THE CEREBUS COVER ART TREASURY

IDW PUBLISHING & AARDVARK-VANAHEIM PRESENT

THE CEREBUS COVER ART TREASURY

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Dave Sim's groundbreaking Cerebus ran for 300 issues, each written and drawn by Sim until he was joined by Gerhard for issues #65 and on–a monumental achievement! Now, these beautiful covers are reproduced in an archival hardcover, many scanned from Sim's personal collection of original art, complete with annotations by Sim and Gerhard! Also collected are roughs, color guides, sketches, notable CGC editions, and other historical images that chronicle the evolution of the series by one of the most important and influential cartoonists in comics history.

C OV E R A RT T R EA S U R Y

COVER ART TREASURY

—from the introduction by Kevin Eastman (TMNT co-creator)

DAVE SIM & GERHARD

"Any time I had the chance to spend time with Dave, it was inspiring. He wears his passion and his kindness on his sleeve.

He makes you feel—no, not feel—KNOW what you are doing is important: however big.

Or small."

www.idwpublishing.com • $75.00

ANNOTATED BY

DAVE SIM & GERHARD

INTRODUCTION BY

KEVIN EASTMAN

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES CO-CREATOR

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COV ER BY DAV E SI M CO L L EC TI O N ED IT S BY J US TI N EISI N GER A N D A LO NZO SI M O N CO L L EC TI O N D E SI GN BY TO M B. LO N G

AU GU S T 2 016 . FI R S T PR I N T I N G . CER EB U S © 2 016 DAV E S I M .

A L L R I G H T S R E S ER V E D. DAV E S I M ’ S CER EB U S: COV ER A R T T R E A S U RY © 2 016 I D E A A N D D E S I G N WO R K S L LC .

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A l l Ri g h t s Re s e r ve d . B r ave a n d t h e B o l d #76, B a t m a n #10 0, B a t m a n #2 24, B a t m a n #245, D e t e c t i ve C o m i c s # 472, A l l - F l a s h Q u a r t e r l y #2, D a r k K n i g h t Re t u r n s #1, D a r k K n i g h t Re t u r n s #2, a n d S u p e r m a n #10 0 © 2 016 D C C o m i c s . A l l Ri g h t s Re s e r ve d . A l l C h a r a c t e r s, t h e i r d i s t i n c t i ve l i ke n e s s e s a n d r e l a t e d e l e m e n t s f e a t u r e d i n t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n a r e t r a d e m a r k s o f D C C o m i c s .T h e B e a s t t h a t S h o u t e d L ove a t t h e H e a r t of t h e Wo r l d © 2 016 T h e K i l i m a n j a ro C o r p o r a t i o n. A l l Ri g h t s Re s e r ve d . © 2 016 I d e a a n d D e s i g n Wo r k s, L LC . A l l Ri g h t s Re s e r ve d . I DW Pu b l i s h i n g, a d i v i s i o n o f I d e a a n d D e s i g n Wo r k s, L LC . Ed i t o r i a l o f f i c e s: 276 5 Tr u x t u n Ro a d, S a n D i e g o, C A 9 210 6 . T h e I DW l o g o i s r e g i s t e r e d i n t h e U. S . Pa t e n t a n d Tr a d e m a r k O f f i c e. A ny s i m i l a r i t i e s t o p e r s o n s l i v i n g o r d e a d a r e p u r e l y c o i n c i d e n t a l. W i t h t h e exc e p t i o n o f a r t w o r k u s e d f o r r ev i ew p u r p o s e s, n o n e o f t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n m ay b e r e p r i n t e d w i t h o u t t h e p e r m i s s i o n o f I d e a a n d D e s i g n Wo r k s, L LC . Pr i n t e d i n Ko r e a .

I DW Pu b l i s h i n g d o e s n o t r e a d o r a c c e p t u n s o l i c i t e d s u b m i s s i o n s o f i d e a s, s t o r i e s, o r a r t w o r k .

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All 6,000 pages of the Cerebus graphic novels are available at cerebusdownloads.com Gerhard can be contacted at gerhard.com

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ISSUE #1 "The highest graded Cerebus No. 1 'Dave Sim file copy.' There were two of these in 9.4. One was auctioned to benefit Hero Alliance in 2004 and went for $10,000. I keep this one in a safety deposit box." – Dave

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ISSUE #1 COUNTERFEIT "The counterfeit Cerebus No. 1 that surfaced in 1982. The easiest way to tell a real one from the counterfeit is to look at 'Pink Floyd' in the background. Because the counterfeit was scanned from a printed copy, all of the ink lines on the figure have a red halo next to them. There's no red halo on 'Pink Floyd's' pen lines on the real No. 1. You're welcome." – Dave

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"Arguably, the Action Comics #1 of Indy Comics covers: for those who like arguing about things like that." – Dave

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ISSUE #2 "Shamelessly swiped from Jim Steranko's Nick Fury Agent of Shield #3 (if you're going to steal, steal from the best)." – Dave

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