Cerebus #244

Part of the long-running "Going Home" arc, this July 1999 installment from Aardvark-Vanaheim carries a cover by Gerhard that's genuinely striking — a photorealistic twilight landscape where a deep crimson and amber sunset bleeds across a still lake, dark tree silhouettes mirrored in the water below a brooding, cloud-filled sky. The mood is contemplative and atmospheric, a quiet departure from superhero spectacle that reflects the mature, literary ambitions Dave Sim and Gerhard brought to Cerebus throughout its remarkable run.