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:
- Create a "meme" of how terrible A Moment of Cerebus is (specifically under my "Rein of Terror"). Like this:
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- Email it to thevarkwars@gmail.com, NOT the regular momentofcerebus@gmail.com.
- 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.
- 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:
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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.
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| Good luck getting THAT slabbed in 9.8... |
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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...
And the OTHER reason I can't stop posting for a week,
Next Time: Dave and I talked yesterday...
