Cerebus #85

A snowy, ornate setting frames this April 1986 issue, where the small, stout aardvark Cerebus looks up at a tall, spindly, lightly clad figure clutching what appears to be a bottle and a flowing scarf — an oddly comic pairing against an elaborately carved dark carriage and rocky backdrop dusted with falling snow. Dave Sim and Gerhard's cover work blends Sim's cartoony character design with Gerhard's richly detailed environmental rendering, a combination that gave Cerebus its distinctive visual personality throughout this era. "Missing It for the World" promises the dry wit and singular storytelling that made this long-running independent series a fixture of 1980s comics.