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Dave Sim returns with his (he says) final 1982 Tourbook notes. (We'll see...)

To quote one of the greatest actors/musicians/sages/philosophers of our time: "Whoa." Dave Sim finally gets around to answering the Faux he was sent that was to be the April 2026 Please Hold For Dave Sim AND the Faux that would have been the June 2026 Please Hold. In this one: I don't record these live anymoreSo, consequently, I don't take notes on what Dave's talking aboutI guess you'll just have to listen and see what's happeningIt's a bummer for you, but I don't think I give a $#!*You LITERALLY get what you pay for, and I ain't making a dime off of thisThere IS a missing piece of Audio, so see if you can figure out where it goes(The highly superior people who watch these as videos on the YouTubes get shown where the gap is. That's because they are highly superior...)Sp*t*fy becomes more and more of a $#!*hole everytime I have to do one of these, and frankly: you SHOULD be paying me to deal with them. See you, when next I feel like whoring myself for my vile corporate masters by tarting myself up and uploading more audio here (probably in a week... *sigh*...)

Dave Sim returns with more '82 Tour Notes, specifically addressing the 28 page Faux Matt sent up. *Full disclosure, I ain't listened to this whole thing yet, so I've no idea what exactly Dave says...* Also debuting this month: the 80's style synth pop theme song Matt had the robots do for him.

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 hear Please Hold, donate here. If you want Dave to work on the '82 Tour Book, donate here. So while Dave holds for you to donate and see who wins, we Please Hold For Dave Sim! We we hold: Dave gives us a forty-ish minute beginning to what his work on the '82 tour book will be like.Dave goes through the Mail:including the box I sent him.how Sean Robinson got 21 pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond for his Consigned KickstarterChris Woerner's latest books came inAnd makes an offer to Dustin Adrian (who works for Heroes Comics) who's apartment burned downAnd maybe some other stuff I don't remember...So: 82 Tour. Please Hold 4/2026. YOU (or your pocketbook...) DECIDE! (No clue what Dave's gonna do if there is a tie...) (I'ma have to work on whatever it is anyways...)

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 prototypeDave explains his objectionsDave updates everybody on all the projects in the pipelineMatt (and David Birdsong) came up with Cerebus Eisner Hall of Fame MerchDante Alighieri and his habit of hiding his work in walls?The Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled and Dave's Cerebus parody of it The Beguiling Cerebus in Absolute Wonder Woman?The worst best copy of Cerebus #1 you'll ever seeMrs. Tynsdale-Coyde's teaDave answers a letter Al Nickerson sentDave's favorite illustratorsWriting the humor in Cerebus in Hell?Dave praises David Birdsong's work on CiH?How Dave pitched Cerebus #1 in 1977Dave's plans for getting help if he needs it now that he doesn't have a phone or fax anymoreTwo handed brush inkingThe really complex reason Dave wears the ring he doesDave's first drafting tableCheaper Cerebus in Hell? Kickstarter books Woo doggie, it's a blast! And now to get ready for next month's Please Hold For Dave Sim. (If you've enjoyed this, or other episodes of Please Hold, please consider making a donation to the "Dave Sim Fund" to help support Dave since Diamond Comic Distributors have gone out of business, cutting of a key source of Aardvark Vanaheim's revenue.) ((Matt doesn't get paid either since Sp*t*fy took over. But he's living comfortably, so you don't gotta sweat about him.))

