Comments on: Yoohoo sends Dave Sim a sign (UPDATED with mea culpa)

By: John Roberson

John Roberson — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:56:07 +0000

PS And this is why in the CEREBUS GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING(before scanners were a thing) he said to always, always hold onto the films.

By: John Roberson

John Roberson — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:48:01 +0000

No, man, he sold all the originals long, long ago. The negatives are all that was left. Not just for this but for continuing to print the book. More here:
http://jlroberson.blogspot.com/2012/08/high-society-negatives-by-dave-sim.html
So this is a horrible thing for anyone who cares not just about CEREBUS(and again, this is from the period EVERYONE agrees was great) but art and comics in general. The best that can be done now is printing from second-generation. That’s it. And given the intricacy of much of the art–well. It makes one sick to really ponder it.
Nevertheless, thank you for seeing sense.

By: Jones, one of the Jones boys

Jones, one of the Jones boys — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:02:30 +0000

You’re right, John, it is a revolting sentiment, and I am ashamed of myself. I genuinely mean that, and I meant it when I said it’s a real shame — I repeatedly sing the praise of Cerebus (although I rate the later work much, much, much higher than High Society).

But this was genuinely what I immediately thought of. Sim’s metaphysical/religious beliefs are one of the interesting parts of his character and work (and wasn’t he seeing signs well before his conversion?).

Confession: I don’t know just how serious a blow this is. He still has the original art, right, so he can make more negatives? Or is this way worse than that?

By: John Roberson

John Roberson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:54:32 +0000

What a disgusting thing to say. This is the best part of his life’s work and it’s from long before any of that. You should be ashamed.