Cerebus #46

Cerebus #46 from Aardvark-Vanaheim opens 1983 with a visually striking cover by Dave Sim that frames the armored aardvark himself in shadowy close-up, while three inset panels spotlight a cast of human supporting characters — a figure in a cap and plaid jacket, a sharply dressed man in a white jacket, and a glimpse of Cerebus' snout peering from behind bars or slats. The fragmented, cinematic layout hints at intrigue and shifting alliances befitting the story's "summit" subtitle, the second chapter in the "Cerebus' Six Crises" arc. Sim's confident black-and-white linework, punctuated by those teal-toned insets, makes this a compelling entry in his ambitious self-published run.