Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	July 1990
Cover Price	2.00 USD; 2.25 CAD; 1.10 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Dave Sim (reprint editor); Deni Loubert (original publication editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Cerebus is surrounded by people who want him to do a drawing.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Colors	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim
Reprinted	from Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977 series) #37

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A Note from the Publisher"

Synopsis	Reprint of original note from the publisher from 1982.
Script	Deni Loubert
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977 series) #37

4 page filler "Notebooks"

Characters	Cerebus
Genre	Sketches
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim; typeset
Notes	4 pages out of Dave Sim's sketchbooks from the time he wrote Cerebus 37

20 page Cerebus story "It's Showtime"

Characters	Cerebus; Astoria
Synopsis	Cerebus attends a convention and signs autographs.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim
Notes	Parody of comic book conventions.
Reprinted	from Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977 series) #37

3 page letters page "Aardvark Comment"

Characters	Cerebus; Shang-Chi
Synopsis	Original letters pages from Cerebus 37 in 1982. Includes an illustration by Dave Sim and Gene Day to promote a comic shop signing in 1981.
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim; Gene Day
Inks	Dave Sim; Gene Day
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes letter from Michael Moorcock.
Reprinted	from Cerebus #37 (1982).

1 page The Single Page story "The Single Page"

Synopsis	A man tries to decide who is more important, the reader or the writer.
Genre	Slice of Life
Script	Peter Croome
Pencils	Peter Croome
Inks	Peter Croome
Letters	Peter Croome
Notes	The Single Pages were material bought by Dave Sim especially for the bi-weekly reprint issues. He paid $150 US for them.

1 page The Singe Page story "Lillian Spencer Drake: Single Page Sale"

Synopsis	Fake ads for various odd gifts.
Genre	Satire
Script	Cody Hudson; Mark Martin; Eric Mayer; Jim Woodring
Pencils	Cody Hudson; Mark Martin; Eric Mayer; Jim Woodring
Inks	Cody Hudson; Mark Martin; Eric Mayer; Jim Woodring
Letters	typeset

4 page advertisement "Now available at a comic shop near you"

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Ads for "phone-book" collections of Cerebus, Cerebus Church and State 1 and Cerebus Church and State 2
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim