Signed Copy ~~ CHARLES BURNS Black Hole ~ Pantheon 2005 1st/1st HC/DJ VG+

by Charles Burns

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Black Hole is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns and published first by Kitchen Sink Press, then Fantagraphics. It was released in collected form in 2005 by Pantheon Books. The story deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted infection that causes grotesque mutations in teenagers. Burns has said that the mutations can be read as a metaphor for adolescence, sexual awakening and the transition into adulthood.[1] Publication history Black Hole was published as a 12-issue comic book limited series between 1995 and 2005. The first four issues were released by Kitchen Sink Press, before the publisher went out of business. Fantagraphics republished the first four issues and the remaining eight. A compiled hardcover volume was released by Pantheon Books in 2005, without the [interstitial character portraits from the single issues.[2] An early version of Black Hole called "Contagious" exists in the comic anthology Taboo. The story deals with an adolescent infected with a similar mutation. While only four pages long, it has similar themes and visuals.[3] Plot Set in the suburbs of Seattle during the mid-1970s, the story follows a group of teenagers who contract a mysterious sexually transmitted disease referred to as "the Bug", which causes them to develop bizarre unique physical mutations and subsequently become social outcasts, many of them running away from home to live in the nearby woodland. The plot focuses on two central cha

• Year: 2005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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