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)
- 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