August 31, 2010 The Map & The Book of Beduin

eBay no. 260657916308
Seller: angelina-steven

From the archives of angelina-steven... "the original map prepared by Dave Sim when he started Cerebus the Aardvark. It consists of 2 pages of paper taped together at the back with masking tape, which is why the center of the map is discolored. The scan is not good with regard to the colors. The whole map is in color even though the left side looks white in the scan. Also included is a 15 page document titled "BEDUIN AND THE POLITICAL CRISIS OF THERE-IN. 1207"

Current (08/31/10) bid (ahem...): $535.00

It'll go higher before this has a new home, I guaran-damn-tee it.

August 28, 2010 ping

A sequential pair of really cool pages of original comic art (not Cerebus, btw) appear on eBay.

The Buy-It-Now price is good for these pages, even though we're talking $3500 for the pair.

Why are they still even here for viewing?

Then you see it...

...and your Spidey-sense goes ^ping^

Seller: Feedback = 0

Fair? Unfair?

No little story about needing to raise money for - whatever.

In fact, part of the description is just luscious:

"Framed and archaically hung with acid free matting."

I tell ya, Junior, if I'd been framed and was gonna be hung archaically, I'd be wanting some antique rope and a good oak gallows.

August 27, 2010 Art is a window-washer

Only people who have know me for over 30 years and who read this blog will completely understand the reference in this entry's title. And that little Venn diagram has only one member in its intersection set.

Today is Art Day, as in, what other art might one pay attention to if one was inclined?

First, and I have mentioned her before, is my all-time favorite one-painting-a-day-in-one-sitting person: Abbey Ryan. She has a lovely Renaissance feel for most of her subjects, and this is one that I got sniped on yesterday, which really ticked me off. These are small and intimate paintings (this one was 5x6 inches). Her sense of shape, space and reflection in this one were great.

http://ryanstudio.blogspot.com/


"Stuff No One Told Me"
This guy cracks me up. No art to buy, here, just to enjoy.
http://stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com/


"Your Mother Likes it"
From the creator of "Stuff No One Told Me" - the edgy stuff
http://yourmotherlikesit.blogspot.com/


I came across this image quite accidentally.
Jamie McKelvie is a 20-year old UK-based artist with a Jaime Hernandez feel to his art. I thought the desperate balance in this drawing "Balancing Girl" was exceptional. He does a book called "Suburban Glamour."
http://www.jamiemckelvie.com/


Grafter is an urban artist and, according to urbanangel.com, was "an important contributor at the artist section at the Cans festival 2008, with his Eskimo piece in particular enjoying a large amount of public acclaim. His work often shows members of differing communities and is a reminder of their struggles, whilst always managing to portray the beauty and humanity of his subjects at the same time." Thanks to iS for the pointer on this.

A really liked "Tibetan Boy" and there was one up on eBay:


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Grafter's site (http://grafter.bigcartel.com) has more. The most press he's gotten has been for "Splash." Note that these are all original works. The "Splash triptych" is out of control cool, and he's got a video linked at the site showing the work which will rivet you to your seat (Making of - Splash triptych).


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While I was first looking at the site and actually contemplating the triptych at its list price of £600, the thing went on sale in front of my eyes (I saw the price change) to £400. Far be it from me to look an art coincidence like that in the mouth.

Urban Angel is offering the triptych on wood for £600, which was a tempting alternative.

August 26, 2010 Art update

This just in: Bravia Bunnies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJM3S56IHs&feature=related

And the making-of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz4DF1PpJ1o&feature=related

Most choice quote evah: "You just go where the bunnies tell you to go."

Hang in there for the credits.

eBay item no. 270622593568
Seller: inkwell2009
Buyer: someone with 2350 transactions
Price: $90.09
A nice 80s sketch with vintage crosshatching. I put $79 on it.



eBay item no. 300457683699
Seller: joym622
Price: $24.95
no bidder
Everyone who wants one of these has one of these, I think.


eBay item no. 260652867988
Seller: angelina-steven
Buyer: alchemist57
Price: $179.50
A steal, I tell ya... it was a steal! $60 each for these? mineallmine




August 22, 2010
eBay no. 160469090492
Seller tomjk
Starting Price: $1,499.99
no bidder
It's back up for $1,311.99
What would you pay? I think I might pay half this amount for the historical cachet, but that still strikes me as high. I'm not much of an Elrod junkie, though.

