A MOMENT OF CEREBUS

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Hey, screw it...YOU can Hold For Dave Sim this time...

Hi, Everybody!

Green Dante/Green Virgil! (Order two, I do.)

And then: Cerebus Archive Number Eight: Women. Which ends Saturday, with the usual appearance by one Dave Sim. As he writes in the comments on the Kickstarter:

3 FEB 20
Dave Sim, creator
A good example of how unpredictable Kickstarters can be. I had anticipated the steep drop"off to FLATLINE after the first few days (and had pretty much decided
'From now on, let's cut these down to a week from a month so we can get right to the fulfillment.') but I definitely didn't anticipate the sudden resurgence with nine days to go (I had figured we would "bookend": first few days/last few days) after Sean elected to become the self-appointed "Noodge". Thank you, Sean and thank you everyone who has responded!

The wrist has been acting up badly over the last week, so I'm back almost exclusively to left-handed typing from two-handed typing, so, naturally, I'm typing at halfspeed. I hope by the end of this week or the next to have pretty much switched over to a DICTATION app for all of my CORR and necessary writing. Rolly downloaded DICTATION instruction videos for me for MacBooks. Unfortunately, my MacBook is too old so when I hit KEYBOARD in SYSTEM PREFERENCES it doesn't show DICTATION as an option. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE, however, and I'm sure Rolly can cobble something together. :)

HOWEVER! Typing at half-speed is going to put a crimp in my ability to keep up with posting COMMENTS here FEB 8 before this CANS KICKSTARTER, God Willing, comes to an end at 8 PM ET, 5 PM PT.

Prayer times SAT are ET PM noon, 3 pm, 5:43 to 5:54 and 7:04 to 7:15. So the last uninterrupted bloc of time is approx 3:30 to 5:30, God willing. Mostly DAVE SIM, SPECTATOR from 7:30 to 8 PM.

Thank you all VERY much for your support!

Geez, sounds like a good time to Please Hold For Dave Sim... (Which, we do the first Thursday of the month, and the video goes up on the first Saturday of the month.)

Too bad I'm not this month.

I got a meeting that night, and I faxed Dave, and he agrees that we can just skip it this month. I DID send up all the questions I got, and Dave has KINDLY agreed to answer them as part of the Kickstarter Q&A.
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And then Superman's Frenemy: David Birdsong sent the ol' AMOC Mailbag the following:

Found another one.

Click to turn Big, like that Tom Hanks movie...

AND, the ol' AMOC Mailbag got another "heads up" from Heritage Auctions:

Memorabilia:Comic-Related, Dave Dorman, Dave Sim, Neal Adams, and Others - Portfolios and
Prints Group of 12 (Various Publishers, c. 1980-90s).....

Dave's in the middle.

I think that's an Eastman/Laird Cerebus...

You can bid here.

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And on Yesterday's post, Larry Wooten said:

Well, now. I need to find me one of these NOT Cerebus World Tour 1995 issues. Thanks for showing me something else to search for!

Well, since Larry's a repeat customer I looked in the AMOChive, and all I got for non-300 Cerebus issues are:

Two 1995 World Tour books, A guys Party Pack, and a regular Cerebus #0

Sorry, Larry. To eBay! @#$&, they don't got any either... (I got mine from Dave through a hilarious Kickstarter mishap. So, maybe offer him a buttload of cash?)

Next Time: "My name is Hobbs. Benjamin Hobbs. License to Cerebus. I like my martinis shaken, like a baby..." I SWEAR he said that to me. Honest.

Monday, 3 February 2020

The Name of The Game Is Diamondback (1981)

Hi, Everybody!

So, on Saturday, I posted the bit from High Society with Cerebus and the McGrews playing Diamondback. I was gonna link to the short story: The Name of The Game Is Diamondback, when I discovered that that isn't on A Moment of Cerebus.

To the scanner!

From Swords of Cerebus #1

Which was then reprinted in Cerebus World Tour Book 1995:

And again as NOT The Cerebus World Tour Book 1995:

There, Now I can link to THIS.

