Dave Sim's Notebooks: Seven Years

MARGARET LISS:

A few years ago I scanned all of Dave Sim's notebooks. He had filled 36 notebooks during the years he created the monthly Cerebus series, covering issues #20 to 300, plus the other side items -- like the Epic stories, posters and prints, convention speeches etc. A total of 3,281 notebook pages detailing his creative process. I never really got the time to study the notebooks when I had them. Just did a quick look, scanned them in and sent them back to Dave as soon as possible. So this regular column is a chance for me to look through those scans and highlight some of the more interesting pages.

Another year is over. I think. I'm still stuck thinking it is March 13, 2020. The little sidebar says there have been 384 posts tagged with 'Dave Sim's Notebooks". Doing some math, that is just a bit over 7 years. Really? Yup. The first post is the first for notebook #1 below "Hunters & Gathers" which is dated June of 2014. Yoinks. 

If there is something that you'd like to see that I somehow haven't covered yet, just let me know in the comments.

• Notebook 1: issues 20 to 28
• Hunters & Gathers (June 2014): Front cover, page 86
• Albatross One, page one (Aug 2016): Front cover, page 1
• Beat the Hsiffies, buy bonds! (Sept 2016): page 25, 28
• Captain Cockroach and Bunky (Oct 2016): page 37, 47, 49
• Out of the Depths (Oct 2016): page 151
• Adam Beduin (July 2018): p. 41 & 42
• Punchline for President (March 2019): p. 67 & 68
• Hold On There Y'Long-Eared Galoot (March 2019): p. 161 & 162
• The Way to Sannozay (Nov 2019) P. 118 & 124
• Playing Diamondback with Onliu Freelancers (May 2020): p. 168 & 170
• The Notebook Pages for The Challenge (June 2020): p. 113 - 117
• Notebook pages on Mind Game (Dec 2020): p. 7 & 21
• Notebook 2: issues 28 to 37
  • Albatross, Too (Aug 2016): Front cover, page 1, 138
  • Hsssssssssssssssssssss (Feb 2017): page 74, 75 & 76
  • Unorthodox. Economic. Revenge. (Sept 2017): p. 83
  • A Letter to the Prime Minister (March 2018): p. 35
  • Larger Nostrils Than Most People (Sept 2018): p. 30 & 31
  • Two Days Before (March 2018): p. 149
  • PetuniaCon Day One (May 2019): p. 186 & 187
  • She's Your Elf. . . (Aug 2019): p. 37, 38, 39
  • The Table Next To The Bed (Sept 2019): p. 47
  • Trying to Outsmart Lord Julius (Dec 2019): p. 2 & 3
  • Psychic Sound Club (Dec 2019) p. 4 & 5
  • A Soliloquy in Graveyard (Jan 2020) p. 6 & 7
• Notebook 3: issues 37 to 40
  • Do You Know Elrod? (Aug 2016): page 11, 58
  • Notebook 2a, aka Albatross Three (Aug 2016): Front cover, page 10
  • Sketching the Countess (Jan 2017): page 140, 141 & 143
  • A Look At Iest (Mar 2018): p. 48
  • Remove the Prime Minister (Aug 2018): page 53
  • First American Tour Poster (Apr 2019): p. 70
  • Hssssssssssssssssssss (Apr 2019): p. 56 & 57
  • PetuniaCon Guest List (May 2019): p. 3 & 6
  • Cerebus after Talking to Jaka in Cerebus #36 (July 2020): p. 1
  • Take Two of Cerebus Talking to Astoria in Cerebus #37 (Aug 2020): p. 5
  • Looking at Cerebus #37 part three (Aug 2020): p. 6 & 7
  • Outline for the Last Half of High Society (Apr 2021): p. 31
  • Unused High Society Material (Oct 2021): p. 51
• Notebook 4: issues 41 to 44
  • Albatross Four (Aug 2016): Front cover, 14, 20
  • Wuffa Wuffa (March 2017): page 59
  • Decisions Decisions (Sept 2017): p. 13
  • The Deciding Vote (Oct 2017): p. 57 & 58
  • A Well Equipped Bar (May 2018): p. 77
  • Three Days at the Regency (Nov 2018): p. 79
  • Cerebus' First Job (Aug 2019): p. 80
  • Issue 41 Page by Page (Aug 2020): p. 10 & 11
  • Planning Issue 41 (Jan 2021): p. 35 & 36
• Notebook 5: issues 45 to 49
  • Albatross Five (June 2015): front cover, 5, 10
  • Cerebus' New Republic (Nov 2016): 1, 8
  • The Deciding Vote (Nov 2016): page 58, 59
  • Cover Art for the Comics Journal (May 2017): page 62
  • To Tilt or Not To Tilt (Apr 2018): p. 16 & 17
  • Travel to the T'capmin Kingdom (Apr 2018): p. 70 & 71
  • Suenteus Po Versus Astoria (May 2019): p. 46 & 47
  • Issue #48 Thumbnails (July 2020): p. 73
  • Summit Enchanted Evening (July 2020) p. 25 & 26
  • Summit Enchanted Evening Part Two (July 2020) p. 27 & 28
  • Rejected Plot Point After Summit (July 2020) p. 32
• Notebook 6: issues 49 to 59
  • On Governing (Sept 2014): page 8, 11
  • Cerebus Archive (Feb 2016): page 58, 157
