5/29/2023 0 Comments Charles burns black hole tome 1![]() ![]() It is less sophisticated than that earlier tome, but then again this is the first volume, so it may be too early to understand where this is going. Published as it was in French only at the time of this writing, I’m pretty sure this book will have its English edition pretty soon, and from that, a larger readership across the globe. Truth be said, if someone presented this book as being created before Last Look, I would believe it. ![]() It is also, even if to lesser extent in terms of power and subtlety, about comics-creation itself. After the masterpiece of body horror meets teen angst that was Black Hole and the masterful genre-crushing disguised as weird ligne claire homage Last Look trilogy, the author puts out the first volume of a purported new series focusing, once again, on a young slacker loser and his awkward love interest, a more mature young woman, and references galore to Americana, B movies, and its crossing with science fiction, horror and kaiju. Charles Burns seems to be returning to his roots, by treading known ground. ![]()
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