New Releases by Charles Burns

The beloved and award-winning author of BLACK HOLE's haunting and visually arresting story of an artist's obsessions, and the value and cost of pushing the boundaries of creativity As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their friends to star as victims of grisly murders, smearing lipstick on the "bodies" to simulate blood. Now a talented artist and aspiring filmmaker, Brian, along with Jimmy, Jimmy's friend Tina, and Laurie—his reluctant muse—sets off to a remote cabin in the woods with an old 8 millimeter camera to make a true sci-fi horror movie, an homage to Brian's favorite movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But as Brian's affections for Laurie go seemingly unreciprocated, Brian writes and draws himself into a fantasy where she is the girl of his dreams, his damsel in distress, and his savior wrapped into one. Rife with references to classic sci-fi and horror movies and filled with panels of stunning depictions of nature, film and the surreal, Burns blurs the line between Brian's dreams and reality, imagination and perception. A master of the form at his finest, Final Cut is an astonishing look at what it means to truly express oneself through art.

From the imagination of Charles Burns: 80 comic books that never were.

"Unwholesome Love has a strong connection to Charles Burns's fake comic covers, as featured in his recent book Kommix. If you love the mystery of looking at those covers and trying to imagine what you might find inside, you'll find what you're looking for in Unwholesome Love." -- publisher's website.

Tras las obras maestras Agujero negro y Vista final, llega el segundo tomo de Laberintos, la nueva e inquietante trilogía de tintes autobiográficos de Charles Burns.Para Brian y Laurie, respectivamente el joven cineasta atormentado y su nueva musa, ha llegado el momento de empezar a rodar. Toda la troupe acude a grabar las primeras escenas a una cabaña en medio del bosque. Pero apenas transcurren un par de sesiones y las tensiones ya van surgiendo en el seno del pequeño grupo aislado... Aclamada como su particular versión del Retrato del artista adolescente, en su nueva serie Laberintos Charles Burns entrelaza sutilmente el cine y la vida real. El resultado es una novela gráfica que construye su narración en torno a la relación entre el inconsciente y su representación.«Ya es una sana costumbre que Charles Burns obsequie a los aficionados con obras destinadas al recuerdo. [...] Laberintos 2 esconde entre sus páginas una intensidad que conmueve. Más que un cómic es un estado de ánimo. [...] Poético, perturbador, reflexivo, hermoso e inquietante... A todas luces necesario». Antonio Santaliestra, Cuántica Gráfica «Con su grafismo denso pero a la vez limpio, perfeccionista y un tanto frío, Clowes describe una personalidad que se intuye compleja y una serie de escenas cotidianas pero incómodas. [...] Una atmósfera de extrañeza y anormalidad donde el componente onírico juega un papel esencial». Yexus, El Diario Montañés «Esta segunda entrega llega al meridiano de la historia elevando mucho las apuestas. Asusta pensar en el cierre final». Fantastic Mag «Laberintos 2 es mucho más, es ciencia ficción, es terror, es puro pulp. [...] Una edición de gran calidad». Carlos María Porras Castaños, Las cosas que nos hacen felices La prensa extranjera ha dicho: «Justo en las zonas donde chocan los fantasmas contra la realidad, en esos momentos donde la vida de los jóvenes protagonistas –en pleno aprendizaje sobre los sentimientos y la sexualidad– bascula hacia lo irracional, es allí donde nacen las imágenes más sensuales e hipnóticas del libro». Les inrocks (Francia) «Esta descripción de la juventud americana, de sus cuestionamientos identitarios y su metafísica, con el peso que le da al cine y con unas buenas capas de fuerte psicología, vehicula una historia pausada pero siempre misteriosa». ActuaBD (Francia) «Una historia relatada bajo el signo de la angustia y el terror». Die Zukunft (Alemania) «Perturbadora belleza». Wiener Zeitung (Austria) «Aquí hay más tinieblas, y esa es la historia [...] una historia alienante donde nada parece lo que es ni nada es lo que parece. Solo puedes rendirte a la idea de que no lo entenderás todo, ni tampoco nada será racional. No vas a pasar una tarde agradable con Burns». Tzum (Países Bajos) «De manera inteligente, Charles Burns hace equilibrios entre una historia de terror pulp y un drama de amor adulto con múltiples perspectivas y capas. Los dibujos son fantásticos, casi icónicos [...]. Es un misterio cómo terminará todo en la siguiente entrega, pero las oscuras fantasías de Brian no conducen sino a lo peor». De Teken Takel (Países Bajos)

The night was alive with stars that glistened like a thousand suns. It was like a dark canvas freckled with a million droplets of white paint. An endless ocean, an icy wasteland, a river of stars. In Italy, the Russo mansion was fast asleep. Well, almost asleep.

