Charles Burns
1) Black hole
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Language
English
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Description
Seattle teenagers of the 1970s are suddenly faced with a devastating, disfiguring, and incurable plague that spreads only through sexual contact.
2) X'ed out
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Doug is in bad shape. All the drugs in the world won't shut out the images that haunt his fevered dreams-- fetal pigs, razor blades, black cats, open wounds-- and eggs. Let's not forget the eggs"--P. [4] of cover.
4) The hive
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Confessing his past to an unidentified woman, Doug struggles to recall the mysterious incident that left his life shattered, an incident that may have involved his disturbed and now-absent girlfriend, Sarah, and her menacing ex-boyfriend.
5) Sugar skull
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The long, strange trip that began in X'ed Out and continued in The Hive reaches its mind-bending, heartbreaking end, but not before Doug is forced to deal with the lie he's been telling himself since the beginning. In this concluding volume, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality" --
6) FS
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
© 2019.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring finished drawings, rough sketches, process pieces, and more, the book is a window into the artist's id, as well as a revealing behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of his grotesque and engrossing characters and motifs."--Publisher's website.
7) Last look
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Doug, who as we meet him drifts in and out of reality and a hallucinatory fever dream that recalls the cleanly delineated world of Hergé combined with the horrific visions of William Burroughs and David Lynch. As the story opens he is recovering from a devastating trauma and trying to piece together how it happened. It is also the story of Doug's memory of his infatuation with Sarah, a brilliant but troubled art student who seems...