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 FameMore discussion of Ernie Hemingway and his boxingDave answers if the Varkdalorian will ever be in comic shopsDave discusses Tom Palmer Jr.'s idea of reprinting the Silverspoon stripsLee Thacker did a mock-up of Panther X, and Dave respondsDave answers to James Banderas-Smith's questionDave answers Anonymous' question about the unauthorized Citadel miniaturesDave answers April C.'s latestDave got a fan letterDave answer's MJ Sewall's question about the photo covers of Cerebus

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 ThackerDave Sim talks about a historical photo of Ernest Hemingway from 1953Dave Sim got a Christmas card from David L. Russell.Dave Sim discusses Christoph McNeill's 2010 Bill Sienkiewicz commission of Cerebusauthor MJ Sewall has a question for Dave about...rulers?Larry Wooten has a question about a con sketch he acquiredauthor MJ Sewall has a question about Denis Kitchen and his role in the publication of "Dave Sim's Last Girlfriend", Susan Alston's (so far as I can tell) unpublished book on her relationship with Dave Sim.And Manly Matt Dow reminds Everybody about his "relationship" with Denis Kitchen  @creative_fey  has comments on last month's Please Hold, and new questions. Dave Sim has answers.All this and more or something. Honestly, just listen to the thing. You ain't busy...

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 pressed for time and wanted to see how long the whole shebang was.An hour and thirty five-ish minutes.So I haven't listened to anything.I dunno if I was supposed to insert audio anywhere.It's a surprise for everybody!

It's the November Please Hold For Dave Sim, wherein Dave: Dave gets the missing bits from the October FauxDave answers MJ Sewall's question about MusicDave discusses Tristan and Iseult and the Research I found on itDave discusses why there's no print glamourpuss collectionDave wanted me to record my bit from the Faux, but that involves more work than it's worth. Here's what I said: "Well, the comic art stuff is basically The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, and the fashion parody material is essentially the humor in Cerebus in Hell?, so glamourpuss is (ya know, if you squint a little) continuing in the pages of those two books. In my opinion, your results may vary…" and "Ian!  The sad answer is that the hardcovers don't bring in enough money to justify the cost (I think there are things that could be done to lower said costs, but since Dave isn't a "hardcover guy", it's a moot point...)  Softcovers are losers too since Diamond is out of business, and them buying a significant chunk of the print run is the only way to finance the 17 to 20 grand printing bill. Dave has said that he's open to printing expensive "one offs" of any of the out of print phonebooks through Studio Comix Press.  But, I'll ask, things might have changed... Manly  So, there’s that to chew over while you munch your…wait, I already did that joke, didn’t I?" Dave discusses a technique he picked up from Little Annie FannieDave discusses a Fake Cerebus pageDave discusses new printings of the phonebooksIt's a hoot. See you next month...

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 Eisner Hall of Fame. I let Dave know.James Banderas-Smith tagged me in a thing about Jim Raymond, Alex's brother and the artist on Blondie dying. And I thought it was weird that both Jim Raymond and Stan Drake worked on Blondie. AND Dave drops some knowledge!Then Dave discusses an old WAP article James Bananarama-Smith found...and the Marvel "Cease & Desist" letter Dave got about the Wolveroach...and the Poster for The Towering Inferno...Mario said some nice things about me, Dave says some nice things too.And then things in the Faux went missing so Dave talks about his Mom throwing away his comics. (Which led Matt to track down an article from Playboy from December 1970. "I was googling Playboy for the ARTICLES, Ma!".) Good times, good times...

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 spinning in his grave...) has a question that Dave has a sorta answer to. Dave remembers the late Jim Shooter and their relationship, including how Dave's portfolio of Marvel characters "Original Sim" appeared in Marvel Fanfare #25. And how the planned Cerebus/X-Men crossover came to be.Dave gets follow-ups to the July/August Please Hold from our resident transcriptionist  @SanctuaryofReality ​Dave answers questions and comments from  @creative_fey  .Dave answers Rodney Schroeter's question.David Birdsong has some questions, and Dave has some Cerebus in Hell? ideas...Dave answers a number of questions from MJ Sewall relating to MJ's upcoming biography about Dave.Dave's dramatic reading of a short story sent in by Byron Dunbar, which ties in to the last two pages of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond Dave has completed.

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 those files back. And then Matt edits them into these things forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and..." Dave talks alot about the things I sent him. I dunno, writing these synopsizes is a pain...

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 it to make the audio version on the Spotify... This month, Dave talks for around three and a half hours. And this isn't even all the questions, so there will probably be a part two...