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Cerebus 29 p19 reimagined (2006)

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

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Cerebus 29 p19 reimagined (2006) Comic Art

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Title:	Cerebus 29 p19 reimagined (2006)
Artist:	Dave Sim (All)
Artist:	Gerhard (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	275
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	5/17/2024
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Cerebus 29 p19 reimagined (2006)
by Dave Sim & Gerhard

And the story explicitly includes mention of the tail (I cannot possibly compete with that BWS illustration of Cerebus. Yikes. But this is a good enough story). Cerebus #29 p 19 was the first-ever page of original comic art that I ever purchased. It came directly from Aardvark-Vanaheim for $50, back in about 1982, using a 50%-off coupon from the Cerebus Fan Club. In mid-2006 I asked Dave and Ger if they would consider a re-creation of this page. They said yes. Here's Dave's take on rethinking it: "Frankly, I�m more than a little embarrassed by the early material (which I try not to let on about since it is our bread and butter). I know what the stuff looked and read like in my mind�s eye and ear at the time and the contrast between the mental image and the actual results on paper are sincerely mortifying. 'Insanity is the last line of defense for the master bureaucrat' is an interesting observation, but it�s hardly a Lord Julius line, so I tried to fix it so it read like something Groucho Marx would say. The salesman line was indelicate relative to the personality of the Elf. You just wouldn�t say to the Elf (or to a female of any kind) 'sniffing your crotch' since they don�t hear it in the abstract the way men do. If you say 'sniffing your crotch' what they hear is that someone wants to sniff their crotch. I switched genders, elevated the action anatomically and 'cuted' it up with the 'mooing' which would pass muster with a female. 'Impregnable' is not a word that Cerebus would use. As with the Lord Julius line, this is Dave Sim conveying his best current thinking on an abstract subject and completely losing his characters� voices and personalities in the process. As I say, it�s really cringe-inducing, particularly since it is exponentially more popular than anything else I did. Other things like Cerebus walking towards the reader with his tail about to hit the wickets. If you had a tail you would know to get it out of the way, I think. Trying to figure out how the robe is sitting on his body by the white stripes in the middle panel and finally giving up and drawing it properly. Likewise with him holding the croquet mallet in the second panel. It looks to me was if I got the figure done, realized I hadn�t put the mallet in so I just drew it vaguely intersecting the right hand which is resting on his knee (and then had it disappear behind the outer instead of the inner panel frame as a way of showing how clever I was an hoping that would distract from the fact that there is no rational way he would be holding the mallet at that angle even if he was holding his hand at waist level, the mallet would either be horizontal or tipping the other way.

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Toni S
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/17/2024

That's so sweet and cool!!!

Shane Foulds
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/27/2024

Amazing piece. Congratulations!

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