  • His First Fifth Notebook Notes (Dec 2015): page 95, 97, 98
  • Boom (Jan 2015): page 132, 149, 150
  • The First Time That Something Fell (April 2016): page 142, 146
  • Sketching the Countess (Jan 2017): page 140, 141, 143 (mentioned no cover)
  • Bureaucrat Pudding (Nov 2017): page 7
  • Frostonite Claws (June 2019): p. 47 & 48
  • A Friend of Astoria. . .Sort Of: (June 2019) p. 53
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (June 2019) p. 139, 140, & 141
  • The Countess' House: (Apr 2020) p. 36
  • Don't Swear at the Lady You Slug: (April 2020) p. 105 (close up of part of it, not entire thing) & page 109
• Notebook 7: issues 59 to 69
  • The Making of a Cover - Cerebus #60 (July 2014): page 27, 29, 38
  • Selling Insurance (August 2014): page 58, 60, 61
  • Mind Game III (May 2016): page 66, 67
  • Even More In 1984 or When He Was 27 (June 2016): page 106, 107
  • A Plan for Church & State I (July 2015): page 108
  • Talking to Muffins (Jan 2017): Front cover, 126
  • A Friendly Reminder (Dec 2017): page 21 & 22
  • Sproing (June 2019): p. 13
  • On Governing Part Who Knows (May 2020): p. 4 & 5
  • Feldan Flagg Roach (June 2020): p. 53 & 56
  • Mind Game IV (Jan 2021): p. 69 & 70
  • Dave's To Do List (Apr 2021): p. 18
• Notebook 8: issues 70 to 79
  • Cerebus vs The Spirit (March 2016): page 1, 3
  • Sane As It Ever Was (Jan 2016): page 23, 28
  • Naming Church & State (Jan 2016): page 31
  • Dave's Sketches of People (Aug 2015): page 37, 62, 66
  • Varying Reasons of Assorted Depths (Dec 2014): page 58, 59, 61
  • Dave Sim and the Crack-of-Dawn Orchestra (Oct 2014): page 64, 67, 73
  • Cerebus Jam 2: Campaign Stop (July 2016): page 69, 70, 71
  • All She Wants To Do Is Dance (March 2017): front cover, page 45
  • A Stay At The Regency (March 2017): page 8
  • Fascination & Fruition (Oct 2018): p. 36
  • 6 of 30 (Oct 2019) p. 9, 10, & 11
  • So I Can Dance Probably (Apr 2020): p. 46 & 48
  • Elf Request (Apr 2021): p. 15
  • Stairs to the Regency (July 2021): p. 14
  • Layout for Cerebus #73 (July 2021): p. 38 & 39
• Notebook 9: issues 80 to 86
  • Flick (April 2015): page 1, 3, 4
  • Cover Thumbnails (Nov 2016): page 7, 57
  • Touch Not The Priestess (July 2014): page 28, 32
  • Boys! Dinner! (Oct 2015): page 51, 56
  • Cerebus Feels So Good (July 2016): page 74, 75
  • Fat Elvis Period (March 2015): page 114, 131, 135
  • Sketches of Familiar Faces (Feb 2017): 47, 48, 49
  • Total Control (Aug 2017): Front cover, page 126
  • When Your Life Flashes Behind Your Back (Nov 2017): p. 80 & 81
  • SNORT (Nov 2017): p. 90 & 91
  • A Bit O'Swank (Nov 2017): p. 58, 61, 62 & 63
  • Sketches of Prince Mick (Dec 2017): p. 64, 65, 66 & 67
  • Noice. Fank You (Dec 2017): p. 68 & 69
  • Give Me Strength (Feb 2018): p. 26 & 28
  • Blossom of My Sordid Youth (Oct 2019): p. 13
  • Chasing the Roach up the Tower (March 2020): p. 99
  • The Countess Calls the Boys to Dinner (Nov 2020): p. 43
  • Are They Always Like This? (Dec 2020): p. 45 & 46
  • Anything Goes #3 Cover Sketch (Aug 2021): p. 106
  • Sketches of Cerebus (Sept 2021): p. 77 & 78
  • How the Countess Got Her Money? (Dec 2021): p. 30
• Notebook 10: issues 87 to 95
  • Out With the In Crowd (Nov 2015): page 15, 25
  • An Edge In His Voice So Sharp He Could Plotz (Apr 2016): page 34, 35
  • Assassin (April 2015): page 69, 71
  • Lord Julius (July 2014): page 72, 73
  • So. . .You already said that. (Oct 2014): Cover, 85, 87
  • Odds and Ends (Jan 2015): pocket, 92, 113
  • Odd Transformations... 4 (May 2016): page 109
  • Odd Transformations... 4 part 2 (May 2016): page 110, 111
  • Odd Transformations . . .3 (Feb 2018): page 30
  • Astoria! GO AWAY! (Feb 2018) page 20
  • Cerebus Has Something Else To Do (May 2019) P. 55
  • Chasing the Roach up the Tower (March 2020): p. 1
  • Nobody Feeling Brave Today? (March 2020): p. 8 & 9
  • Cerebus #93 Page Layouts and Dialogue (June 2021): p. 74 & 75
  • Pages 8 and 9 from Cerebus #93 (June 2021): p. 76
• Notebook 11: issues 96 to 102
  • Not The Trial (March 2016): page 12, 17
  • The Sky is Falling (Sept 2015): page 32
  • The Unknown Given (July 2016): page 35
  • The Trial (Oct 2014): page 51, 53
  • Posey, Bishop Powers, and Tracing Paper (Jan 2021): p. 51
  • Endgame (Sept 2015): page 85, 86
