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Impossible Thing #12
I tend to separate these situations into "wife and mother" and "feminist" categories. In the event that the former stewardess became a 24/7 wife to the ballplayer and mother to his children, then I...
View ArticleSTRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND Update
Just got off the phone with Karl Stevens who had, yesterday, gotten the letter and "notes" I spent the week putting together on his first attempt at a "bridging page" in SDOAR. One of the problems, he...
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Notes for Dave's Chat with Neil
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 #134: Reading Reads... Again!
One day soon, you too will be able to hold a copy of 'Reads' next to your head.
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Jeff Seiler: Gerhard & Me
JEFF SEILER:On May 4th, Gerhard sent me an email about the Minneapolis Comic Con that was upcoming on the 6th, 7th and 8th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. I was still recovering from flying home...
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Cerebus Re-Read Challenge: Cory Foster
CORY FOSTER:Cerebus Vol 7 - Flight: ...Flight is great because it's a terrific release after a couple years of very little Cerebus, less humor, and almost no action. The book is extremely frenetic, and...
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R.I.P. Darwyn Cooke (1962 - 2016)
Dave and Darwyn at The Last Signing in Halifax 2010Images courtesy of Stoo Metz and Margaret LissFrom Almost Darwyn Cooke's blog:We regret to inform you that Darwyn lost his battle with cancer early...
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Some Day, All Comics Will Be Drawn This Way!
Dave Sim, Hawaii, 1987 From backcover of Cerebus #98 (May 1987)
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Happy 60th Birthday, Dave Sim!
The Comics Journal #130 (July 1989)Art by Dave Sim & Gerhard
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Impossible Thing #13
It's hard to explain these things concisely because so many things are upside down in our society.The problem is divorce has gone from a religious thing to a societal thing, so The State is now in...
View ArticleROBIN SNYDER's THE COMICS!
I'm doing this in the form of an open letter to you, Robin, in answer to your request to reprint some of STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND in THE COMICS! (Robin is one of the few people to own all 180-odd...
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Odd Transformations. . .4
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 #135: Cerebus Archive #4 On Its Way!
Cerebus Archive #4 has now finished printing and is on its way to Cerebus fans! Some of them even have special stamps. Now that is, by definition, special.
View ArticleNow, just hold on a minute, there! UPDATE intro:
DAVE SIM:While I admire Sandeep's optimism, this IS John Funk that we're talking about here. I've definitely signed everything but let's remember that John's previous "drop dead" target date for...
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Jeff Seiler: Dave Sim & Me
JEFF SEILER:Eleven years ago, when Cerebus ended, Dave Sim decided to answer all of his back mail. A month or so later, he had his "Jeff Seiler Day" in which he answered multiple letters I had written...
View ArticleCalling All Raymond/Williamson Photorealists!
Thanks to Carson G. for the FedEx package of photorealism samples! BEAUTIFUL STUFF!I would agree that you will probably find the shift to strict Raymond/Williamson school photorealism RELATIVELY easy....
View ArticleWhat's Right & What's Wrong With The Comicbook Industry
Darwyn Cooke in 2011, talking to John Scrudder
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Gerhard Commissions: Jaka's Story
GERHARD:(from Gerz Blog, 20 May 2016)Another "Scenes From Cerebus" commissioned by Dean; he also brought us the High Society cover recreation of the Regency; the Church & State courtyard &...
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