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Black Hole: A Graphic Novel
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Black Hole: A Graphic Novel Hardcover - 2005

by Charles Burns

From one of the most fiercely admired graphic artists at work today comes a gothic masterpiece of existential fear and loathing, more than a decade in the making and already being hailed as a classic. Set in suburban Seattle in the mid-1970s, it is a horror tale unlike any other.Pantheon Books


From the publisher

Charles Burns grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. Hs work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman’s Raw magazine in the mid-1980s and took off from there, for an extraordinary range of comics and projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to the latest ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the set for Mark Morris’s delightful restaging of The Nutcracker (renamed The Hard Nut) at BAM. He’s illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. He was also tapped as the official cover artist for The Believer magazine at its inception in 2003. Burns lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.

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  • Title Black Hole: A Graphic Novel
  • Author Charles Burns
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-10-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780375423802 / 037542380X
  • Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.44 x 6.92 x 1.5 in (23.98 x 17.58 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005046431
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards

"Smoldering brilliant... What Burns does so memorably here is blend the erotic and the frightening to create a black hole the reader will want to visit again and again."
--The Boston Globe

"The best graphic novel of the year... One of the most stunning graphic novels yet published."
--Time

"Black Hole is Burns's masterwork."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Surreal and unnerving... A remarkable work."
--Chicago Sun-Times



From the Trade Paperback edition.

Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2005, Page 44
  • Entertainment Weekly, 10/28/2005, Page 94
  • Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 107
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2005, Page 765
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2006, Page 88
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/15/2005, Page 48
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/08/2005, Page 218
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2006, Page 252

About the author

CHARLES BURNS grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. His work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman's Raw magazine in the mid-1980s and took off from there, in an extraordinary range of comics and projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to the latest ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the set for Mark Morris's delightful restaging of The Nutcracker (renamed The Hard Nut) at BAM. He's illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. He was also tapped as the official cover artist for The Believer magazine at its inception in 2003. Burns lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.
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