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Yes, It's Another Page from Cerebus #240

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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.

Last week we saw a page from Dave Sim’s twenty ninth notebook that turned out to be page 5 from Cerebus #240. Today we see another page from the same notebook:

Notebook #29, page 12

It turns out to be page 12 from Cerebus #240:

Going Home page 178

Out of all the pages in this notebook that are nearly complete pages, this one appears to have the most differences. The basic layout is very similar from notebook to finished page. But for example, the second row of panels, the first panel, had just Cerebus in it. All of the dialogue is the same. Cerebus is even scratching his. . .back. But in the finished page, Jaka is there looking at an earring she picked out.

Even in the next panel, Jaka goes from a face palm reaction to a sideways eye glance. And in the dialogue along the bottom of the page, Dave adds in the earrings. 

Plus those backgrounds by Gerhard really tie the page together.



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