  • Assorted Cerebus (Dec 2015): page 89
  • The Final Ascension (Sept 2014): page 102, 103
  • Purple Unicorn (July 2017): front cover, page 43
  • What IS Truth? (June 2018): p. 63
  • Point Hats (July 2018): p. 11
  • Before the Trial (Dec 2018): p. 37
  • Shoo (Dec 2018): p. 39
  • See You in Court (Oct 2019): p. 41
  • The Thing on Cerebus' Head (Feb 2020): p. 91
  • Odd Transformations 4. . .part 4 (Sept 2020): p. 1 & 2
  • Cerebus #98 page layouts (Mar 2021): p. 49
  • Cerebus #98 Page 10 Layout (Apr 2021): p. 55
  • The Accurately Inexplicable (Apr 2021): p. 65
  • Why Cerebus Wants To Make The Ascension Sept 2021: p. 9 & 10
  • Bits from Cerebus #101 and #103 (Oct 2021): p. 113
  • Better Tortures and Worse Pleasures (Oct 2021): p. 27
  • (Nov 2021): p. 45
• Notebook 12: issues 102 to 111
  • The Judge Before He Was The Judge (Sept 2016): front cover, page 32, 33
  • D'King and the Actress (July 2015): page 10, 15
  • Dave and the Direct Market (Dec 2014): page 21, 22, 23
  • Jaka's Story Logo (Oct 2014): page 42, 43
  • Walking on the Moon (April 2016): page 48, 49
  • Extrusion Intrusion (June 2016): page 50, 69, 74
  • Alone. Unloved. And Unmourned (August 2014): page 46, 82, 132, 139
  • Boom. Big Boom. Big Bang. (Dec 2017): page 4 & 5
  • Devoid Was Tarim (June 2018): p. 111
  • The Judge (July 2019): p. 57, 58, 59, 60
  • She's Got the Devil in Her Heart (May 2020): p. 128 & 130
  • Suffering You'll Have No Trouble With (May 2020): p. 131 & 132
  • Cerebus #103 Cover (Sept 2021): p. 13
  • Cerebus #102: Good Abbess Text Not Used (Nov 2021): p. 2 & 3
• Notebook 13: issues 112/113
  • Vacation Sketches Part Deux (Oct 2016): 5, 7, 8
  • Jaka's Story (June 2014): page 14, 17
  • Jaka the Dancer (Jan 2016): page 29
  • Vacation Time: San Jose (Nov 2014): page 57, 58, 59
  • Jaka's Story II (July 2014): page 66, 72
  • Bits (August 2015): page 74, 78
  • Playing Bingo While Wearing Tight Pants (May 2017): Front cover, p. 70
  • Terror in a Turgid Tool (Oct 2017): pages 1 - 3
  • What About Trying That? (June 2018): p. 10 & 11
  • The Start of Rick (June 2018): p. 35 & 36
  • Not That Rick Nash (June 2018): p. 77
  • Old Friends, Familiar Faces (Nov 2019): p. 26
  • What Could You Do Forever (Nov 2019): p. 18 & 25
  • Layouts for Page #9 of Cerebus #114 (Aug 2021): p. 82
• Notebook 14: issues 113 to 117
  • Jaka and Missy (Sept 2015): page 1, 2
  • A Gold Coin? (Feb 2015): page 46, 47, 50, 53
  • Reprinting Cerebus Every Two Weeks (March 2016): page 60, 61
  • Thunder the Wonder Pony (April 2017): Front cover, page 16, 36
  • Refuge of the Shallow (Aug 2017): page 55 & 56
  • Get Him Out of the Hotel (Oct 2017): page 35
  • Changes to the Princess of Palnu (Nov 2019): p. 31 & 32
  • Timelines and Memories (Oct 2020): p. 10
  • Jaka's Tale of a Mouse in a Mudhole (Oct 2020): p. 17 & 18
  • Jaka, Magic, and the Pageant Story (Oct 2020): p. 37, 38, & 39
  • Jaka and Missy Part Two (Feb 2021): p. 5
  • Bits and Pieces from Jaka's Story (Feb 2021): p. 63
• Notebook 15: issues 118 to 122
  • Daughter of Palnu (Dec 2014): page 22, 23, 24
  • Daughter of Palnu: Lessons (June 2016): page 25
  • Oscar (April 2015): page 38, 39, 41
  • What Is Cerebus About? (Feb 2016): page 98
  • Rick in a Can (Apr 2017): Front cover, page 67, page 68
  • Oscar's Cigarettes (Sept 2018): p. 52
  • The Locked Door Opened (Sept 2019): p. 27 & 29
  • Cerebus #121 Notebook Images (Aug 2021): p. 59
• Notebook 16: issues 122 to 127
  • Outlines for the Poet (Aug 2015): page 9, 28
  • The Waiting Dancer (Apr 2016): page 41, 45
  • Jaka's Sweet old Aunt Victoria (Feb 2015): page 46, 56, 57
  • Soul and Substance (Nov 2016): page 65, 31
  • One Fondue Set Please (June 2017): Cover, page 68
  • Drinking At Dinner Time (Aug 2019): p. 50
  • Talking Back To Your Television (Sept 2019): p. 11
  • A Page Layout Meant for Cerebus #124 (July 2021): p. 42
• Notebook 17: issues 127 to 135
  • Mrs Thatcher (April 2015): page 12, 46, 49
  • Bang Bang SMASH (March 2015): page 31, 35, 45
  • La Danseuse Marvellieux (May 2017): Front cover, page 17
  • Front and Back (August 2017): page 13 and 14
  • Issues Summaries (August 2018): page 1 & 36
  • Melmoth One (August 2019): p. 65
  • (Feb 2021) p. 7 - 9
• Notebook 18: issues 136 to 141
  • Worm Merchant or Grand Lord of Palnu? (May 2015): page 27, 32, 35
