Brian Coppola :: Cerebus (from issues 101-300)

Cerebus 195 p 12 (a sad story)

Artists: Dave Sim (All) , Gerhard (All)

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Cerebus 195 p 12 (a sad story) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Cerebus 195 p 12 (a sad story)
Artist:	Dave Sim (All)
Artist:	Gerhard (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	855
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	3/10/2017
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Description

March 2017: This is a fresh posting of this page to update the story.

March 2001: I bought this page from Bryan Erdy, someone I had dealt with a few times, along with a page from 173. When the package containing the both of them arrived, it had clearly been re-opened and re-sealed, and the art was no where to be seen. The suspicion was that some curious person noted the marked value and decided to pinch the contents. I posted the pages as stolen and have repeated the story over the years any time I was writing about the art. It is the only time in the (now) 35 years of collecting art that something like this happened.

March 2017: The companion page (173/14) showed up at Mike Burkey's site. Finally! Patience will out! It surfaced. I contacted Mike right away to see if I could begin to track down the culprit and put this story to rest.

According to Mike, he has been sitting on this piece for 7-8 years, as it was held in collateral for some cash that was going to be part of a deal, etc., etc. But the person reneged, disappeared, and left Mike holding the art.

And who was it that did the deed... 7-8 years ago?

Yes, you can see it coming: Bryan Erdy (whose name you can see in the dedication on the page at Mike's site). He sent me an empty box that had been doctored to look like it was opened, and cried crocodile tears about it afterwards.

Mike and I agreed on what it would take for me to have this resurfaced page, from #173, and it found its way home.

This page (195/12) is still MIA.

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Gerry McDade
Member Since 2012

Posted on 5/18/2017

Bummer of a story. Glad to hear you recovered half of the art at least. I hate shipping art!

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