Cerebus #264

The cover of this March 2001 issue from Aardvark-Vanaheim is a striking photorealistic painted landscape by Gerhard — warm amber and deep shadow washing over treeline and open field, with a glowing light breaking through the upper left like a distant fire or setting sun. It's a moody, atmospheric image that leans into the elegiac tone the "Going Home" arc has carried throughout, letting pure environment do the storytelling work. Dave Sim and Gerhard's long-running collaboration continues here, thirty-third chapter in, with that evocative title hanging over the darkened countryside like a quiet, inevitable promise.