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{{short description|Canadian independent comic book publisher}}
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| name = Aardvark-Vanaheim
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| foundation = 1977
| founder = [[Dave Sim]], [[Deni Loubert]]
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| defunct = 
| location = [[Kitchener, Ontario]], Canada
| industry = [[Comics]]
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'''Aardvark-Vanaheim''' is a Canadian [[independent comics|independent]] [[comic book publisher]] founded in 1977 by [[Dave Sim]] and [[Deni Loubert]] and is best known for publishing Sim's ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark|Cerebus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=When Jerry Siegel Wrote To Aardvark-Vanaheim Looking For A Publisher For Redd Death And Life-Queen, Zongolla The Ultroid, Doomsday-Y-Y Komics, Space Rock Kid And Ricky Robot|date=August 2, 2012|author=Johnston, Rich|author-link=Rich Johnston|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/08/02/when-jerry-siegel-wrote-to-aardvark-vanaheim-looking-for-a-publisher-for-redd-death-and-life-queen-zongolla-the-ultroid-doomsday-y-y-komics-space-rock-kid-and-ricky-robot/|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]}}</ref>

For a brief time, the company also published other titles, sometimes under the name '''Aardvark One International'''. This was mainly in the early 1980s, and most of these titles moved to Deni Loubert's new company, [[Renegade Press]]. Since the 1980s the majority of titles published by the company were related to ''Cerebus'', although since the final issue of ''Cerebus'' was published, A-V has gone on to publish other works by Sim, including ''[[glamourpuss (comics)|glamourpuss]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Comic News|date=22 November 2019 |url=https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/aardvark-vanaheim-february-2020-solicitations/}}</ref>

In July 1984, Aardvark-Vanaheim was threatened with possible legal action by [[Marvel Comics]] over a parody of Marvel's [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] character in ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark|Cerebus]]''.<ref name=CJ>{{cite journal|journal=[[The Comics Journal]]|author=Heintjes, Tom|author2=Thompson, Kim|issue=91|date=July 1984|title=Marvel Threatens Aardvark-Vanaheim Over Cerebus Wolverine Parody|url=http://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2015/06/newswatch-marvel-threatens-aardvark.html}}</ref>

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

==Titles==
* ''A-V in 3-D'' (1984), #1
* ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark]]'' (1977–2004), #1–300 (also reprint titles ''Swords of Cerebus'', ''Cerebus World Tour Book'', ''Cerebus Number Zero'', and the ''Cerebus'' "phone book" omnibuses).
* ''Cerebus in Hell'' (2017), #1–4
* ''Cerebus Jam'' (1985), #1
* ''[[glamourpuss (comics)|glamourpuss]]'' (2008–2012), #1–26
* ''Cerebus Archive'' (2009–2012), #1–18
* ''[[Journey (comics)|Journey]]'' by [[William Messner-Loebs]] (1983–1984), #1–14 (moved to [[Fantagraphics]])
* ''[[Judenhass (comics)|Judenhass]]'' by Dave Sim (2008), one-shot (nn)
* ''[[Flaming Carrot Comics]]'' by [[Bob Burden]] (1984–1985), #1–5 (moved to Renegade Press)
* ''[[normalman]]'' by [[Jim Valentino]] (1984–1985), #1–8 (moved to Renegade Press)
* ''[[Neil the Horse]]'' by [[Katherine Collins]] (1983–1984), #1–10 (moved to Renegade Press)
* ''[[Ms. Tree (comic book)|Ms. Tree]]'' by [[Max Allan Collins|Max Collins]] and [[Terry Beatty]] (1984–1985), #10–15 (from [[Eclipse Comics]]; moved to Renegade Press)
* ''[[The Puma Blues]]'' by [[Stephen Murphy (comics)|Stephen Murphy]] and [[Michael Zulli]] (1986–1988), #1–17 (as "Aardvark One International"; issues 18–20 self-published, moved to [[Mirage Studios|Mirage]])
* ''Strange Brew'' by [[Michael T. Gilbert]] (1982), one-shot (nn)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/aardvana.htm International Superheroes page on A-V]

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