  • The Frustrations of normalroach (Jan 2016): page 54, 55
  • Dino's Cafe (Feb 2016): cover, page 45 & 46
  • To an Iestan Boy? (Aug 2017): page 38 & 42
  • Lord Julius or Like-A-Look? (May 2018): pages 29 & 30
  • Cinnamon Tea (April 2020): p. 33
  • Melmoth Character Sketches (Mar 2021): p. 36 & 37
• Notebook 19: issues 141 to 149
  • Characters of Melmoth (June 2015): page 3, 17, 33
  • Melmoth and Tiny Thumbnails (August 2014): 28, 29, 30
  • A Deal For A Single Gold Coin (March 2017): Front cover, 11, 13, 15
  • Melmoth Thumbnails Part 1 (Sept 2017): p. 35
  • Melmoth Thumbnails Part 2 (Sept 2017): p. 36
  • A Deal (July 2018): p. 5, 7 & 9
  • Beth the Patio Goddess (March 2020): p. 32 & 51
  • Doris' Story (Feb 2021): p. 49 & 50
  • Cerebus #141 Cover Sketch (Dec 2021): p. 65
• Notebook 20: issues 153 to 164
  • The Good and Bad of Comics in the Early 90s (March 2015): page 18, 19, 20
  • The Good and Bad of Comics in the Early 90s pt 2 (April 2015): page 21, 22, 23
  • The Finale: Good and Bad of Comics in the Early 90s (April 2015): page 24, 25, 26
  • Po's Monologue About Bran (Jan 2015): page 53, 54
  • US Tour 1992 tour diary (July 2015): page 57, 58, 59, 60
  • POIT! SMASH (July 2017): Front cover, page 38
  • Venus Rising (Apr 2018): p. 5 & 6
  • Dead Paper (Sept 2018): p. 17 & 28
  • Playing Chess (Dec 2018): p. 7
  • King's Pawing (Dec 2018): p. 12 & 13
  • The Reformer (Jan 2019): p. 32 & 33
  • Looked Like a Hyena (Feb 2019): p. 39
  • Lord Julius Banter from Cerebus #160 June 2021: p. 30 & 31
• Notebook 21: issues 164 to 187
  • Alcohol Is Free and There Is No Last Call (Sept 2015): Front cover, 21, 31
  • Ends & Odd Bits (Nov 2014): 19, 29, 30, 259
  • Crossing Over (Oct 2014): page 25, 26, 64
  • Campaign '93 Notes (July 2016): page 57, 58, 59, 60
  • The Gathering (August 2014): page 102, 103, 104
  • I Want To See Your Armpit (Feb 2015): page 118, 163, 164
  • Down In A Minute, Sweetheart (Oct 2016): page 256, 257
  • Three Saviors? (April 2017): page 107, 108, 109
  • Roach. . .Nevermore (Oct 2018): p. 9
  • Crossing Over Part Two (Nov 2018): p. 27 & 28
  • Swooncommamortals (Feb 2019) p. 3 & 7
  • Dany Snowy Storm (Feb 2019) p. 78
  • Green-Eyed Monster (July 2019) p. 11, 12, & 13
  • Dialogue from Reads (Oct 2020): p. 147 - 149
  • Dialogue From Reads Part Two (Oct 2020): p. 158 - 160
  • Viktor Davis Notes on Reads (Nov 2020): p. 170 - 172
  • Astoria Goes Shopping (Nov 2020): p. 13 & 14
  • Jaka's Dream (Sept 2021): p. 75
• Notebook 22: issues 186 to 201
  • Talking With Your Creator (Dec 2014): page 37, 41
  • The Origin of the Mothers (Dec 2014): page 46, 47, 48, 49
  • Uncomfortable Truth (April 2015): page 54, 55
  • A Creator Named Dave (July 2015): page 57, 58
  • Drunk Attic (July 2017): Front cover, page 65
  • The Artist and the Princess (Jan 2018): p. 43
  • Leftovaries Feast Fer Evryone Eltz (Feb 2019): p. 64
  • Fun With Black Holes (Mar 2021): p. 12 & 13
  • Fun With BRGWST (Mar 2021): p. 19
• Notebook 23: Mothers & Daughters
  • On Tour '92 (Feb 2015): page 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 21
  • Shredded Tissue of Lies (June 2015): page 42, 43, 57, 58
  • Cerebus #152 Cover Prelims (Feb 2016) cover, p. 47 & 49
  • Get Out and Push (Mar 2018): p. 36 & 37
  • It's The Story Of A Lovely Aardvark. . . (Aug 2018): p. 25 & 27
  • The Thoughts of Red Sophia (Aug 2018): p. 11 & 13
• Notebook 24: issues 197 to 211
  • Joanne and Fred (not that Fred) (Jan 2015): Page 3, 4, 5
  • Talking With Dave (Dec 2015): page 25, 26, 27
  • Talking With Dave Again (Dec 2015): 29, 30
  • Calling Dave Sim (Aug 2015): page 34, 35
  • Dreams Pt 1 (Nov 2015): page 37
  • Notes for Dave's Chat with Neil (May 2016): page 93, 94, 95, 96
  • The Tavern at the Wall of T'si (July 2017): Front cover, page 46
  • Remember. . .jobs? (Jan 2018): page 102 & 103
  • Deep and Meaningfuls (Nov 2018): p. 104 & 111
  • Cerebus is a Terrible Person (Dec 2020): p. 33
• Notebook 25: issues 213 to 241
  • Cerebus is Tired - Aye. Aye. (March 2015): page 24
  • Thesbian Tavern Tramp Drunk (Sept 2014): page 36, 38, 39
  • Only Demons Lie (March 2015): page 40
  • Pleasure's Simple Life (April 2016): page 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95
  • A Victim of A Laughing Chance (June 2017): page 19, 28