Next Time: Dave's calling...

Hi, Everybody!

Green Dante/Green Virgil!

Cerebus Archive Number Eight: Women
____________________Oliver Simonsen:

Problems viewing this video? Watch directly on YouTube...

All of mankind's evil foe, Nitup, is feeling the heat - will our heroes Captain Zap, A-1 the Robot, Polly the Bird and, eh, Dragon the Demon thwart his evil plans?

Speaking of team-ups, legendary Graphic Novelist [and Friend to the Blog -Matt] Alex Robinson on the below recreation coloring exercise: "Incidentally when I first saw the characters in this image I hadn’t read the early issues yet and assumed that Cerebus was part of a band of adventurers." (I'd watch that cartoon!:))
https://www.instagram.com/p/B778mHhBdDB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.facebook.com/arobtwit/photos/a.157592794257662/3279310185419225/?type=3&theater
https://twitter.com/ARobTwit/status/1222796443661959168

Alex: "I went with Elrod’s Silverspoon fatigues over his tall-pointy-hat look." Below is the original.

Cerebus among Comic and Film critic Kyle Pinon's top 5
https://twitter.com/kylepinion/status/1221922370585341955

Though Kyle Pinon recently finished all of Cerebus he's not going to write about it as he feels there isn't much to add to Andrew Hickey's reviews.
https://twitter.com/kylepinion/status/1223457209599889409
http://mindlessones.com/category/cerebus/

You might recall last Sunday's talk about Cerebus' influence on today's TV shows.
http://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2020/01/cerebus-around-world-and-web-12-by.html

Andrew writes in his review of Cerebus:
http://mindlessones.com/2014/05/06/cerebus/
"...Cerebus may be the most influential comic of its time on today’s culture — everything from Breaking Bad to Hannibal, every current TV show that relies on a planned, multi-season, story arc, is essentially the grandchild of Cerebus — and if Sim had achieved nothing else with his comic, that would in itself be enough to say he was one of the most influential comic creators of his generation."

And while speaking of achievements there's, of course, Dave Sim's 2020 Guinness World Record listing:
"Most consecutive issues of a comic-book drawn and written"
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/457643-most-consecutive-issues-of-a-comic-book-drawn-and-written/
https://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2019/09/who-wants-some-guinness.html

"Comics fans might think of Stan Lee or Brian Michael Bendis as contenders for the longest continuous run writing a character or team comic book. However, this honour goes to Canadian Dave Sim, creator of the indie comic Cerebus. From December 1977 until March 2004, Dave Sim wrote and drew the adventures of the titular aardvark Cerebus for a total of 300 consecutive issues.
John Romita Sr., Jr. and the legendary Jack Kirby also take a back seat to Dave Sim."

And there's Cerebus as the origin of the meme of all memes: "what has been seen can't be unseen"

"The earliest know usage of the phrase can be found in an inspiring quote by Dave Sim"
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-has-been-seen-cannot-be-unseen

[The original panel -Matt]

And the popular phrase "Cerebus Syndrome"
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CerebusSyndrome
https://www.quora.com/What-is-Cerebus-Syndrome
Quora: "..a television reference which describes a tone shift to any story/series which starts out light, episodic, and comedic, and then assumes dramatic elements and a more coherent continuity. It originated from a comic book created by Dave Sim in 1977 called Cerebus the Aardvark"

Cerebus inspiration
https://twitter.com/XavierHugonet/status/1222856542254518275

Cerebus aspiration
https://twitter.com/sunandoisms/status/1221435511337734144

Adam Reck budding comic creator and podcaster lists Cerebus among top 3
https://twitter.com/arthurstacy/status/1223628452999331841

Cerebus covers on zine
https://twitter.com/reggaechristmas/status/1221994272360148996

Cerebus training
https://twitter.com/reggaechristmas/status/1221974204188413952
https://twitter.com/reggaechristmas/status/1221979460955713536

Cerebus dataset
https://twitter.com/reggaechristmas/status/1221843815448895491

Bookbinder and reviewer: Cerebus among top favorites
https://twitter.com/CLAbindery/status/1222191337962901504

