Issue Details

Issue	#79
Published	October 1985
Cover Price	2.00 CAD; 1.70 USD
Pages	28
Editing	Dave Sim

Cover Details - "Cerebus stuck in a wall"

Characters	Cerebus
Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim; Gerhard
Colors	Dave Sim; Gerhard

1 page Note From the President foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "After a great deal of discussion with Karen..."

Synopsis	Dave talks about discontinuing the fan club and an idea that Alan Moore had for a Cerebus story.
Script	Dave Sim
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside front cover. Also includes indicia. Circulation 25,500. Copyright noted as "All contents (C) 1985 Dave Sim".

20 page Cerebus story "Spinning Straw into Gold"

Characters	Lord Stormsend; Bear; Lord Julius; Leonardi; Cerebus
Synopsis	Stormsend tries to give Cerebus advice. Cerebus has a cold and gets stuck in a wall.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Inks	Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Letters	Dave Sim
Reprinted	in Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1986 series) #3 [Church & State Volume 1]

1 page Cerebus advertisement "Most Holy wants you to buy hundreds of Cerebus T-shirts..."

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Ad for Cerebus t-shirts and cloisonne pins from Graphitti.
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim; Typeset

3 page Aardvark Comment letters page "Aardvark Comment"

Characters	Dave Sim; Gerhard; Connie
Synopsis	Letters of comment from readers, plus pictures of Dave Sim, Gerhard and Connie.
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Conrad P. Felber (photo); Connie (photo)
Inks	Conrad P. Felber (photo); Connie (photo)
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Friends of Cerebus Fan Club "

Synopsis	Ad for Friends of Cerebus Fan Club (with a black bar through it reading "Discontinued"), Original Artwork for sale and back issues.
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page illustration "photo of Gerhard"

Characters	Gerhard
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Colors	? (photo)
Notes	On back cover of comic.