  • Drink a Gallon Jug of Soda Water (Apr 2018): p. 35
  • Turning South to the River (Jan 2019): p. 62 & 63
  • Some Dialogue from Cerebus #213 (July 2021): cover, p. 1 & 2
• Notebook 26: issues 224 to 230
  • Cool's Right (July 2015): page 44, 46, 47
  • Pig's Ear (Dec 2016): front cover, back cover, page 1
  • Good RIDdance (June 2017): page 16 & 26
  • This. Is a Bar. RAG. (Mar 2019): p. 13
  • Sick Mother (May 2019) p. 7
  • Dialogue from Cerebus #224 (July 2021): 8
• Notebook 27: issue 225
  • F. Stop is not an Aperture (April 2015): page 19, 20, 21
  • A Face Like The Back End of a Dog (Dec 2016): front cover, page 1, 3
  • The Bed in the Ballroom (Jan 2019): p. 37
  • Notes on . . .What Exactly? (Dec 2021): p. 33
• Notebook 28: issue 227
  • Rick's Story (June 2015): page 2, 5, 6
  • Dreams Pt 1 (Nov 2015): page 36 (doesn't really talk about notebook 28)
  • Blasphemous Lies (June 2017): page 23 & 24
  • Battling with Potato Chips (Aug 2017): Front cover, page 20
  • Richard George Shows Up (Aug 2021): p. 11
• Notebook 29: issues 240 to 250
  • Fall And The River (Sept 2014): page 6, 15
  • Going Home page 330 (Sept 2016): page 45,
  • Form & Void Shooting Script (July 2014): page 47, 51, 55
  • The Destruction of Iest (Nov 2015): page 96, 156
  • Dreams Part Deux (Nov 2015): page 157, 158
  • They Give Us Those Nice Bright Colors (Sept 2015): page 208, 209
  • Meeting F. Stop (Jan 2017): Front cover, page 3
  • Closing Like a Gate (May 2018): page 31
  • They Brought Back Ektachrome (Jan 20): p. 210
  • We Haven't Got A Boat (Jan 20): p. 211
  • Winky, Blinky, and Noddy (Jan 20): p. 44
  • She Has Her Palnu Face On (Feb 20): p. 46
  • They're On a Boat (Jun 2020): p. 7
  • Making a Stew (Sept 2020): p. 8
  • Nearly Finished Page from Cerebus #240 (Sept 2020): p. 9
  • Another Nearly Finished Page from Cerebus #240 (May 2021): p. 5
  • Yes, It's Another Page from Cerebus #240 (May 2021): p. 12
  • Cerebus #240 Page 13 in Notebook Form (Nov 2021): p. 13
  • Cerebus #240 Page 14 in Notebook Form (Dec 2021): p. 14
  • Perfect Strangers Vs Pleasures Simple Life (Dec 2021): p. 10
• Notebook 30: Minds Rehearsal
  • Minds Rehearsal (Nov 2014): Back & Front cover, 24, 25, 26, 27, 58, 59
  • Seemingly Lead a Charmed Life (Jan 2018): pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Fascination with Gore (Jan 2018): pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  • Hurtling Through Dark Realms (Apr 2020): p. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, & 17
  • When Your Creator Tells It Like It Is (Sept 2021): p. 44, 45, 46, 47
• Notebook 31: issues 256 to 265
  • To Ham & Ham Not (Jan 2015): page 6, 7
  • What Shoreline? (Dec 2016): front cover, 58, 59
  • Go on. Beat it. Scream! (Oct 2017): p. 66 & 67
  • Mary's Talking Lion Dream (May 2021): p. 30 & 31
• Notebook 32: issue 255
  • A Movie Review: Julia (Feb 2016): Page 1
  • Hunting Lodge Thespians (Feb 2016): Page 2, 3
  • Breakfast Sandwiches Instead of Shooting Lessons (Jan 2017): both covers, page 7
• Notebook 33: issue 251
  • The Start of Form & Void (Oct 2015): front and back cover, 1, 2
  • Salad Fork Stuck To His Face (April 2017): pages 5 & 7
  • True Romance (April 2019): p. 18 & 19
  • True Romance Part Deux (April 2019): p. 20 & 21
  • Form and Void Opening (May 2021): p. 8
• Notebook 34: issue 289 / 290
  • The Smallest Notebook (Oct 2015): front and back cover, 1, 2, 3, 4
  • That is the entire notebook
• Notebook 35: Spore & Konigsberg
  • Spore & Konigsberg (Oct 2015): page 11, 25
  • Avoyd Fornication (Dec 2015): front cover, page 1, 2
  • Running Upstairs in the Dark (Sept 2018): p.3
  • A Realy Mommy Type (Aug 2019) p. 25 & 26
• Notebook 36: issues 265 to 300
  • Listening to Dead Cirinists (Sept 2016): front cover, page 28
  • Fred Hammer Wins the Jakirbee Cup (June 2016): page 6
  • The Final Notebook (March 2015): Inside Front Cover, 43, 108
  • Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk (Nov 2015): page 7, 23
  • Sixteen Questions Before Breakfast (June 2017): page 67 & 68
  • Yoohwhoo and the Little Yoohwhoos (Jan 2018) p. 49
  • Lots of Dead Cirinists (Nov 2020): p. 29 & 103
• Loose Pages & Misc
  • Don't Piss Off Tarim (May 2017): Pages 2 & 6
  • Dave Sim's Cerebus Notebooks: the Covers (Oct 2021): All of the notebook covers.

