Cerebus #52

The golden cover of Cerebus #52 captures a wonderfully absurd moment: the small, scowling aardvark hero clings to the back of a massive, loincloth-clad barbarian brute, who is in the process of smashing what appears to be a wooden object to splinters. Dave Sim's linework gives both figures real personality — Cerebus looks furious and determined even while being hauled around by someone three times his size. For 1983 readers following this long-running independent series, this issue promised another sharp blend of sword-and-sorcery action and pointed wit.