Cerebus #117

The fourth chapter of the "Jaka's Story" arc, issue #117 continues one of Dave Sim and Gerhard's most intimate extended narratives in Cerebus's long run. Gerhard's atmospheric cover rendering dominates here — a moody, stone-and-timber building rendered in meticulous detail, its windows glowing faintly against a dark sky, with a figure just barely visible through the glass. It's a quietly unsettling image that perfectly captures the domestic tension at the heart of this 1988 storyline.