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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