August 23, 2010 Colour - Like no other

You don't know this about me, but this advert for the Sony Bravia, which came out a few years ago, hits me like a resonant gale wind hits the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. I get all wobbly and just collapse in place. I think it is just the right combination of music and images and imagination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOrV-5vh1A&feature=related

The making-of video is cool, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KPjWZQ1lp0&feature=related

When I needed to replace my TV, I had to have a Bravia.

Hook.
Line.
Sinker.

There have been remakes with other spherical and/or pseudo-spherical objects. You can locate these on your own.

This one here is rather spectacular:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcceA03RHOU&feature=player_embedded#!

Sony's done a few interesting takes on its "Colour - Like no other" campaign. These buggers have quite the imagination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURvHJNmGrc&feature=related

And the remastered version of that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOU3xIVWbHY&NR=1&feature=fvwp

And, the making of that one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzqwtHpi6kI&feature=related

August 22, 2010 Just Say No... to Zombies

eBay item no. 220654151756
Seller: tatterjeans42 (for DVS)
Starting BId: $400
no bidder



'nuff said

August 21, 2010 Dunny by Okkle

Thanks to Steve for the head's up on this one.

There are times when I think I still have a connection to popular culture, and there are times when I am simply Neandertal (although that might be contradicted by my preference to use the non-h-inclusive spelling of that word... um, where was I?)

Oh, right.

So Steve sends me a link to this auction, and the description is:

This 8" dunny was customized by Okkle (http://www.okkle.co.uk/) in 2005.

I so I looked at this thing, which was unlike any thing I ever saw before, and try to figure it out.

Cute?
Weird?
Cute?
Weird?

I waited a few hours, and looked at it again.

Cute?
Weird?

Would it scare my Cerebus plushies if I brought it into the house?

OK, I decided it was cute, in a totally weird sort of way.



Offer made.

Offer accepted.

mineallmine



Presenting: the 8" customized Cerebus dunny by Okkle:














It was tempting to mirror-invert these, because we all know Cerebus is one of the few right-handed warriors in Estarcion.

August 20, 2010 bwah hah hah

In case you don't read the comments... hat's off to Elrod Hubbard (double bwah hah on that) for the snappy dialogue! So let's re-run that silent movie as a talkie.

August 19, 2010 One-off items

You have probably seen the collection of 9 Pez dispensers that I commissioned with custom heads drawn from the folks around Estarcion. If not, you know where to look.

While I was searching for those images of Lord Julius and Oscar the other day, I came across a 2005 posting at a custom action figure site (Google "Lord Julius Cerebus" and you'll see it) where these super cute action figures were posted.

Counts as original art in my book.

Anyone want to try their hand at writing the dialogue for this sequence? It'll "write itself," right?

August 18, 2010 Cerebus #15 prelims

eBay item no. 260648622555
Seller: angelina-steven
Buyer: unknown
Price: $256.23

From the deep vaults of angelina-steven stuff, another little gem. I've got two of these from issue #19, and they are fun.

August 17, 2010 The Conversation

And here is perhaps the best example ever of Dave SIm's genius as a writer. This exchange between Lord Julius and Oscar plays 100% perfectly as an audio piece - "drawing with words" - completely devoid of the need for the images (which only therefore add and deepen), but even more meaningfully, devoid of the need for the specific context of "Jaka's Story" or "Cerebus." A person who knows the historical figures of Groucho and Oscar just have to imagine them meeting up. The rest, as they say, writes itself.

Well, it does not really write itself at all. That's the point.

At any rate, I thought this was an impressive piece of radio drama.

http://CerebusTV.com/audio/oscarcetv.html

A donor Promo for CerebusTv Season Two - Dave performs Jaka's Story Page 242

August 16, 2010 ReRuns

Speaking of the Cover to issue #11 (which seems to be all the rage this month), Steve (he of the Ger-colored sins) picked up the DVS-colored color-guide prelim a while back:



Speaking of Steve, I posted a lousy image of this 1978 drawing back about a month ago, which he was also the winner on. Here's a much clearer view of that neat-o drawing.