Maître d'un monde fantastique et fascinant, Charles Burns n'a jamais caché sa passion pour les comics des années 50. Inspiré par cette esthétique souvent romanesque, l'auteur de Dédales s'est amusé à créer une collection de couvertures de comics fictifs dans laquelle il intègre des éléments propres à son univers étrange et organique. Dans Caprice, il dévoile une trentaine d'illustrations inédites pensées comme autant de livres potentiels. La force de ses dessins offre ainsi une multitude d'interprétations, et suggère au lecteur d'imaginer l'histoire qui découle de chaque image. On retrouve dans cette série un condensé des thèmes qui parcourent l'ensemble de son œuvre : l'adolescence, la métamorphose, les cauchemars ou encore la sexualité, qui sont ici autant de prétextes à la création d'une imagerie mystérieuse et envoûtante. Publié en exclusivité mondiale, cet ouvrage est le premier numéro de la nouvelle collection Kim.

The adventures of Ham and Eggs continue! In this installment, the two mouse brothers learn the value of a good friend in a time of trouble. From the author of "Ham and Eggs in the Garden," "Ham and Eggs in the Soup" and "Ham and Eggs with Baldo."

Tegneserie - graphic novel. A compilation of twenty-five issues of a secret, handmade sketchbook zine titled Free S**t into a single pocket-sized volume. Features finished drawings, rough sketches, process pieces, and more

The mouse brothers, Ham and Eggs, are back in a new adventure! This time, they make an unusual new friend and learn that it's okay for friends to be a little different. Be sure to catch the brothers in their other quests: Ham and Eggs in the Garden and Ham and Eggs in the Soup!

A true graphic milestone: the epic trilogy that began with X'ed Out, continued in The Hive, and concluded in Sugar Skull—now in one volume. The long strange trip of Doug in all its mind-bending, heartbreaking totality. The fragments of the past collide with the reality of the present, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality, and when you finally find out where all of this has been going, and what it means . . . it will make you go right back to the first page and read it all again with new eyes. Just like Doug. (With full-color illustrations throughout)

"They Must Be Living Somewhere" focuses on the question of our obligations to our fellow man in a narrative framework that combines amusing anecdotes about the vagaries of travel in eastern Europe with serious observations about the Holocaust and its aftermath.

This guide is meant for first-time shoppers as well as those who might want more in-depth guidance on what to look for when choosing the right cut of meat. This is a simple tool that you can easily carry with you into the grocery store, ensuring that you walk out with the best choice you could have made at the meat counter.

Dix-huit effroyables visages dessinés par Charles Burns (Black Hole, Toxic, La Ruche, Calavera...) et Gary Panter et découpés chacun en trois panneaux à assembler méli-mélo pour former jusqu'à 7 000 créatures monstrueuses différentes – du robot au monstre sanguinaire en passant par les insectes mutants – et recréer son propre bestiaire inspiré du sombre univers des deux célèbres artistes. Un livre-objet délirant !

Two small mouse brothers find themselves in the soup when they investigate good smells coming from a forbidden kitchen.

Doug a grandi pour devenir un jeune homme enrobé et mal dans sa peau. Habité par les regrets et les fantômes de son passé, il est toujours à la recherche de Sarah, son amour d'adolescent.

See what happens when two young mouse brothers in search of strawberries venture into a forbidden garden and encounter unexpected difficulties with the vegetables they find there.

The long, strange trip that began in X'ed Out and continued in The Hive reaches its mind-bending, heartbreaking end. Doug is forced to deal with the lie he's been telling himself since the beginning. In this concluding volume, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality... (With full-color illustrations throughout.)

From the creator of Black Hole ("The best graphic novel of the year." —Time; "Burns's masterwork." —The New York Times Book Review), the second part of an epic masterpiece of graphic horror in brilliant, vivid color. Much has happened since we last saw Doug, the Tintin-like hero from X'ed Out. Confessing his past to an unidentified woman, Doug struggles to recall the mysterious incident that left his life shattered, an incident that may have involved his disturbed and now-absent girlfriend, Sarah, and her menacing ex-boyfriend. Doug warily seeks answers in a nightmarish alternate world that is a distorted mirror of our own, where he is a lowly employee that carts supplies around the Hive. The second part of Charles Burns's riveting trilogy, this graphic narrative will delight and surpass the expectations of his fans.