


Part 4: Wilf Jenkins week is coming next Friday.

I'm not a 100% sure what that all means. What I DO KNOW:
  1. Wilf was the Aardvark/Vanaheim lawyer for years, and during that time his was on the comp list. 
  2. Wilf saved all his copies.
  3. Dave has signed them, and there's a certificate of authenticity
  4. The books will be available from Looking For Heroes, for $10 (CAD) plus $4 dollars shipping to Canada and $5 dollars shipping to the USA.
  5. All the money goes to the Food Bank of the Waterloo Region
  6. Dave has already bought a thousand dollars worth of A/V back issues he didn't have
  7. Wilf played Cerebus in this. I have photos, I'll share next week.
Here's a couple of photos from the signing:




And as Dave says, if you are missing any of the Cerebus Archive portfolios, Dave will have one-off copies printed and will sign and personalize them to you. $100 (um...I've never asked if that was American or Canadian, so we're just gonna assume American. And probably a few bucks for shipping.) You can fax Dave: (519) 576-0955, call him: (519) 576-0610, or email me and make me be your eBitch: momentofcerebus@gmail.com

Part 5: And we start answering the actual questions I got. First up:
Hi,

Did Dave ever publish the conclusion to the Why an Aardvark essays that ran in Cerebus around 205? I was wondering if any of the Archives or Following Cerebus had it.

Thanks,

JV
And I said:
I think maybe issue #6 or 7 of Following Cerebus, or the last issues of Cerebus Archive? 
 
Part 6: And then I added in my fax:
Speaking of Cerebus Archive, a whole lot of peoples would be most happy to give you money for a collected version. Either print or digital. Maybe a Kickstarter in 2021? Huh? Maybe? Please? (I admit a selfish interest, since I only have issues 1 and 3 (and a bootleg of 1 that Seiler printed off at my place years and years ago…).)
And Dave answers: (anybody remember the lesson Cerebus gave on the stoop of the hotel on the side of the mountain in Church & State 1? The one with the baby?)

Part 7: Dave continues on the subject of Cerebus Archive. 


Okay, I TRIED to not "out" Sean as being the guy with the digital files, because I didn't want him getting chased down the street by crazed Cerebus fans like something out of A Hard Day's Night, but Dave got to me. Sean has up to issue #13. So, if you have issues #14-18 and want to scan them and get them to Sean, we want them at 600dpi (minimum) and put a black piece of paper is on the other side of the page to eliminate bleed through. More on this as I hear about it.

Part 8: Margaret asked:
Dave sent me something for the 20th anniversary of the cerebusfangirl.com domain name (August 04, 2000, the website had geocities domain before then). Can you please ask him if I can post about it at AMoC? I'm not going to ruin the surprise unless he wants me to. If he has anything to add to that post, I can get posted along with pictures.

And please thank him for it, it was a welcomed surprise!

Take care,
Margaret
http://www.cerebusfangirl.com

Part 9: Aw geez... This one is going to get me in trouble...

DISCLAIMER: 
This is all Dave's take on the situation as DAVE understands it. If he's wrong, and he probably is, it's not anybody's fault, the situation is fluid and ever changing. Until an OFFICIAL announcement is made, take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt. We're all humans back here, and are trying our best. When there is something OFFICIAL, I'll let you know. And let you know that it IS official. Until then, just relax!
Okay, the question from AMOC big Weine...um, Winner Michael R. of Easton Pennsylvania was:
Hi Matt!

Question for Dave. Will there only be 150 Signed & Numbered sets of High Society: The Regency Edition? ...or will there be tiers of the Recency Edition? The reason I ask is because I saw a price range of $125-$295. GULP. I hope the $295 version comes with a night at the Regency. LOL. Also, I'm guessing that there won't be a Kickstarter with this one and only available at Waverly Press.

Michael
I added in my fax to Dave with all these questions:
I know this is more of a question for the fine folks at the Waverly Press, but he asked so I’ma asking. Anything about Aardvark/Vanaheim’s collaborations with the Waverly Press that your allowed to talk about, or is that still all “backstage pass” stuff that you and I know and everybody else can guess?
 
Part 10: again, 
DISCLAIMER: 
This is all Dave's take on the situation as DAVE understands it. If he's wrong, and he probably is, it's not anybody's fault, the situation is fluid and ever changing. Until an OFFICIAL announcement is made, take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt. We're all humans back here, and are trying our best. When there is something OFFICIAL, I'll let you know. And let you know that it IS official. Until then, just relax!


I did send a message to the Waverly Press, and got back:
"The Regency Edition is still fluid, there are a lot of moving parts to it, and at the advertised price points (I hope) collectors will be happy.
It will be lavish, it will have A LOT to offer Cerebus collectors at every price point and it will have a lot of extra pages of rarities, mostly previously unpublished."
And I'll mention here that if you missed the Waverly Press Kickstarter for the Remastered Cerebus #1, limited overflow of the rewards are available at cerebusoverload.com.

Part 11: 
Hi there, for some reason I COMPLETELY missed the new 2010 edition of The Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing even though I was one of the guys that encouraged Dave multiple times to consider a reprint.... Any chance this PDF can still be had? Appears this is no longer available on Sellfy.

Much Appreciated!

Blake
and Jeff Seiler asks:

Hi, Dave! Many years ago, you wrote to me about the then-upcoming penultimate Cerebus volume, "Latter Days" (still one of my favorites) that you had considered using the Jacobean spelling of the second word in the title--"Daies". I'm waaay too old to go dig out that letter. So (finally getting around to an interrogative sentence), what made you change your mind?

Did you think it would be too much of a spoiler warning for the back-of-the-book issues of Cerebus reading Genesis in the 1611 version, or did you think it would confuse potential buyers, or was it something else?

Just curious.

Best, as always, and yours to the very end,

Jeff
 
Basically, if it's out of print and not a phonebook, you're gonna have to pay to have it scanned and remastered if you want it. Dave's all about getting money into the Aardvark/Vanaheim's coffers. Like Cerebus masks and whatnots with all the money going to Dave. New product will be added to the store this weekend if I get around to it.

Part 12: Okay the question was about:

And Boy-howdy does Dave deliver on this one...

Part 13: And this one's about:

And this answer is another humdinger...

Part 14: And this one is about this passage from Gerard Jones’ Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book:


Next Time: Oliver and a (can you believe it?) longer post...