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Black Hole #7-8
Black Hole: Reine des lézards
Dans l'Amérique triomphante des années soixante, la jeunesse est belle et saine. Saine ? Pas si sûr. Car une maladie étrange frappe depuis quelques temps les adolescents et eux seuls. On l'a surnommé "la crève". Les symptômes ne sont jamais identiques, et toujours imprévisibles : parfois se sont des boutons énormes, parfois des membres en plus, ou bien la chair qui s'ouvre. Certains n'ont pas l'air de l'avoir si l'on n'y regarde pas de près, d'autres moins chanceux deviennent des monstres difformes et repoussants.
Peut-on encore apprendre à aimer et à vivre avec ces corps mutilés, transformés ou putréfiés ? Et d'où vient cette maladie ? Peut–être n'est–ce qu'un mal de vivre. Comme si la jeunesse américaine, belle et fière, réclamait simplement qu'on entende son désespoir...
Charles Burns, graphiste et dessinateur est un des chefs de file du renouveau de la bande dessinée américaine. Black Hole est une vision macabre et volontiers malsaine de l'Amérique. Un monde en putréfaction qui serait proche de l'horreur la plus viscéral s'il n'y avait son humour. Un humour très noir, bien entendu. --Thomas Luntz
- GenresComics
64 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1997
9 people want to read
About the author
Charles Burns
99 books1,111 followersCharles Burns is an American cartoonist and illustrator.
Burns grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. His comic book work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly magazine 'RAW' in the mid-1980s. Nowadays, Burns is best known for the horror/coming of age graphic novel Black Hole, originally serialised in twelve issues between 1995 and 2004. The story was eventually collected in one volume by Pantheon Books and received Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz awards in 2005. His following works X'ed Out (2010), The Hive (2012), Sugar Skull (2014), Last Look (2016) and Last Cut (2024) have also been published by Pantheon Books, although the latter was first released in France as a series of three French comic albums.
As an illustrator, Charles Burns has been involved in a wide range of projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to an ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the sets for Mark Morris's restaging of The Nutcracker (renamed The Hard Nut) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He 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 daughters.
Burns grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. His comic book work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly magazine 'RAW' in the mid-1980s. Nowadays, Burns is best known for the horror/coming of age graphic novel Black Hole, originally serialised in twelve issues between 1995 and 2004. The story was eventually collected in one volume by Pantheon Books and received Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz awards in 2005. His following works X'ed Out (2010), The Hive (2012), Sugar Skull (2014), Last Look (2016) and Last Cut (2024) have also been published by Pantheon Books, although the latter was first released in France as a series of three French comic albums.
As an illustrator, Charles Burns has been involved in a wide range of projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to an ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the sets for Mark Morris's restaging of The Nutcracker (renamed The Hard Nut) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He 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 daughters.
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April 18, 2020
Quoi ?! Mais, Rob... qu'es-ce que se passe ?
December 20, 2018
Loving this series. Clearly heading towards a dark end to a sad and complex tale.
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