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“The best graphic novel of the year” (Time) tells the story of a strange plague devastating the lives of teenagers in mid-1970s suburban Seattle, revealing the horrifying nature of high school alienation—the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety, and the ennui.
We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways—from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable)—but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back.
As we inhabit the heads of several key characters—some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who are about to get it—what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it , or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself.
And then the murders start.
As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it—back when it wasn’t exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird.
To say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin…
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“The best graphic novel of the year” (Time) tells the story of a strange plague devastating the lives of teenagers in mid-1970s suburban Seattle, revealing the horrifying nature of high school alienation. In the second part of an epic masterpiece of graphic horror, our hero, Doug must seeks answers in a nightmarish alternate world that is a distorted mirror of our own. The first volume of an epic masterpiece of graphic fiction in brilliant color from the author of Black Hole: a freaky spectral-fever dream, drawing inspiration from such diverse influences as Hergé and William Burroughs. 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. Now in one volume—Charles Burns’s epic graphic trilogy. The long strange trip of Doug in all its mind-bending, heartbreaking totality.
Publisher : Pantheon; Reprint edition (January 8, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 0375714723
ISBN-13 : 978-0375714726
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 6.61 x 1.34 x 9.23 inches
Customers say
Customers praise the graphic novel’s clean-lined drawings and find it an engrossing, fun read with a cool concept. The artwork is dark, and one customer describes it as a fascinating work of sequential art. The story receives mixed reactions, with some finding it great while others are disappointed with the climax. The comic content includes copious amounts of explicit nudity, and while some find the characters engaging, others note they lack personality.
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