SOCIH? Hardcover V7 and V8 Launches at NOON!

Benjamin Hobbs:

Update: The campaign is LIVE NOW!

The campaign for SOCIH? Volumes 7 and 8 Hardcovers launches today at NOON on Kickstarter!

There are three stretch goal cards to unlock!

There will also be a new four card subset that can be added-on! Or backed as it's own tier!

Dave has sent a bunch of CIH? merchandise to be added as bundles to this campaign! They are limited! Act quickly if you want one!

 

Also! There are many returning add-ons, such as V 3-6 of the Hardcovers, Series 1-3 of the trading cards, the Francis Fantasy League cards and The Signed Softcover six pack!

Next Week: The campaign will be rolling right along!

Cerebus In Hell? - New in '22

 "Hi Everybody" 

(Says Not Matt Dow, but instead...

The Legion of Substitute "Manly" Matt Dows

have taken over AMOC!

Tuesday the 4th through Monday the 10th of January.)

So, what's new for Cerebus in Hell? 2022?  If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words then this Substitute Dow has nothing else to say.

There may be MOIRE (YOU try assembling this many Cerebi on a tiny laptop!)

OK, maybe a few words about that "Numbering" thing.  You may have noticed in the fine print running along the left side of the covers of current CIH? issues now reads:

"CEREBUS IN HELL? PRESENTS #_"

As Manly Matt mentioned recently, this is an attempt to get the Cerebus In Hell? issues to sit in the same general area each week at your local comic shop.  To make things confusing we have stolen yet another idea from the Big Two and will retroactively number all the CIH? issues.  To make it even more confusing, CEREBUS IN HELL PRESENTS #1 is CEREBUS IN HELL? #0.  My suggestion to Dave was that we plan on ending the series at issue #99.  Dave, understandably wouldn't commit to this, saying that CIH? will continue as long as it is viable.  Nothing is easily written in stone in uncertain times. 

Will there be reprints of the individual issues with the retroactive numbering added to them?

Not anytime soon. 

Will the numbering be added to future editions of Swords of Cerebus in Hell?

If there are further printings, maybe, but not anytime soon.

Mainly, it's about a numbering system to make the issues easier to keep track of.  No one planned to do this many issues.  When we started seriously talking about this I sent the list of 71 issues to Dave.  He sent it back with a line under issue 55 and wrote "Bone".  Under issue 71 he wrote out 72-75 and wrote "Sandman".  That's when I suggested stopping at #99.  Imagine the confusion years from now...

"Why did they stop at issue 99?  They got that far and couldn't put out one more lousy issue?"

"Cerebus In Hell? #0 IS Cerebus In Hell? Presents #1, idiot.  So there ARE 100 issues."

"What about the online strips?"

"Those were all collected in the earliest printed issues."

"I heard not all of them were and some were different from what originally appeared online."

"What about the promotional strips and one-off ads?  When are they putting out a CIH? MisceWaddaYaCallIt?"

"All of this is on AMOC, it's still archived online."

"TL;DR"

That ALL NEW checklist will arrive soon.  Happy New Year and thanks for continuing to support Cerebus In Hell?  

David Birdsong

Next: Another member of The League of Substitute "Manly" Matt Dows will STRIKE!

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, Sayonara, Adios, Arrivederci, Hola, Hasta la vista, laters...

Hi, Everybody!

Mondays:

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The Next Please Hold For Dave Sim is scheduled for Thursday, January 6th. I'ma not gonna be here, but I got a pinch hitter to talk to Dave for me. What this means for you guys, is that if you want your question asked, you HAVE to get it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com by now(?). Because that's when I'm sending the fax. Probably by five o'clock PM CST. After that and you're February Matt's problem...

But you guys are gonna wanna tune in to this one, because not only do you not have to listen to me and my bullshit, but Dave has a MAJOR ANNONCEMENT of a limited time deal that you're not gonna wanna miss...

___________________________________

Cerebus in Hell?:

Cerebus The Emily

Sword of Cerebus in Hell? Volume 12

____________________________________

If you want Digital PDFs of glamourpuss, email me at: momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll take care of ya...

____________________________________

Heritage, they got a bunch of neat Cerebus stuff.

____________________________________

Carson's SDOAR Contests:

____________________________________

Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently free with commercial interruptions on streaming channels "Plex", Comcast's "Xumo", or watch commercial free at "Vimeo On Demand" for $0.99 (to download for $1.99)

____________________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:

January 12-14

January 26-30

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!

____________________________________

As I said, I'm out.

I'm going on vacation until the 10th.

Pretend I'm Crumb, and that my other kid is behind F. Stop's trunk...

I'ma taking a cruise:

Click for bigger (This one's for you Ger...)

So, uh...

Bye!

In my absence, I have a CRACK TEAM of Cerebus/Dave Sim/Gerhard/SDOAR experts to cover for me:

Via con Dios fellas...

Next Time: I don't know, and I don't really give a #$%&...

