Black Hole | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Kitchen Sink Press/Fantagraphics |
Format | Limited series |
Publication date | 1995–2005 |
No. of issues | 12 |
Creative team | |
Written by | Charles Burns |
Artist(s) | Charles Burns |
Collected editions | |
Paperback | ISBN 978-0-375-71472-6 |
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 disease 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]