And speaking of the dead albino, and another in a series of hard-to-sell pieces, the inside back cover from issue #6 is back up on eBay. I'd have to do a little more digging that I care to at the moment in order to tell you when this was last out there (and did not get any nibbles).

eBay no. 160469090492
Seller tomjk
Starting Price: $1,499.99

August 15, 2010 "no sale?"

on eBay right now:

eBay item no. 220654151756
Seller: tatterjeans42 (for DVS)
Starting BId: $400

As NOT seen on CerebusTV - Glamourpuss Zombie cover (two things I will admit to not understanding very well, thinking back to the discussion in the comments about the Cerebus Archives #4 Zombie cover that I did buy). Anyhow, knock yourselves out, zombie-philes).



eBay item no. 300453606360 (ended August 9, 2010)
Seller: lynegold
Starting Bid: $650 (with reserve)
Buy-it-now: $1400.00
No Bidders

eBay item no. 300454635952 (ended August 11, 2010)
Seller: lynegold
Starting Bid: $600 (with no reserve)
Buy-it-now: $750.00
No Bidders

The first is a page from the Marshall Rogers (layout & roughs) story from Swords #1 - The Name of the Game is Diamondback...



eBay item no. 270618526887 (ended August 13, 2010)
Seller: tatterjeans42 (for DVS)
Opening Bid: $600 (no reserve)
No bidders

As NOT seen on CerebusTV - a recreation of the Cover to Cerebus #11

August 14, 2010 Sloth - colored by Ger

Wow. I nearly did not post this. I was feeling... slothful... today.



Nicely imagined project, Steve. Thanks for sharing it and allowing me to share it!

August 13, 2010 Pride - colored by Ger

I guess Estarcion Pride 1413 is different from San Francisco Pride 2010...

August 12, 2010 Gluttony - colored by Ger

Got Milk?

No 4: Gluttony.

August 11, 2010 Envy - colored by Ger

Presenting: 3 of 6 (sounds like a Borg name) - Envy! Something that we mere mortals feel every time we look at Gerhard's work.

August 10, 2010 Avarice - colored by Ger

Number 2 of 6: Avarice

August 9, 2010 Anger - colored by Ger

Frequent blog commenter Steve sent these scans along.

A while back, he commissioned Ger to color the plates from Cerebus' Deadly Sins portoflio.

He also tried to get the message through to DVS that he just wanted the addition of a head sketch and signature added to each one, but by the time the request got through the chain of communication, he thinks it might have gotten garbled into something larger, more onerous, or whatever.

These look super in color, and are reminiscent of the limited edition colored panels that Dave and Ger were planning at one point.

I'll dole these babies out one at a time this week.

Up first: Anger

August 8, 2010 Two on eBay

Two unexpected items on eBay.

The first is a page from the Marshall Rogers (layout & roughs) story from Swords #1 - The Name of the Game is Diamondback...



And - as NOT seen on CerebusTV - a recreation of the Cover to Cerebus #11 (which, coincidentally enough, is the context in which the Rogers/Sim story from Swords #1 takes place! I think the Roach looks really pervy on this recreated cover.

Interesting choice.

August 7, 2010 Lost... these two auctions

Heritage Auctions (and their obscene buyer's premium) had a couple of Cerebus pages up this last month.

Cerebus #29, p13 (arguably one of my favorite issues)
Sold for $956.00 (actually, it sold for $765 but whomever got it had to pay a 28% fee to the auction house, which pretty much burns my ass and keeps me out, even though bidders clearly just calibrate to the total... $956 is a little high but not bad for THIS page.



Cerebus #144 p 14
Sold for $717 (including Buyer's exploitation)

August 6, 2010 LOST

One last taste of fish biscuit is on line (for now, anyhow): the 12-minute epilogue to LOST that will be on the DVD sets later this month.

http://dudewearelost.blogspot.com/2010/08/vaza-o-new-man-in-charge-o-epilogo-de.html

A few screen captures to whet your appetite.





Wouldn't it be just swell to have a 12-issue (even a 12-page) epilogue to Cerebus?

August 5, 2010 Cerebus & Carrot... Carrot & Cerebus

Another one that I do not think I showed off... I mean, showed you.

Do you file this one under "Flaming Carrot" with a Cerebus appearance, or under Specialty Cerebus goods?

Decisions, Decisions...