Cerebus Around the World and Web #113 by Oliver Simonsen

Oliver Simonsen:

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" on Tripwire's Top 10 Graphic Novels Of 2021:
"It is his magnum opus. It is meta and meticulous. For those who got it as a gift this past Yule like me, it is a Christmas Miracle. And although, it’s near perfect, let’s see Sim do it again. Pretty please."
https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tripwire-top-10-graphic-novels-of-2021-day-ten/

Latest "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" review on Amazon: "a phenomenal work"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3TLXK96J1VFFQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=173686050X

Artist at Marvel/DC/IDW/Dark Horse/Image/Dynamite/Boom and more, Mark Laming, says "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" is a must on any "best comics of the year" list
https://twitter.com/monkey__marc/status/1476233705807134726

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" is comic of the year (in Russian)
https://twitter.com/Mostcus/status/1475765672676405249

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" Spanish version coming
https://twitter.com/FromHellComics/status/1475814136453992448

Shannon Wheeler awaiting his copy of "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" calling Dave Sim an amazing talent
https://twitter.com/MuchCoffee/status/1476276227061153794
https://twitter.com/MuchCoffee/status/1476277154874740737

Writer-Director Ben Schwartz has to check out "Strange Death of Alex Raymond"
https://twitter.com/benschwartz_/status/1476276995658973184

Dave Weigel summarizing 2021: "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" was "...was obsessive and beautiful, with no easy way in, the book I most often looked back at"
https://daveweigel.substack.com/p/my-pop-culture-2021

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" sparks interest in newspaper strips
https://twitter.com/cannonhillcomic/status/1475802616873590788

"Strange Death of Alex Raymond" at the Library
https://catalog.library.loudoun.gov/?section=resource&resourceid=1263455350

"Comic Book Historians" spotlights "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" and "glamourpuss"
https://twitter.com/Comichistorians/status/1477027400575709184
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYLUBvOsiYE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

"Comic Book Historians" enjoyed "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" and thinks David Lynch could make a hell of a movie out of it
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHZMVJr9cI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dave Sim's childhood friend and Cerebus TV collaborator, Max Southall, has just uploaded on his long dormant "Cerebus TV" youtube account an old CerebusTV episode. CerebusTV was ahead of its time and so much fun - albeit a bit stressful at times trying to keep up with a weekly schedule. And if there ever was a take away it's this: we need to see Dave Sim act in a movie! He would crush it. Awards galore.
Not sure the particular reason for the upload and will touch base with Max. Hopefully the email I have still works. It certainly seems fitting enough as we look back on the early days of both "Strange Death of Alex Raymond" and the Cerebus film taking form. I see the old Dracula promo i made for the Gene Colan interview is in this episode as well. I think Max once mentioned something about releasing that interview? I might remember wrong.
https://youtu.be/Tk8Q3tRnSPk

Cerebus film in Denmark: "...so happy the Cerebus movie is finally here Thank you for all of your hard work over the years!"
https://www.facebook.com/inzomnia/posts/10224107483648784

Tony Watt calls the Cerebus film awesome
https://www.facebook.com/groups/380618571964013/posts/7310488742310260/

Karen Schmocker watched the Cerebus film and was delighted
https://twitter.com/BeaugiBear/status/1476989477675491329

Award-winning playwright, author, humorist Dylan Brody calls the movie amazing
https://twitter.com/dylanbrody/status/1477155699222192130

The Cerebus film got some love from Carl Jones, Producer of "Boondocks" and "The Last OG" - and the showrunner on upcoming animated shows "Good Times" and "Young Love". Not to mention far out cartoon series such as "Lazor Wulf", "Sugar and Toys" and "The Jellies!"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJ6nrklval/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Indie cartoons making waves
https://twitter.com/Exalted_Speed/status/1474825066374483972

Cerebus film in MovieFit app
https://moviefit.me/titles/687189-the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark

Cerebus film in India
https://www.binged.com/streaming-premiere-dates/the-absurd-surreal-metaphysical-and-fractured-destiny-of-cerebus-the-aardvark-movie-streaming-online-watch/

Wants a Cerebus movie...hey, what are we paying the Cerebus film pr guys for anyway?:)
https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/rtkpvs/comment/hqt5r52/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

hmm it's a trap

Cerebus film, Spider-man and Batman movie and She-Hulk series
https://twitter.com/CElston/status/1475512740471095297

Seeing Cerebus on the front page is surreal
https://twitter.com/SeannPMcCollum/status/1475502606940213248

Cerebus and Christopher Elston on the front page
https://twitter.com/CElston/status/1475439649199992837
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX_Hr4VLqFD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus mural and podcast
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYH9uGilgHg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus on the cover of Mary Gaitskill's novel
https://twitter.com/BradyDale/status/1475616105565720582

Award winning bestselling feminist Author Mary Gaitskill explains the cover of her book: "It's Cerebus the Aardvark from the wonderful comic of the same name" adding "I definitely feel like the aardvark sometimes"
https://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2018/06/mary-gaitskill.html

Cerebus, Maus, Persepolis and more
https://twitter.com/tudorstuart/status/1475607614801199116

Krazy Kat is like Cerebus
https://twitter.com/FledIndiana/status/1476238610802356236

Cerebus and Strangers in Paradise
https://twitter.com/Kevinhalse/status/1475254612454084611

Cerebus and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle drawn by Erik Whalen for Joshua Even
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYIxAjDsJ34/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/Erik_Whalen/status/1477023993366560772
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKWZG5POli/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Freddy Lopez Jr draws Cerebus, Conan, Red Sonja and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Not a commision, bit sold to Joshia Even:)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX-IN3EshGi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

"Screenrant" article calls Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Best Multiversal Heroes" and says it started with Cerebus
https://screenrant.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-multiverse-comics-archie-batman/

Cerebus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Usagi
https://twitter.com/LuckLegends/status/1476297550663540741

Cerebus and Thor's hammer
https://twitter.com/MagicManArthur/status/1475073890594410503

Cerebus, Snoopy, Fritz, Launchpad, Superman, Ironman, Luba, Jessica Rabbit, Cool World lady etc
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX_D9wZrJaK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus and Spawn (in Spanish)
https://twitter.com/EstadioRetro/status/1475729721707184129

