An Audio Moment Of Cerebus

Dave's notes on the 1982 Tour Book.

Dave Sim returns and leaves the Please Hold behind. By POPULAR demand (hey, people paid to hear this ...) Dave discusses his thoughts on the 1982 Tour Book. Also, Dave got birthday presents for his 70th. And Dave discusses the latest Kickstarter . NEXT Month, if you people pay for Please Hold, we'll hold. Otherwise it's '82 for you!

For the April 2026 installment, Please Hold finally lives up to it's name! Dave has decided that with the Cerebus #1 (and Spawn #10) in Spanish Kickstarter launched, and the CAN13/CiH? Kickstarter "on deck", he's either going to do Please Hold in May, or he'll work on going through the 1982 Tour Book for its Kickstarter. How he's going to decide is up to YOU! If you wanna...

Dave Sim and Manly Matt Dow return for the third Please Hold For Dave Sim of 2026. This time out: Matt discusses Dave objections to the 1982 Tour Book prototype Dave explains his objections Dave updates everybody on all the projects in the pipeline Matt (and David Birdsong) came up with Cerebus Eisner Hall of Fame Merch Dante Alighieri and his habit of hiding his work in walls? The Clint Eastwood...

Dave Sim returns for the second Please Hold For Dave Sim of 2026 This time: Friend to the Blog Steve Swenson sent Dave something Margaret had and Dave didn't (not the obvious) Dave is getting inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame More discussion of Ernie Hemingway and his boxing Dave answers if the Varkdalorian will ever be in comic shops Dave discusses Tom Palmer Jr.'s idea of reprinting the...

We're back for 2026. This time: Manly Matt Dow "cuts 'em off at the pass", and answers the question "How was your Christmas Matt?" before anybody can ask him... And Dave Sim gets indelicate... Dave Sim discusses the latest Tales From the Wedding Present Annual he received from Lee Thacker Dave Sim talks about a historical photo of Ernest Hemingway from 1953 Dave Sim got...

Cerebus creator Dave Sim returns for the last Please Hold For Dave Sim of 2025, and it's the Christmas episode! In this Please Hold: I have no idea. Back when we recorded these things live over the phone, I'd take notes. But now that Dave doesn't have a phone, I send the questions and he records the answers. Usually I do the Audio after I edit all the videos, but this month I'm pre...

It's the November Please Hold For Dave Sim, wherein Dave: Dave gets the missing bits from the October Faux Dave answers  MJ Sewall 's question about  Music Dave discusses Tristan and Iseult and the Research I found on it Dave discusses why there's no print glamourpuss collection Dave wanted me to record my bit from the Faux, but that involves more work than it's worth. Here's w...

Hey, look Dave Sim's back answering peoples questions and comments and reminiscing about..."the good times". Like: MJ Sewall wrote Dave a letter. He's also working on a biography of Dave. Jeff Seiler would NOT be pleased... Matt (that's me) asked Dave for status updates on The Strange Death of Alex Raymond and the Ninja High School crossover. Then Steve Bissette got into the...

Dave Sim (acoustically) and Matt Dow (spiritually/editorially/technically/not-actually) return for the...uh...eight, nine, SEPTEMBER Please Hold For Dave Sim. In this one: Dave and Matt need to change how they do these things. And then Dave discusses the Late Jim Shooter's remembrance of the Wolveroach affair. MJ Sewall (who's writing a biography of Dave Sim, I know, Jeff Seiler is spinnin...

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 thos...

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 i...

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...

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...

“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 Kennedy This 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: ANN...

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 Seiler Dave remembers Cerebus fan Jeff Seiler Dave does another episode for April C. AKA: creative_fey of the Off The Spinner Rack podc...

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 Sei...

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-Vana...

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...

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 , featurin...

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 whe...

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 ...

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 sp...

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 D...

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...