Cerebus #89

From Aardvark-Vanaheim's long-running self-publishing milestone comes Cerebus #89, dated August 1986, featuring the story "Dead Friends (Odd Transformations No. 3)." The cover by Dave Sim and Gerhard is striking in its restraint — a stark black field scattered with small red roses frames a central vignette depicting a large dark sphere resting on a stone ledge, with a blue-gloved hand visible beneath it, suggesting weight, stillness, and something quietly unsettling. It's a hauntingly atmospheric design that showcases why Sim and Gerhard's collaboration was consistently unlike anything else on the stands in 1986.