Cerebus #97

This April 1987 issue of Aardvark-Vanaheim's long-running series presents a striking, intimate cover by Dave Sim and Gerhard: a figure in white robes lies against a stone wall, one hand open and outstretched while the other grips a heavy iron chain, suggesting constraint or desperate struggle. The painterly, close-up composition is quietly unsettling, letting texture and tension do the heavy lifting rather than splashy action. "The Unknown Given" promises the kind of thoughtful, mood-driven storytelling that made Cerebus one of independent comics' most distinctive voices in the 1980s.