Cerebus #240

Cerebus #240 continues the "Going Home" arc with a cover by Gerhard that is strikingly spare: a real-world photograph of dark water lapping against a rocky shoreline, with a heavy iron chain trailing from the rocks down into the depths. The image carries a quiet, melancholy weight that feels entirely at home in Dave Sim and Gerhard's long-running series. For readers following this 1999 chapter of "Fall and the River," the cover sets a contemplative, almost ominous tone before you've even opened the first page.