Cerebus #58

Cerebus #58 arrives in January 1984 with a cover by Dave Sim that's as striking as anything Aardvark-Vanaheim published that year — a stark black panel set against an intricate decorative border, where the little aardvark glowers upward at an imposing ringed hand raised above him, the title "All Lined Up" hanging in the air between them like a quiet threat. The composition says everything without saying a word: Cerebus, small but seething, caught beneath something larger and more powerful. It's a beautifully restrained piece of design work that makes you want to flip straight to the story inside.