Cerebus #34

A tall, cloaked figure in blue and red gestures grandly toward an ornate "Bank of Iest Inc." certificate promising One Hundred Crowns, while a small, stocky aardvark — Cerebus himself — sits hunched nearby in shadow. Dave Sim's cover for this January 1982 Aardvark-Vanaheim issue frames the story "Three Days Before" with a wonderfully theatrical air of financial intrigue, the currency notes practically tumbling off the oversized bank document. It's a striking image that balances grand political ambition with Cerebus's characteristically gruff, put-upon presence.