Cerebus #33

The cover of Cerebus #33 sets a quietly dramatic tone, presenting a cloaked, rain-drenched figure standing beneath a stone archway alongside a elegantly dressed woman in black who appears to be in conversation with Cerebus himself. Dave Sim's cover art lends the scene a painterly, almost gothic atmosphere — the cool blues of the stormy doorway playing against the warm interior tones in a way that feels genuinely cinematic. With the story title "Friction" hinting at tension between these figures, this December 1981 issue from Aardvark-Vanaheim looks like a compelling chapter in the aardvark's ongoing saga.