A few years ago I scanned all of Dave Sim's notebooks. He had filled 36 notebooks during the years he created the monthly Cerebus series, covering issues #20 to 300, plus the other side items -- like the Epic stories, posters and prints, convention speeches etc. A total of 3,281 notebook pages detailing his creative process. I never really got the time to study the notebooks when I had them. Just did a quick look, scanned them in and sent them back to Dave as soon as possible. So this regular column is a chance for me to look through those scans and highlight some of the more interesting pages.
Dave Sim's notebook #17 has only been seen here on the pages of A Moment of Cerebus three times in the past, most recently in La Danseuse Marvellieux in May 2017. The notebook covers Cerebus #127 to 135 and had 72 pages scanned.
One of the things I've mentioned in the past is if what was drawn on a page bleed through to the other side, I would scan in the other side as well. I've found a case of that in notebook #17. On page 13 there is a full page sketch for the cover to Cerebus #128:
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| Notebook #17, page 13 |
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Notebook #17, page 14 |
2 comments:
I remember being gobsmacked by that trail of light from Oscar's cigarette. I think it's one of the best effects Ger ever pulled off. It's also a nice illustration of Scott McCloud's discussion of how time works in comics, as explained in "Understanding Comics."
That is a great effect.
I'm impressed, too, that Dave spent the time and effort to color in all the black with the ?marker? that he used for this sketch. Neat.
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