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May 18, 2026
1h 37m 17s
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May 11, 2026
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| 5/18/26 | ![]() Dave's 1982 Tour Project notes 5/1-5/14 2026✨ | 1982 TourTour Book+1 | — | — | — | 1982 TourTour Book+3 | — | 1h 37m 17s | |
| 5/11/26 | ![]() NOT Please Hold For Dave Sim 5/2026✨ | Dave Sim1982 Tour Book+3 | Dave Sim | Tour Book | — | Dave Sim1982 Tour Book+3 | — | 1h 18m 36s | |
| 4/4/26 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 4/2026✨ | KickstarterCerebus+4 | — | Heroes ComicsCerebus #1+2 | — | Dave SimCerebus+5 | — | 2h 00m 02s | |
| 3/8/26 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 3/2026✨ | Dave Sim's projectsCerebus history+4 | Dave Sim | Aardvark VanaheimDiamond Comic Distributors+4 | — | CerebusDave Sim+6 | — | 3h 18m 28s | |
| 2/15/26 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 2/2026✨ | Dave SimWill Eisner Hall of Fame+5 | Dave Sim | Will Eisner Hall of FameCerebus+2 | — | Dave SimWill Eisner Hall of Fame+6 | — | 2h 31m 05s | |
| 1/10/26 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 1/2026✨ | Christmascomics+4 | Dave Sim | CerebusTales From the Wedding Present Annual+1 | — | Dave SimMatt Dow+6 | — | 2h 46m 19s | |
| 12/5/25 | ![]() The Please Hold For Dave Sim 2025 Christmas Spectacular✨ | Christmas episodeCerebus+3 | Dave Sim | — | — | CerebusDave Sim+3 | — | 1h 33m 43s | |
| 11/9/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 11/2025✨ | Dave Simcomic art+5 | — | Studio Comix PressThe Strange Death of Alex Raymond+4 | — | Dave SimCerebus+5 | — | 1h 41m 49s | |
| 9/30/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 10/2025✨ | comicsbiography+4 | Dave Sim | The Strange Death of Alex RaymondNinja High School+3 | — | Dave Simcomics+5 | — | 1h 26m 25s | |
| 8/30/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 9/2025✨ | comic book historybiography+3 | Dave Sim | CerebusThe Strange Death of Alex Raymond+1 | — | Dave SimMatt Dow+7 | — | 3h 56m 39s | |
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| 7/12/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 7/2025 II: The Revenge! | 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... | — | ||||||
| 7/6/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 7/2025 | 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. Which means it's easier to produce the video version on the YouTube then it it to make the audio version on the Spotify...This month, Dave talks for around three and a half hours. And this isn't even all the questions, so there will probably be a part two... | — | ||||||
| 6/5/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 6/2025 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/2/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 5/2025 | Cerebus creator Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus Interim Editor Manly Matt Dow return for the May 2025 Please Hold For Dave Sim.In this four HOUR+ conversation, Dave and Matt discuss:Is it TOO SOON for the next Cerebus Archive Portfolio Kickstarter?Last month's Please Hold strip.THIS month's Please Hold strip.The wonderous dangers of Internet access.The insane legal precedent of the word "Medieval"Dave remembers Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler.Dave's answers to the latest questions from April C. AKA @creative_feyDave answer's Robin McConnell's questions about Canadian comics work published from the late 60's to about 1982.The Fish Slingin’ Auteur of Lompoc, California: MJ Sewall's question about Dave's comic collection.Dave's idea for MJ's next book.Matt's childhood.The radio voice of the Yankees...Dave SimS?The Guys Prizes from the LAST Kickstarter.Owen Kline's film Funny Pages and the Cerebus cameo that wasn't.Dave's favorite Jam pieces and creators rightsDave's studiosMatt's fundraising efforts for his daughter's dance team.AV in 3DHow Dave did the colour for early Cerebus coversThe price of original art on HeritageDave's exclusion from Eclipse comics 1992 Famous Comics Creators trading card setsSPOGZ!The origin of the Fleagle brothersDave discusses letteringMatt reminds Dave of the time Dave impressed Will Eisner.Page 5 of issue #173Dave's answer to four "celebrity questions"All this and more (it's four hours long!) await you in this month's Please Hold For Dave Sim! | — | ||||||
| 4/4/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 4/2025 | “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... | — | ||||||
| 3/7/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 3/2025 | Cerebus, glamourpuss, and The Strange Death of Alex Raymond creator: Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus Interim Editor: Manly Matt Dow are back with another one of these things...This time:Dave isn't entertaining visitors Rob...Matt remembers Cerebus fan Jeff SeilerDave remembers Cerebus fan Jeff SeilerDave does another episode for April C. AKA: creative_fey of the Off The Spinner Rack podcastThen, straight from Alfie’s Fish & Chips (610 N H St, Lompoc, CA 93436, (805) 736-0154), mention A Moment of Cerebus AND Please Hold For Dave Sim ANNNDDD “swordfish” for NINETY, I say NINETY percent off strange looks from thewaitstaff…MJ Sewall asks about the Origin of Cerebus Phone Book CollectionsJames [insert funny pseudonyms here] Smith's colours for the Spawn #10 Script book, and Dave's notesFrom the Home Office in Easton. PA, Michael (#26) R. asks about the future of Aardvark-Vanaheim's collaborations with The Waverly PressChriston asks about Cerebus circulation numbers and Cerebus #1 and the 1000ish crappily printed coversAnd how to draw CerebusOh what joyous fun for all!Tune in next month when we find out what was in the box..?Join the fun by sending questions/comments/promises of large piles or currency to momentofcerebus@gmail.com before April 3rd when we do this again... | — | ||||||
