Dave sent stuff. And I got a box of neatness.

Hi, Everybody!

Dave's  auctioning these:

• Six Deadly Sins page: Pride
• Six Deadly Sins page: Sloth

Dave sent stuff:

And I got mail from my pals at The Waverly Press:

"What's in the Box? What's in the Box?!?"

Will get to it, but first, it's a really NICE box:

"Ragile! I think it's Italian!"

Yeah, yeah, "What's in the Box!?!?", you people  are like a broken record...

All sorts of neat stuff:

A giant stack of TMNT #8 postcards.

Regency notepads.

A big stack of 'em...

Ten blank cover Cerebus #1s.

And of interest to some of you:

Cerebus trading cards numbers 248, 249, and 250.

I got seventeen sets of them.

I'm sure if anybody is interested, they'll let me know...

And my friends at the Waverly Press, are moving their office, and to lighten the loads, they're temporarily cutting prices on their remaining Cerebus inventory on their eBay store starting this weekend. They're gonna be gradually listing more things in the coming days and any orders placed next week will receive new ‘82 Tour promo cards. They may go ahead and offer the remaining prototypes of the big book and comic versions next week. MAYBE. So if you're interested, maybe stalk their eBay page like a crazy person...

Next Time: Mondays!

Looking at stuff that'll probably be different when YOU get to buy a copy...

Hi, Everybody!

Dave Sim is trying an eBay experiment to see if his own (signed and numbered) comic copies from the Kickstarter will sell.

This time he is selling a total of 5 comic books over the next six weeks. There is only one comic book to start on eBay.  Each week there will be another comic added to the eBay listing.

The first auction is scheduled to start today, Friday Feb 6 at 8 PM Eastern Time (5pm PT). Sim wanted a two week auction; the longest Dave's eBay guy can run it is 10 days, so it'll end Monday Feb 16 at 8 pm ET.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127667782252

The item title is Dave Sim POSSUM-AT-LARGE VS. SUPER-CEREBUS (CIH? #85) Signed 1/5 (#104/185)

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Continuing from Yesterday:

So, I got these prototypes of the 82 Tour Book,

So the left and right are the Comic Book Prototypes (CBP). The differences are:

Different corner boxes

Different back covers (A on left B on right)

And A is designed to look like Dave's original Mock-Up,

B up top, A on bottom

I like the look of A's insides, and B's cover.

And the Big book,

Sexy, right?

To give you an idea of how big the Prototype is,

Here it is compared to the A CBP

As for content, Here's how much of the big book is printed in the A CBP:

That raised part is the A CBP. Now, not ALL of the big book shown here is in A CBP, but all of A CBP is in the big book...

Here's how much is left in the big book,

The raised part is A CBP again.

So what is in the "back of the book"?

Vintage 1982 material like:

Comics Fandom's Forum

Comic's Journal 82 and 83 Dave & Deni interview

Telegraph Wire interview

Lone Star Express interview (itself reprinted in Cerebus Companion)

And lots and lots of other stuff.

Remember, this is just the Prototype, the real book will be hardcover, and fancier.

How prototype is this?

Pretty prototypical...

Sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter goes live!

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Like the logo? I stole it...

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

And speaking of Kickstarters, the Tyrant one is a'comin'. 
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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...

Over on the Facebookees, Mike Jones shared that Dave has a five SEVEN page Strange Death of Alex Raymond story in YEET Presents #68. Mike Jones still has 30 copies of the second printing available, ya gotta back them on Patreon to get it.
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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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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off February someteenth.*

*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:

• The original art to Cerebus: the Six Deadly Sins Cover, Avarice, and Gluttony? Why doesn't Dave have this? (Coming soon)
• Cerebus #81 page 11 (coming soon)
• Cerebus #81 page 12 (coming soon)

And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:

• Cerebus #39, page 8 (coming in February)
• And a list of ALL the issues they got

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: Mondays!

I got mail!

Hi, Everybody!

Time sensitive Cerebus thing:

Dave Sim is trying an eBay experiment to see if his own (signed and numbered) comic copies from the Kickstarter will sell.

This time he is selling a total of 5 comic books over the next six weeks. There is only one comic book to start on eBay. Each week there will be another comic added to the eBay listing.

