CEREBUS THE AARDVARK #1
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SOLD ON: Tuesday, 06/02/2015 4:51 PM
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PUBLISHER: Aardvark/Vanaheim
COMMENTS: Counterfeit issue; white pgs
1st appearance of Cerebus the Aardvark; 1st Aardvark-Vanaheim comic.
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1st appearance of Cerebus the Aardvark; 1st Aardvark-Vanaheim comic.
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Counterfeit issue; white pgs
1st appearance of Cerebus the Aardvark; 1st Aardvark-Vanaheim comic.When fans of comics and graphic novels reach for works to show doubting Thomases the dizzying heights which the art form can reach, one of the titles that invariably comes up is Dave Sim's extraordinary, mammoth work of fantasy, satire, and adventure. By turns endearing, enraging, hilarious, horrifying, and never less than brilliant, this idiosyncratic creation had its genesis in this humble, gritty debut issue, whose painfully small print run wasn't so much released as set loose, making original copies demand insane sums. Originally conceived as a cartoonish parody of Barry Windsor-Smith's then-recent Conan run, it eventually became one of comics' most singular and personal of visions, running for over a quarter of a century and comprising 300 gorgeous issues, all drawn and written by Sim, one of the art form's few acknowledged geniuses and an artist both revered and controversial in equal measure. This debut issue is one of the most important comics ever published.
1st appearance of Cerebus the Aardvark; 1st Aardvark-Vanaheim comic.When fans of comics and graphic novels reach for works to show doubting Thomases the dizzying heights which the art form can reach, one of the titles that invariably comes up is Dave Sim's extraordinary, mammoth work of fantasy, satire, and adventure. By turns endearing, enraging, hilarious, horrifying, and never less than brilliant, this idiosyncratic creation had its genesis in this humble, gritty debut issue, whose painfully small print run wasn't so much released as set loose, making original copies demand insane sums. Originally conceived as a cartoonish parody of Barry Windsor-Smith's then-recent Conan run, it eventually became one of comics' most singular and personal of visions, running for over a quarter of a century and comprising 300 gorgeous issues, all drawn and written by Sim, one of the art form's few acknowledged geniuses and an artist both revered and controversial in equal measure. This debut issue is one of the most important comics ever published.