Cerebus hardcover underway
https://twitter.com/omabound/status/1222602508100521984

Dave Sim Rock Star
https://twitter.com/shallowbrigade/status/1223495920370823168
https://twitter.com/DMartinCampbell/status/1223400512239759363
https://twitter.com/cartoonistjohnb/status/1223409308404273158
https://twitter.com/ben_towle/status/1223406586338693120
https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/1223396636438589440

Musical instruments in Cerebus
https://twitter.com/EkmanChris/status/1223428523131621376

Bleeding Cool spotlights "Cerebus in hell?"
https://twitter.com/bleedingcool/status/1220700850131214338
https://twitter.com/bleedingcool/status/1221228256894095361
https://twitter.com/comicsMeraki/status/1220708571454877697

Cerebus Bday card to AMOC contributor
https://twitter.com/kevinkimmes/status/1223387647365865472

As a protective measure Dave permits anybody to do a Cerebus comic if they want - no murder necessary. Smart move whew dodged that bullet.
https://twitter.com/BeigeShiba/status/1222858140242153472

[I tweeted this to a comment on the thread. Dave's on record that he's not gonna sue anybody for using Cerebus. -Matt]

But what about a Necross comic? (Necross' only appearance is in issue 15, not counting when he turns into Thrunk)

Cerebus worth it
https://twitter.com/fletch_penna/status/1222222655396417536

Cerebus movie crew
https://twitter.com/USjwAgent/status/1223427416397361153

Truth from a Cerebus fan.
https://twitter.com/SimmerDownChip/status/1221257298602934277

(Marc Lynch https://twitter.com/abuaardvark has written several books and is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University,where he is also director of both the Institute for Middle East Studies and the Middle East Studies Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Lynch http://www.marclynch.com/ )

Judenhass
https://twitter.com/GrunionGuy/status/1221923115745177600

(thank you google Spanish translate)
https://twitter.com/juliolleonart/status/1222235332684525568

Sarah says she always uses it in 8th grade and it really grabs the students (thank you google translate)
https://twitter.com/brimer80/status/1222129960405463040

Cerebus Facebook Group
Dion Turner shares "a ‘Dion Turner Special Edition #1/1’
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/permalink/2745046302229394/

Thomas A. Benson: I met Dave Sim and Denis Loubert at a comic show in Rochester NY, about the time Cerebus the Aardvark was on issue 22 (early to mid 1980's). He was doing drawings for $10 by request or his choice. I asked him to draw a picture of our hero after a long night on the town. This is pencil and black marker. He also signed my Cerebus #1 "To Tom, These are rare!"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/permalink/2744775395589818/

Sean Long: This was a bit of a sketch I was able to get Mr. Sim to do in 2004. I added a character of my own (a character based upon my grandfather who died the same year) and finished the rest of Cerebus's body/etc. The pen he did it in is fading (makes me sad), but I proudly hang it in my studio. I really envy his work/style.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/permalink/2735760139824677/

Budding Indie Comic Creator (his title Straw Man and did colors on Savage Dragon) David Branstetter:
Latest issue of the comic "Olympia" has a meta moment with a Dave Sim/Cerebus easter egg on the cover of the Comics Journal featured within the story.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/permalink/2742354872498537/

Legend James Artimus Owen:
I still have the original cover art to this. My pencils, Dave’s inks, Ger’s color.

Legend Alex Robinson asks about T-shirts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/permalink/2745702468830444/

On a sidenote: At Dave's behest i asked Graphitti Designs about doing an official T-shirt for the Cerebus movie for the upcoming tour, but haven't heard back yet. Maybe they thought i was kidding:). My wife is currently in the hospital so not sure how this will impact the movie comic store tour.

Margaret Liss: How about a piece of Now and Then Books stationery?

And: From Dave to retailers circa April 1995.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/permalink/2747332475334110/

Edifice Rex: If only I'd known ...

I ended up "saving" (well, maybe I shouldn't use the scare quotes; I still have it) my copy of High Society with the use of a 17-hole black comb binding.