The first auction is scheduled to start today, Friday Feb 6 at 8 PM Eastern Time (5pm PT). Sim wanted a two week auction; the longest Dave's eBay guy can run it is 10 days, so it'll end Monday Feb 16 at 8 pm ET.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/127667782252

The item title is Dave Sim POSSUM-AT-LARGE VS. SUPER-CEREBUS (CIH? #85) Signed 1/5 (#104/185)

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So I got these in the mail the other day:

These are indeed, PROTOTYPES for the 82 Tour Book from my GOOD friends at The Waverly Press. From left to right is: 

• The "B" version of the comic book sized version. This is Dave's Tour diary, and Deni's photos from the Tour. This is gonna be a lower prized option on the Kickstarter.  It's my preferred cover.
• In the middle is the PROTOTYPE of the Big Ol' Book that Margaret and I helped cobble together. It has Dave's Tour diary, Deni's photos, loads of sketches from the tour, interviews from 82, commentaries by [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDCATED] reminiscing about the Tour. THIS copy is softcover, but the ACTUAL book will be Hardcover (and glorious!). This is the one that you have better saved your shekels for... Kickstarter starts soon(?)
• And on the right is the "A" version of the comic book sized version. Pretty much the same as the "B" version. Dave's diary, Deni's photos. Low priced option. It's designed to look like Dave's mock-up of the Tour Diary from 83, complete with Preney Printing logos. It's my preferred interior.

I'll do a more in depth post in the future (maybe tomorrow.)

Also included in the package was

What is it?

It's a softcover version of the Regency Edition that (pending Dave's approval) MIGHT be offered on the Kickstarter. The back matter has been revised compared to the original hardcover. But it'll be a more affordable option for people who missed out the first time.

And speaking of Kickstarters, the Tyrant one is a'comin'. And I'm pretty sure this'll be in there somewhere:

Click for bigger.

Okay, I gotta run.

Next Time: Prototype reviews?

I got mail!

Hi, Everybody!

I got mail!

As anybody paying attention knows, The Waverly Press has produced "Wax Packs", packaging simulated to resemble the trading card packaging of our Youth (as long as you're an old @#*! like me... You younger guys and your stickin' Mylar don't know what you were missing...).

Well, I got a set sent to me because It's Good to be the King...

There were a couple of extras of the one...

Closer for inspection:

I also got a set that's been sealed:

You can get your own from The Waverly Press's eBay store.

The NEWEST thing they've added it a box to store them in ( i can't show you mine, since I haven't gotten it yet, but here it is on eBay.

As they told me:

There are only 50 of these wax pack box sets available.

Also in the mail, I got my winnings from Heritage Auctions. There was a lot of promo posters that I threw a token bid of $37 as a lark, and apparently, nobody was really interested, because I won it for $30 ($59 with the $29 buyers premium added on... And the shipping... I think I'm done playing "Auction Chicken" at Heritage...). I guess this all belonged to the same guy, because everything is personalized by Dave to "Lon Allen"

When I first got the package, I was half tempted to send everything to Dave to use as puzzle card prizes on a future CAN portfolio, or Jen to use as GoFundMe raffle prizes, but somebody on the facebook group said I should keep 'em (somebody else said to send 'em to them. Haha wiseguy...) I think I'll hang on to everything for now...

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Like the logo? I stole it...

The Latest CiH? Kickstarter is LIVE!

And since you're thinking of Kickstarters, Our Friends at Living the Line have a new one for Brandon Graham Pillow Fight and Other Delights. 

And, coming in February, The 1982 Tour Book (click the link to be notified on launch).

AND, Robert Jeschonek is back with Volume 2 of Legends of Indie Comics - Words Only. Dave was in Volume 1, and he's got another all star line-up for this one.

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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)

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...

Over on the Facebookees, Mike Jones shared that Dave has a five page Strange Death of Alex Raymond story in YEET Presents #68. Ya gotta back them on Patreon to get it. Here's the post if you're not sure if you wanna give 'em five bucks:

YEET Presents #68 is almost here!
Our Halloween Special is at the final step at the printer and should be in the mail soon. Dave Sim, William Messner-Loebs, Mike Gustovich, Mike Royer, Shane Luttrell, Marcello Mitch Rosmini, Josh Holley, Bryan Fraze, Robb Cox, Eddie Morgan, Len Mihalovich, Ken Phillips,Steve Shipley, Ronald Currell, Doug Curtis, Trish Ellis and more. For $5.....order now.

Click for bigger obviously...

I guess the deal is:

Get every new issue of "Yeet presents" in your mailbox and never miss the thrills and the fun only this magazine can give you! Remember we need your physical address (you'll be asked after you pledge), this is no digital thing, it's a real, professionally printed magazine! :)

Five bucks in the US, $6 in Canada, and $10 outside them two. The link has all the details.

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Larry Shell could use a hand to keep his house.

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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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The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off October 22-26.*

*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:

• slabbed comics.
• And a proof of a new Cerebus in Hell? issue tied to the Kickstarter

And ComicLink (remember ComicLink? Seiler brought us ComicLink. R.I.P Jeff.) has:

• CEREBUS #112 - #113 PAGE 17 DAVE SIM COMIC ART SALE

Thanks to Steve for sending the link.

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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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