Cerebus #162

Issue #162 of Cerebus: Mothers & Daughters delivers a genuinely striking cover by Dave Sim and Gerhard — the aardvark himself tumbles upside-down through a vast, otherworldly landscape of dark, towering spires, clutching a tiny figure as a brilliant burst of light blazes far below. The vertiginous perspective and the eerie yellow-green glow between the columns give the scene a surreal, almost cosmic weight that speaks to the ambitious scope of the "Flight 12" chapter. Sim and Gerhard's collaborative linework is at its most atmospheric here, making this 1992 Aardvark-Vanaheim issue a genuinely arresting entry in the long-running saga.