Aardvark-Vanaheim

**Aardvark-Vanaheim** is a Canadian comic book publisher founded in 1977 by Dave Sim and Deni Loubert and is best known for publishing Sim's *Cerebus* and other titles by Sim.

In the early 1980s, under Loubert's leadership, Aardvark-Vanaheim published titles by other creators, sometimes crossing over with *Cerebus*. Following Dave and Deni's separation, Deni formed Renegade Press, with all non-Sim titles still published by Aardvark-Vanaheim moving to the new imprint. Since the completion of *Cerebus*, Aardvark-Vanaheim has published other works by Sim, including *glamourpuss*.

A-V's offices are located in Kitchener, Ontario.

## Titles

### Cerebus

* *Cerebus* (1977 - 2004)
	+ *Swords of Cerebus* (1981 - 1984)
		- *Swords of Cerebus Supplement to Volume Six* (1984)
	+ *Cerebus* phonebooks
	+ *Cerebus Bi-weekly* (1988 - 1989)
	+ *Cerebus: High Society* (1990 - 1991)
	+ *Cerebus: Church & State* (1991 - 1992)
	+ *Free Cerebus* (1992)
	+ *Cerebus No. 0* (1993)
	+ *Cerebus World Tour Book 1995* (1995)
	+ *Cerebus: Guys Party Pack* (1996)
	+ *Cerebus: High Society - The Digital Audio/Video Experience* (2013) - with IDW Publishing
	+ *Cerebus Archive* - portfolio series (2014 - )
	+ *Cerebus Cover Art Treasury* (2016) - with IDW Publishing
	+ *Cerebus: Remastered & Expanded* (2020 - ) - with The Waverly Press

* *The Animated Cerebus* (1983)
* *AV in 3D* (1984)
* *Cerebus Jam* (1985)
* *Cerebus in Hell?* (2017 - )
	+ *Swords of Cerebus in Hell?* (2021 - )
* *The Cerebus High Society Notebook* (2020) - with The Waverly Press
* *The Secret History of the Counterfeit Cerebus No. 1* (2020) - with The Waverly Press
* *Pieces of Turtles 8* (2022)
* *The Last Day Widescreen Remarque Auction Catalogue No. 1* (2023)

* *Cerebus the Newsletter*
* *Cerebus Guide to Self Publishing* (1997)
* *Cerebus Archive* - comic book series (2009 - 2011)
* *Following Cerebus* - with Win-Mill Productions

### Other Titles by Sim

* *glamourpuss*
* *Judenhass*
* *Collected Letters 2004*
* *Collected Letters Volume 2*
* *The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, Volume One*
* *The Strange Death of Alex Raymond 2023*

### Non-Sim Titles

Following Dave Sim and Deni Loubert's split, Loubert set up Renegade Press, which took over publication of most non-Sim material from Aardvark-Vanaheim. Of those titles that went with Renegade, most had a period of joint publication before moving solely to Renegade.

* *Star Wars - A Collection of Ten Prints by Gene Day* (1977)
* *Journey* by William Messner-Loebs (1983–1984), No. 1 – No. 14; moved to Fantagraphics with No. 15
* *Flaming Carrot Comics* by Bob Burden (1984–1985), No. 1 – No. 4; No. 5 & 6 jointly published; moved to Renegade Press with No. 7; moved to Dark Horse Comics with No. 18
* *normalman* by Jim Valentino (1984–1985), No. 1 – No. 7; No. 8 jointly published; moved to Renegade Press with No. 9
* *Neil the Horse* by Arn Saba (1983–1984), No. 1 – No. 10; moved to Renegade Press with No. 11
* *Ms. Tree* by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty (1984–1985), No. 1 - No. 9 from Eclipse Comics; No. 10 – No. 15 from Aardvark-Vanaheim; No. 16 - No. 18 jointly published; moved to Renegade Press with No. 19
	+ *The Files of Ms. Tree Volume One* (1984), reprints earlier Eclipse material, plus a new story; same format as *Swords of Cerebus*; moved to Renegade Press with Volume Two
* *The Puma Blues* by Stephen Murphy and Michael Zulli (1986–1988), No. 1 – No. 17; as "Aardvark One International"; moved to self-publishing with No. 18; moved to Mirage Studios with No. 20
* *Strange Brew* by Michael T. Gilbert (1982), one-shot