Cerebus #241

The tenth chapter of "Going Home" arrives in this April 1999 installment, and Gerhard's cover — a sweeping photograph-like landscape of autumn forest, a broad lake, and open sky — sets a quietly meditative tone that feels miles away from conventional superhero fare. The warm golds and rusts of the foliage against that deep blue water make the image feel both expansive and strangely intimate, perfectly suited to a story arc whose title alone carries real emotional weight. Dave Sim and Gerhard continue their long-running Aardvark-Vanaheim collaboration here, and even the cover reminds you what an uncommonly ambitious comic Cerebus has always been.