SIM Dave
Comics Journal, 192, December 1996: 88.
Born May 1956 in Hamilton.
Creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, Canada’s longest running comic book and one most coveted by U.S. collectors. He was also co-founder of Aardvark-Vanaheim Inc.
He was a Kitchener grade 11 dropout.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
AV In 3D, 1-1, December 1984: “Cerebus Dreams II”. This is a story done in a 3 Dimensional format.
Gene Day’s Black Zeppelin, 1-1, April 1985: “Adriene All Alone”.
Gene Day’s Black Zeppelin, 1-5, Oct. 1986: “Life’s End.” Assist., Gene Day :9-17. “Grave Digger’s Banquet”: Assist., Gene Day. 18-20.
Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976: “The Beavers in October”: Inside front cover. “The Beavers in the Ticket”: Inside back cover. “The Beavers in the Trophy”: 23-31. “ Uncle Hans in the October Quest”: 1-20.
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Borealis, 1-2, Spring 1979: “The Space Beavers”: 5.
CARTOONIST, ILLUSTRATOR & WRITER:
| Cerebus Archive: Reprints of Sim’s work in magazine format. | ||||
| 1, Apr. 2009.
2, June 2009. |
3, Aug. 2009.
4, Oct. 2009. |
5, Dec. 2009.
6, Feb. 2010. |
7, Apr. 2010.
8, June 2010. |
9, Aug. 2010. |
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Cover front & back:
Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976.
Content:
Portrait:
Captain Canuck, First Summer Special, July-Sept. 1980: “Captain Canuck”: 36.
Story:
Borealis, 1-1, Summer 1978: “Apogee.” Writ., Spider,Robinson: 9.
Gene Day’s Black Zeppelin, 1-4, March 1: “An Evil Clause.” Writ., Dave McCarthy: 986.
Low Society, Ed., Rob Walton. Comic Lab Press. 2013: “Legacy AKA: Issue 300.1.” Writ., Jamie Bullock. Let., Ron Kasman: 33-38.
WRITER:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content:
Memoir text:
Ali-Baba, 1-1, 1992: “Ali Baba: Recollections”: 9.
Serial:
Ali-Baba, 1-1, 1992: “The Blood Temple Beckons.” Writ., Lay., Dave Sim. Writ., Dave Darrigo. Pen., Steve Leblanc. In., Let., Ron Kasman. 10-17. The Ali-Baba story was originated by Dave Sim then fleshed out by James Waley.
Story:
Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976: “ Cap’n Riverrat and Horatio: The Stowawy.” Illus., Gene Day: 32-36.
Star Reach Greatest Hits. Star Reach Productions, 1979: “I’m God.” Illus., Fabio Gasbarri..
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Interview text:
Now and Then Times, 1-1, Summer 1972: “A Conversation with Adrian & Pat Dingle and Bill Thomas”. “Al Hewitson”. “An Interview With Jerry Lazare”. “Jim Mooney”. “Joe Kubert.”. “T. Casey Brennan”.
Review text:
Now and Then Times, 1-1, Summer 1972: “Joe Kubert’s Tarzan.” “Wayne Boring.”
WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Content:
Biography & portrait:
Borealis,1-1, Summer 1978: “Gene Day: A Portfolio”: 12.(includes a drawing of Gene Day.)
Comment:
Comics Journal, 105, February 1986: “Executive’s Forum: A Declaration of Independence”: 87-90.
CO-CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content history & Cover book front & back:
The Strange Death Of Alex Raymond. Co-car., Carson Grubaugh. Living The Line, August 2021.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976: “Uncle Hans.” Co-car., Gene Day: 21-22.
EDITOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Now and Then Times, 1-1, Summer 1972.
Now and Then Times, 1-2, 1973.
SOURCE:
Book:
Dave Sim: Conversations. Ed., Eric Hoffman & Dominick Grace. University Press of Mississippi, 2013.
Article periodical:
Comic Fandom’s Forum, 9, Oct. 1982: “A Talk With An Aadvark.” Interviewer, Maggie Thompson: 42-49.
Comics Journal,….:
082, July 1983: “Dave & Deni Sim: A Talk With The Famous Artist (And His Lovely Publisher Too) Pt. 1.” Inter., Kim Tompson: 66-83.
083, August 1983: “Dave & Deni Sim: A Talk With …) Pt. 2.” Inter…, K. Tompson. 59-81.
100, July 1985: “Dave Sim Interview.” Inter., Heidi Macdonald: 144-148.
107, 1992: “Cerebus.” Inter., Steve Bissette: 8-39.
184, February 1996: “Dave Sim Interview, Pt. 1.” Inter., Tom Spurgeon: 68-106.
192, December 1996: “Dave Sim Interview, Pt. 2.” Inter., T. Spurgeon: 69-89.
Comics Scene …:
2-8, March 1983: “Dave & Deni Sim, Part 1.” Writ., David McDonnell: 20-26.
2-9, May 1983: “Dave & Deni Sim, Part 2.” Writ., David McDonnell: 56- 62..
Heroes Illustrated …:
1-5, November 1993: “Spotlight on Dave Sim.” Writ., Steven Darnall: 64-67.
Wizard,
17, Jan. 1993: “A Boy And His Aardvark.” Inter., Paul J. Grant: 56-59.
Article newspaper:
Toronto Sun, 11 Jan. 1987: “Fab Funnies.” Writ., Dan Proudfoot: C8.
Toronto Star, 27 Feb.1987: “Here’s your guide to superheroes of Canadian comics”: D6.