Aardvark News Round-Up
Puma Blues: New art by Michael Zulli(Click Image to enlarge) New Zulli Puma Blues Art!The Dover Books twitter feed (@DoverPubsDrew) is posting new art by Michael Zulli to be featured in the forthcoming...
View ArticleFrom The Archive: Notes For The Cerebus/X-Men Crossover
DAVE SIM: Treasures From The Cerebus Archive: The CEREBUS/X-MEN crossover, such as it was: my hastily scrawled notes as Chris Claremont and I discussed it on a LONG flight from Toronto to Prince...
View ArticleFrom The Archive: Marvel's Terms For The Cerebus/X-Men Crossover
DAVE SIM: Treasures From The Cerebus Archive: A letter from Jim Shooter (Marvel editor-in-chief), regarding the proposed CEREBUS/X-MEN crossover.
View ArticleFrom The Archive: Placeholder Ads
DAVE SIM: Treasures From The Cerebus Archive: "Placeholder" ads for Aardvark-Vanaheim titles for the COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE (you had to advertise in each issue in order to keep your reduced ad rate)....
View ArticleFrom The Archive: Jerry Siegel
DAVE SIM: Treasures From The Cerebus Archive: Jerry Siegel's letter to me about RICKY ROBOT. I really should have done a lot more work with him even though he was really not commercially viable. How...
View ArticleStatistics! And, the inevitable distortion of reality
Mara Sedlins:As of today I’ve finished cleanup for 112 pages of C & S I, not counting about a dozen more that are “mostly done.” I’ve been meeting with Sean about once a week to go over issues that...
View ArticleOscar
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...
View ArticleCerebus Guide To Self-Publishing: Official Download Now Available!
CEREBUS GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHINGby Dave Sim(Originally published in 1997, updated in 2010)Official download now available at Sellfy for just $9Out of print for years, this is the self-publishing guide...
View ArticleWeekly Update #82: "It's not looking good, folks..."
Dave Sim discusses the continuing pain in his right hand... his drawing hand.
View ArticleJeff Seiler's Cat
Jeff Seiler's Cat (2015)Art by Gerhard JEFF SEILER:(from My Birthday Call WIth Dave, 2 May 2015)...I should mention that, when I told Dave that Ger was going to do a commissioned piece of art of my...
View ArticleColleen Doran: Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
If there's one thing I can't stand in comics is how many young creators benefit from who came before and show nothing but contempt for 'em.— Colleen Doran (@ColleenDoran) May 13, 2015COLLEEN DORAN:(via...
View ArticleAardvark News Round-Up #2
Gerhard's The Walking DeadOver at Gerz Blog this week, Gerhard posted the above stunning variant cover for The Walking Dead:"I was asked to do the exclusive variant cover for the Wizard World St. Louis...
View ArticleFrom The Archive: A Fan Letter From Kevin Eastman
DAVE SIM: Treasures From The Cerebus Archive: Fan letter from Kevin Eastman in 1984 accompanying a copy of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES No.2.
View ArticleFrom The Archive: Will Eisner Studios
DAVE SIM: Treasures From The Cerebus Archive: The letter of agreement with WILL EISNER STUDIOS for The Spirit/Cerebus crossover in CEREBUS JAM No.1... with my name spelled wrong! AAAAAGGHHH!
View ArticleNasty Habits: The Voice Of Hard Experience
"Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint." ~ Dave Sim, 1987 (Photo by Gerhard)DAVE SIM:(from Note From The President, Cerebus #98, May 1987)On the subject of last...
View ArticleGerhard Part the Second: the Next Few Months
Sean Michael Robinson:When I began work on Church & State I back in January, I started thinking back to my interview with Gerhard. Seeing direct scans of all of this original artwork, I'm struck by...
View ArticleFlick
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...
View ArticleWeekly Update #83: The Search For Ultrasound
A Call To Action!Help Dave Sim find the most modern ultrasound digital imaging or MRI clinic in upstate New York.Bonus Feature:What’s Wrong With Dave’s Hand Exactly?"Still getting pain -- right here...
View ArticleDiana Schutz: Remembering The Self-Publishing Movement
Diana Schutz & Will Eisner, San Diego Con, 2003DIANA SCHUTZ:(from Boneville.com, March 2008)Like Rick Veitch, my introduction to Cerebus was also my introduction to the concept of self-publishing...
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