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CHARLES BURNS
The Complete Charles Burns Cartoon
Library, Volume 1 |
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EL
BORBAH |
| by Charles Burns |
Hardcover: 96 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560973269 |
$24.95
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Fledgling
young genius collected in a fine volume
The first in a series of
collections of Charles Burns' early work has some beautifully drawn and
hilarous stories. Weirdly archetypal subject matter accentuated and subverted
by a dark ironic humor, the work has more to do with the distortions of
pop icons and B-pulp fare that our memory and personality inflict on it
than the source material from which El Borbah draws its inspiration. Highly
recommended. |
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Viva El Borbah!
Years before bands such
as Southern Culture on the Skids and Los Straightjackets began to pay homage
to masked Mexican wrestlers, Burns gave us El Borbah. The mask wearing
Private Dick chain smokes, swills beer and gets into fist fights with just
about everyone. Bizarre and beautiful. For those who love B-Grade Sci-Fi,
Mexican wrestlers and Film Noir, this is a must have. |
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CHARLES BURNS
The Complete Charles Burns Cartoon
Library, Volume 2 |
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BIG
BABY |
| by Charles Burns |
Hardcover: 96 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560973617 |
$24.95
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| BIG BABY is
the second volume in a Fantagraphics series reprinting all of Charles Burns'
work. |
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| Graphic storyteller
Charles Burns hits his artistic and narrative stride in the three immaculately
rendered black and white comics stories reprinted in this beautifully bound,
library-quality volume from Fantagraphics. Originally serialized in alternative
weekly newpapers in the '80s, CURSE OF THE MOLE MEN, TEEN PLAGUE, and BLOOD
CLUB portray the suburbs of "Leave It to Beaver", seen through the eyes
of child who can't turn away the violence and seething sexuality behind
the facade. Burns is possibly the finest draftsman to come out the 80s
comics underground, and integrates a Bauhaus design sense with a flair
for Fifties EC horror. Highly recommended for fans of EIGHTBALL, Psychotronic
films, and anyone who grew up in Fifties or early Sixties suburbia. |
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SKIN
DEEP
Tales of Doomed Romance |
| by Charles Burns |
Hardcover: 88 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560973900 |
$24.95
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| Skin Deep includes
Burns' popular character, Dog Boy, a red-blooded All-American boy with
the transplanted heart of a dog, which was turned into a live action segment
on MTV's Liquid Television series; new covers and endpapers; as well as
several pages of new illustrations from his sketchbooks, as well as covers
and other drawings from foreign editions of his work. |
"The work of
Charles Burns is a vision that's both horrifying and hilariously funny,
and which he executes with cold, ruthless clarity... It's almost as if
the artist... as if he weren't quite..... human!"
-- R. Crumb
Charles Burns is the Harvey
Award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose work became legendary in
Art Spiegelman's Raw magazine. Skin Deep is the third (following El Borbah
and Big Baby, also available through Seven Hills) of a hardcover series
of four volumes reprinting his acclaimed oeuvre up to his current project,
the ongoing Black Hole comic book series.
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Dimensions (in inches): 0.59 x 12.52 x 8.92
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