Cerebus and Spawn goods received from Waverly Press
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYEdy14MFjS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cerebus, From Hell and more
https://twitter.com/praihounmario/status/1477045150937399300

Cerebus, normalman, Megaton Man and more
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYLDZ9CtBFQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dark Horse and Aardvark Vanaheim
https://twitter.com/vonboehmbawerk/status/1476214367746101255

"I love Cerebus" tiktok and youtube video
https://youtu.be/z7JTtMYClJY

Cerebus Remastered Edition shared while calling it one of the greatest comics
https://twitter.com/Brad_Couper/status/1476566301657157634

Cerebus High Society signed by Dave Sim and Gerhard shared
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYCvVNfMzKO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Margaret Liss shares Dave's pallette/test stroke sheets
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4699565863444085/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4696612627072742/

Cerebus reading goal
https://twitter.com/TBRAMBLIN/status/1475276255398436865

Cerebus is on “10 comics to know me…” list
https://twitter.com/plasticfarm/status/1476268625732456455
https://twitter.com/md_geist1/status/1476559627940728832
https://twitter.com/praihounmario/status/1476295721439707142
https://twitter.com/nachomadness/status/1476639390466076672
https://twitter.com/drawhall/status/1476771309858144264
https://twitter.com/Alf_ArGzz/status/1476881572896804865
https://twitter.com/FletchWazzle/status/1477123684305416193

Cerebus called "Wonderful"
https://twitter.com/LuckLegends/status/1476288584059473922

Cerebus among best comics of the 20th century
https://twitter.com/ReadYourselfRaw/status/1476524273976152064

Cerebus Issue two expanded and rematered received and shared
https://twitter.com/kaulso/status/1476622853424533505

Cerebus part of New Year annual Friends-mas tradition game
https://twitter.com/TheD6Generation/status/1476668842629861376

Cerebus reading resolution
https://classiccomics.org/post/445140
https://twitter.com/pblrdg00/status/1477021469792247810 (in Portuguese)
https://twitter.com/TBRAMBLIN/status/1477015385866223622

Read more than half of Cerebus in 2021
https://twitter.com/TBRAMBLIN/status/1477314290470330372

Cerebus recommended reading for 2022
https://twitter.com/Digested_Sand/status/1476646748269465601

Marvel Comics Editor Tom Breevort bought this Cerebus issue 30 years ago, January 1st 1992
https://twitter.com/wdalehouston/status/1477351177675325450
Kurt Busiek bought it back then
https://twitter.com/KurtBusiek/status/1477374280614567939

Going to start reading Cerebus again
https://twitter.com/_stevenhess/status/1476365699014705152

"Cerebus in Hell?" info added
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy_in_popular_culture

Cerebus dream sequences inspirational
https://twitter.com/TimMcEwen67/status/1475338478799843329

Matrix and Dave Sim meta
https://twitter.com/avram/status/1475973353030758400

NFT promoted towards Cerebusfilm
https://twitter.com/pop_pop_prof/status/1476398941436579844

Dave Sim song vinyl album by punk band "Self Defense Family" shared
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX4wNNosjZd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eN5rsDN90E

Dave Sim, John Byrne and Frank Miller
https://twitter.com/GregWoronchak/status/1476276360062590980

Nature photo accompanied with Dave Sim quote
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX0SCMvgWCA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

A Cerebus party
https://twitter.com/VerdiDale/status/1476844823940263937

Cerebus Syndrome part of the vernacular
https://twitter.com/Daggerspiders/status/1475164398033506304

Cerebus mug
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYCo7_UPjTHXRAK-e5YBNWnYyNjBtqIXENxvaY0/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cerebus/posts/4699301820137156/

The various Cerebus logos Russian style
https://twitter.com/Mostcus/status/1475470892499148808\

Wants Cerebus in Portuguese
https://twitter.com/Lorpeam/status/1475586940984598533

And saving the best for last: can you spot a mega opportunity when you see one? An embarrassment of riches awaits.
Sean Michael Robinson: I'm in the mood to clean out my closet, which is currently full of my contributor copies of EVERY Waverly Cerebus publication, and all the Cerebus in Hell issues. This includes every single variant, doodad, knick-nack, prototype etc. I'm sorting through it all for selling in January
https://www.ebay.com/usr/living_the_line_books?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2559
https://www.livingthelinebooks.com/store

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Thanks Oliver!

The Next Please Hold For Dave Sim is scheduled for January 6th. I'ma not gonna be here, but I got a pinch hitter to talk to Dave for me. What this means for you guys, is that if you want your question asked, you HAVE to get it to momentofcerebus@gmail.com by Monday, January Third. Because that's when I'm sending the fax. Probably by five o'clock PM CST. After that and you're February Matt's problem...

But you guys are gonna wanna tune in to this one, because not only do you not have to listen to me and my bullshit, but Dave has a MAJOR ANNONCEMENT of a limited time deal that you're not gonna miss...

___________________________________

Cerebus in Hell?:

Cerebus The Emily

Sword of Cerebus in Hell? Volume 12

____________________________________

If you want Digital PDFs of glamourpuss, email me at: momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll take care of ya...

____________________________________

Heritage, they got a bunch of neat Cerebus stuff.

____________________________________

Carson's SDOAR Contests:

____________________________________

Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark is currently free with commercial interruptions on streaming channels "Plex", Comcast's "Xumo", or watch commercial free at "Vimeo On Demand" for $0.99 (to download for $1.99)

____________________________________

The AMOC TeePublic Shoppe

Up to 35% off site-wide:

January 12-14

January 26-30

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: Last check-in, before I check out...