<div><em>"[Strange Death of Alex Raymond is ...] comics’ answer to Finnegans Wake, an inspired work of obsessive genius that will take a long time to untangle." - Rob Salkowitz, FORBES</em>
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<div>NOW: Our $16,000 goal has been met, meaning we have <strong>5</strong> Giant-Sized SDOAR Ashcans to produce (No. 0 and No. 1 are SO close) and have unlocked <strong>105 pages</strong> via donations. The next goal of $20,000 follows the same model: new pages unlock after every $200, and Giant-Sized Ashcan #5 unlocks when we hit $20,000.
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<div>THEN: Those of you familiar with the Eisner-nominated but unfinished <em>The Strange Death of Alex Raymond</em> graphic novel might know that legendary <em>Cerebus</em> creator Dave Sim stopped working on the story in 2020, leaving Carson Grubaugh to provide his own finale.
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<div>Only that's not exactly true. Dave restarted work on the story in 2021 and has mocked up 329 additional pages, many pasted up but an increasing number of pages fully drawn by Dave as his wrist has allowed.
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<div>After many fax exchanges with Dave, I finally convinced him to launch this GoFundMe to see how much money we could raise for him to continue his work on <em>The Strange Death of Alex Raymond</em>, a.k.a. SDOAR a.k.a. SDOAR 2023 a.k.a. SDOAR 2024.
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<div>I am happy to report that it's been a rousing success!
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<div>The plan, with stipulations per Dave's request, is as follows:
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<li>Anyone who donates <strong>$5 or more</strong> to this GoFundMe campaign is entitled to exclusive online access via Dropbox to any pages unlocked during the campaign. If Dropbox is a problem, contact me for other arrangements.
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<li>To kick the project off, Dave allowed me to upload to Dropbox the 21 pages he mocked up between July 15 and November 20, 2019, pages that Carson Grubaugh rendered in blue ink in SDOAR HC pgs. 261 to 281 (also reprinted as a Kickstarter exclusive in <em>Strange Death of Alex Raymond Mockups)</em>.
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<li>In addition, we have unlocked 67 more pages, from June 11 to December 4, 2021, already uploaded to Dropbox.
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<li>In other words, for those who read <em>Strange Death of Alex Raymond</em> hardcover and want to read DAVE’S SOLO continuation of the story directly from page 253 (i.e., the end of “issue 5”), we got you covered.
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<li>For those who read <em>Strange Death of Alex Raymond</em> hardcover and want to read DAVE’S SOLO continuation of the story directly following page 281 (the completion of Carson’s blue renderings of Dave’s 2019 mockups), we also got you covered.
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<li>If you haven’t read <em>Strange Death of Alex Raymond</em>, we recommend (nay, urge) you purchase from your local comic book store -or- <a href="https://www.livingthelinebooks.com/store" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Living the Line Publishing</a> (physical or digital) -or- Amazon.
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<li>Now for the good stuff -- <strong>for every $200 raised in total, we will unlock an additional page for all donors</strong>. In other words, we’re all in this together. Bear in mind that due to the GoFundMe fee structure, we ask that all donations be at least five dollars.
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<li><strong>For every $4,000 raised in total, we will, </strong>in addition to 20 pages added to Dropbox,<strong> unlock an exclusive offer to produce full-size ashcans of the pages at the same time. </strong>Pricing is TBD but will be done via Alfonso and Studiocomix Press.
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<li>Once you have donated, please contact me through GoFundMe or at jen at typingmonkeys dot com, and I’ll add you to Dropbox.
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<li>Manly Matt Dow has kindly offered me the use of the Tuesday <a href="https://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Moment of Cerebus</a> website/blog update to keep everyone in the loop on the latest goings on.
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<div>Please drop me a note at jen at typingmonkeys dot com with any questions!!
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<div>Thanks!
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<div>Jen
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