Cerebus #3
(April-May 1978)

Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 CAD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Aardvark Vanaheim Press
Brand
Aardvark-Vanaheim Presents [banner]
Editing
Dave Sim (editor); Deni Loubert (publisher)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Song of Red Sophia (Table of Contents)

Cerebus / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dave Sim
Pencils
Dave Sim (signed)
Inks
Dave Sim (signed)
Colors
Dave Sim
Letters
Dave Sim

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Characters
Cerebus; Red Sophia [first cover appearance]
Synopsis
Cerebus and Red Sophia face off with swords.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Red Sophia, a parody of Robert E. Howard's Red Sonya of Rogatino and Roy Thomas's and Barry Smith's Red Sonja. Deni Loubert is listed as Publisher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Editorial / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Deni Loubert
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
An announcement by Deni Loubert, who signed herself as Publisher, that she and Dave Sim were engaged to be married. Their marriage would end in divorce.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Song of Red Sophia (Table of Contents: 2)

Cerebus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Sim
Pencils
Dave Sim
Inks
Dave Sim
Letters
Dave Sim

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Characters
Cerebus; Red Sophia (first story appearance); Feras; Henrot
Synopsis
Cerebus is hired by the wizard Henrot to torture and kill Feras, who besmirched the honor of his stunning (but insufferable) daughter, Red Sophia. Henrot insists that Sophia must accompany Cerebus to witness the punishment, which ends up making a long voyage even longer in Cerebus' opinion. Along the way, Cerebus earns Sophia's everlasting devotion. The problem is, he can't stand her. A solution presents itself when they finally catch up to Feras: Cerebus insists that Feras and Sophia get married. After all, what could be a worse punishment for the poor guy?
Reprints

Death's dark tread (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Cerebus / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cerebus / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Deni Loubert
Pencils
Dave Sim
Inks
Dave Sim
Colors
Dave Sim
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Characters
Cerebus
Synopsis
Ad for back issues of Cerebus 1, 2, and signed Aardvark Berserk poster.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Song of Red Sophia
    Cerebus
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Editorial
  3. 2. Song of Red Sophia
    Cerebus
  4. 3. Death's dark tread
    Cerebus
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Cerebus
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Phil Latter and John P. Selegue
  • Shan McLaughlin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Maurizio Villotta