This minicomic is the 2nd part of the Cranium Station DMZ trilogy (see earlier post for a more complete history).
First published by Dada Gumbo in 1984. Unlike Cranium Station DMZ, I don't believe this also had a digest-sized version published as well.
The scanned copy here is from the 2nd ed., published by Starhead in 1992.
The June 2005 1st Danger Room Reprint Ed. had a print run of 5 copies (green covers, yellow guts).
Trivia: The title is a line from Nabokov: "The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." Cover: I'm told I fell down some stairs and was seriously injured when I was a very small child while living my native city of Spokane, Washington. The experience must've burned into my bank of memories I can't remember but still access, since the image of falling down steps is one that keeps showing up in my work. There is another not so subtle secret message embedded in the comic. Page 4, Tony Dow was the actor who played Wally, older brother to Beaver. Page 9, I occasionally use the name "Jubby" for different characters in my comix. I just like the sound of it. Page 11: I had the honor of interviewing J.P. Patches and met Gertrude in 1975. Two great guys who I'm sure influenced my cartooning to a great degree.