| 2/7/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 2/2025 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 1/3/25 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 1/2025 | The Year? 2025. Which is when Stephen King’s novel The Running Man (published as written by Richard Bachman.) is set. People aren’t currently being hunted for television, but we’re only three days into this crapfest, so “there’s still time”? This time out, Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus's Manly Matt Dow discuss: Dave remembers Cerebus fan Jeff Seiler which leads to Dave announcing Aardvark-Vanaheim's plans for 2025, first up (if Donald Trump doesn't crap all over Canada,) CAN11 and Narutobus on the Kickstarter! Did You Know?: Dave was in discussions to license/sell Cerebus to DC Comics in 1985. Dave reads the thirty-nine year old proposal (spoilers: he turned down $100,000. Then he self-distributed the collected High Society and made $150,000 a year later.) Now it CAN be told! DAVE screwed up your bookshelf... Cerebus continuity Matt's Steamboat Willie/Blade Runner mash-up (prints are coming soon?) Neal Adams and Creator's Rights 2025 Dave's thoughts on Deni Loubert and Cerebus in 1977 What does a normal day look like for Dave Sim? Why an Aardvark? Does Dave celebrate New Year's? Anniversary tours? A Cerebus bi-monthly spin-off book by other creators? Dave's thoughts on modern day Canadian life. The location and condition of Dave's Albatross notebooks (used in the creation of Cerebus from issues 20 through 300) (Trigger Warning for Margaret: it...it's not good...not good...) Who was Dave's model for F. Stop Kennedy in Going Home? (spoilers: it was F. Scott Fitzgerald.) Hoo-boy it's two hours fifty-six minutes of distraction from the fact that their gonna hunt you down for May sweeps! | — | ||||||
| 12/6/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 12/2024 | 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... | — | ||||||
| 11/8/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 11/2024 | In this, quite possibly the Last Episode of Please Hold For Dave Sim ever published through this @#*!ing piece of shit "service" (@#*! SPOTIFY!), Dave Sim and Manly Matt Dow discuss: Dave's favorite comedians Peter's Place A Cerebus rarity from 1979 Living in a Swing State God Dave reprinting his work from Comic Art News And Review (CANAR) Joe Matt Steve Peter's New Sparky Kickstarter, featuring signed and unsigned variant covers by Dave and a new 8 page story with art by Dave Manly's "team-up" with Jack Kirby on a piece for Steve's New Sparky Kickstarter Dave wants to "team-up" with Jack too for Steve's New Sparky Kickstarter An Officially Licensed NECA Cerebus Action Figure? Dave remembers Jeff Seiler And I don't @#*!ing rmember, @#*!ing Spotify deleted the earlier funnier version of this description which is why this is probably gonna be the last audio version of these things since I @#*!ING hate Spotify and have LITERALLY NO DAMN reason to use this "service" (how can they call it that when they've systematically removed every feature and tool that would make a person want to deal with these useless @#*!S...) | — | ||||||
| 10/5/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 10/2024 | 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. | — | ||||||
| 9/6/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 9/2024 | Manly Matt Dow and Dave Sim do this again: Dave remembers Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler Dave's tips on world building in a comic strip “Dave Sim’s 3 Minute Guide to Understanding Steve Ditko” We don't REALLY talk about Neil Gaiman and his ongoing headache MJ Sewall's questions about Albatross #1, Dave's first notebook used in the production of Cerebus. You can get your own replica of it here Dave explains how he was inspired to furnish his apartment (it's actually a neat story...) More about Paul Anka's "My Way" than you would expect to find in a podcast about Cerebus the Aardvark. (Thanks Wikipedia!) Chester Brown's MARY WEPT OVER THE FEET OF JESUS Friend to the Blog: James Banderas-Smith has a new Kickstarter Other friend to the Blog: Steve Peters' new Kickstarter, with a new 8 page story by Dave, launces next week Man, what a way to spend two hours and nine minutes. | — | ||||||
| 8/2/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 8/2024 | 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... | — | ||||||
| 7/6/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 7/2024 | Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus' Manly Matt Dow return for the Please Hold For Dave Sim 2024 Fourth of July Spectacular! In the shortest Please Hold they've ever recorded, Dave answers questions while Matt stays relatively quiet. Dave: Remembers Cerebus Fan Jeff Seiler Then a NON-Question from the STAR of Steve Peters Week, Steve Peters who's latest Kickstarter has a nifty piece of Dave Sim Original Art that could be YOURS Will Eisner's the Octopus and the strange Rip Kirby connection How Dave writes Cerebus in Hell? How the Cerebus Humble Bundle came to be The Cerebus "The Hell it's yours, put it back" bookplate pricing and when it will be next available The Original script to Spawn #10 has been found, and is being returned to the Off-White House How Al Nickerson inks All that and a Musical Interlude too! | — | ||||||
| 6/7/24 | ![]() Please Hold For Dave Sim 6/2024 | 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. | — | ||||||
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