An Audio Moment Of Cerebus

Geez, you thought it was over just because it was the first Saturday of the month?Fool!"Having no working phone or fax, the idea of recording these as a live conversation between Dave Sim and Manly Matt Dow on the first Thursday of the month has pretty much gone out the window. Now, Matt sends whatever questions he's gotten up to Dave once a week, and Dave records answers and sends those files back. And then Matt edits them into these things forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and..."Dave talks alot about the things I sent him. I dunno, writing these synopsizes is a pain...

So... Dave Sim currently has no working phone, or fax machine."That means no more Please Hold right?"Sorry Imaginary Spotify listener, who I didn't even realize lives rent free in my head, as they say "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds". Which means, Dave and I found a workaround. I email the Qs to the printshop, and they print them out, Dave's assistant picks them up, and then Dave records his As on his professional recorder (so the sound is REAL good!), has it sent to me, and I cobble it all together. "Wait, no Matt-meandering-gobbledeygook? That's gotta make this pretty short..."You'd think that, but the Audio runs two hours and thirty-five minutes...This time: (I haven't listened to these fully, so I can only go by what I sent Dave)Dave discusses a box of stuff Matt SentThen a PRE-Hold For Dave Sim, of things I would have just faxed up as they came across my desk, but I sent to be printed the same day as this month's questionsThen the official questions:Matt remembers Jeff SeilerDave remembers Jackson "Butch" Guice and Peter DavidA message from ZolastrayaFernando Ramirez's next Cerebus short story@creative_fey AKA April C.'s next batch of questionsJesse Herndon's Please Hold transcript for July 2024Zombie Cerebus covers"CEREBUS ARCHIVE - FIRST RELEASE" gold sealsthe indicia on issue #6the day Elvis and his mom died and Madonna was bornStrange Death of Alex Raymond original art portfolios?This month's Please Hold stripThat's what I asked, but, again, I haven't listened to the whole thing, so no idea what Dave may have skipped/cut out.Let's find out together!

“We choose to Please Hold and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…and because we ain’t too bright…” -Manly Ferry-tits KennedyThis month:Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler: REMEMBERED!Please Hold For Dave Sim comments: ACKNOWLEDGED!Canadian Underground Comix: BEGRUGINGLY RECOGONIZED!Beavers (and How Yours Is): REVEALED!Questions: ANSWERED!Prizes: WON!This bit: ANNOYING!Dave Sim and Manly Matt Dow discuss all the things they're asked about. Was your question/comment/marriage proposal dealt with? Listen pal, I just RECORD the damn thing, I don't LISTEN to it...but sure, they dealt with you and your problems. How's about you just listen and see if any of it is familiar to you? Capisce? Great! See ya next month...

Cerebus creator and Aardvark-Vanaheim President Dave Sim, and A Moment of Cerebus Interim Editor Manly Matt Dow are back with the SECOND P.H.F.D.S. (that's Please Hold For Dave Sim for the acronym deficient amongst you...) of 2025! How's everybody holding up? Great. I don't care. Anywho, this month Dave and Manly have a lively and fun discussion of: Manly remembers Cerebus fan Jeff Seiler in a story that touches on Dave's latest Kickstarter, and paying royalties to eight guys when the profits aren't that big to begin with. Dave's thoughts/feelings about what is happening in Gaza. Dave's thoughts on how current creators can overcome the problem of distribution as the industry contracts, and how Diamond's Bankruptcy will effect AV. Then we got our first Podcaster, since Dave instituted his Podcaster Policy, April C. AKA: @creative_fey, host of the Off the Spinner Rack Podcast, who got an exclusive (which means I didn't slot the audio in, you can see it on her channel) from Dave, which can be viewed here. MJ Sewall, proprietor of Alfie's Fish & Chips (stop in and tell your server you heard of Alfie's on Please Hold For Dave Sim for COMPLEMENTARY water, and a hug...), asks Dave "Where did your love of black and white art begin? " Does Dave just randomly reread Cerebus? The backstory on Cerebus being on the cover of Mile High Comics catalog in 1982. Dave answers: "How would Dave rank each phonebook in terms of his personal enjoyment/satisfaction?" And "How would Dave rank each phonebook in terms with sales". Will there ever be a remastered Cerebus issue 3? Dave's ideas for the Cerebus Archive Portfolios after the first sixteen are done. (We're on number 11 for those playing along at home...) How Dave and Gerhard split their original art between themselves when Ger left AV. How Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler's untimely death led to a page of original art from the end of Church & State being lost to the wild. Dave's thoughts on Josh Even's custom 3D printed Cerebus action figure. And is Dave doing commissions? Fernando H. Ramirez did a twelve page Cerebus story. Dave remembers the SPIRITS OF INDEPENDENCE tour stop in Austin, TX, and how he would try and help young upcomers like he was helped by a 1978 signing with John Byrne. All this and Bernie Wrightson too!

Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus' Manly Matt Dow return for the last Please Hold For Dave Sim of 2024. This time out: Matt remembers Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler Dave sets some Policy (this goes on for quite a bit.) Dave and Matt discuss the Cerebus Facebook Group Dave would like his Humble Bundle money A surprise for a lucky Cerebus fan, and maybe a remastered Guys for the rest of us. Why didn't Dave learn to drive? Where's the third printing of The Last Day The Friesens Remastered Edition Cerebus volume #1 What was the highest print run of an issue of Cerebus? Does Dave ever get burnt out? (Matt does. Every damn month when it's time to deal with this stupid website...) Praise for Cancel America Inking Jack Kirby (well, kinda) It's two hours and ten minutes of your life you'll never get back, but heck, you weren't doing anything anyway... What? Don't give me that look. Search your feelings, you know it to be true...

Cerebus Creator Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus Interim Editor "Manly" Matt Dow have been doing this for a few years now. If this is your first time, welcome. But we're reasonably certain that you're a returning customer, and know the score. Dave and Matt talk about: The Continuity of TMNT #8 and Spawn #10 Steve Peters and his Sparky: Cosmic Delinquent Kickstarter Who used the Lectratone, and when? Dave's favorite Cerebus covers What are the beliefs one has to hold to be a Marxist? A correction regarding last month's discussion of Chester Brown's Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus Why the earliest Cerebus Trade collections are "spineless" Does Dave do commissions? A discussion of Monotheism A discussion of Jim Valentino Dave's thoughts on Manga The amazing price a slabbed Cerebus #1 went for The two different covers of Swords of Cerebus #1 The 1982 Tour book It's the total package.

For the EIGHTH time in 2024, Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus' Manly Matt Dow come together to answer questions from listeners and generally shoot the bull for 'bout three hours. This time: It's Matt's turn to remember Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler The Upcoming TMNT/Naruto crossover and Cerebus' Naruto parody The difference between stealing, aping, copying, homage, influence, and spoof The cover to Cerebus Volume #8: WOMEN How much Aardvark-Vanaheim made of the recent Cerebus Humble Bundle The chances of Dave doing a collection of his early Fanzine interviews with Famous Comics Creators The differences between the eleventh and twelfth printings of Cerebus Volume #2: High Society Is Dave getting Canadian Pension and Old Age Security payments (the Canadian version of Social Security) Would Dave write and draw any more original Cerebus stories Dave and Matt discuss Neil Gaiman's recent troubles It's three hours of your life you weren't gonna spend productively anyway...

Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus' Manly Matt Dow return for the June edition of Please Hold For Dave Sim. This time out, Dave and Matt discuss: Cerebus fan Jeff Seiler Al Nickerson and his Graphic Novel: Sword of Eden and it's sequel: Sword of Eden Shinobi The change in size of Cerebus comics starting with issue #21 MJ/Mike/Dodger/Shirley(?) Sewall makes Dave take a trip down Memory Lane to the FIRST Cerebus double issue: 112/113 What ever happened to the idea of a collected Following Cerebus? Dave's enjoyment of the Santos Sisters When did Cerebus in Hell? one-shots become "Cerebus in Hell? Presents"? It's the most wonderful way you can spend two hours and forty-eight minutes. With our PATENTED double your money back guarantee: If not FULLY satisfied with your Please Hold For Dave Sim experience, return the unused portion for double the purchase price.