New Releases by Charles Burns

Handlingen i Sort Hull finner sted i en forstad av Seattle på syttitallet. Ungdommene der strever med pubertetsproblem alle vil kunne gjenkjenne: de første erfaringene med rus og med det annet kjønn, og med overgangen til en voksen tilværelse. Ungdommene i Black Hole må forholde seg til et helt spesielt problem, de står i fare for å bli smittet av en veldig hissig sykdom, kalt tenåringspesten eller sjuken. Sykdommen kan forårsake alt fra håravfall eller hårvekst til byller av ymse slag, nye åpninger i kroppen og annen deformering. Hovedpersonen, Keith Pearson, utvikler en ekstra munn i halsgropen, en munn som lever sitt eget liv.

“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…

An early cult classic graphic novel from the author of the acclaimed Black Hole.

by Charles Burns Ten years in the making, Charles Burns'' magnum opus careens towards its inevitably apocalyptic conclusion, with only two issues remaining! This tenth issue is printed with the bleakest and blackest of ink to date: ripe with the stench of infection, the home that Keith''s been sitting all summer is now a safe house for kids with the bug. Meanwhile, his courtship of Chris having turned irrevocably black, Keith''s futility is palpable until he bumps into a (seemingly) well Eliza at the supermarket. And what of those tadpoles growing out of Keith''s ribs? The story of a mysterious plague that strikes mid-70s Seattle, only affecting teenagers. MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg

.html by Charles Burns A shadowy life spews forth from Harvey Award winning Charles Burns'' dark pen once again, filling the page with an angst-ridden story of survival in a self-created civilization. Left alone in the woods to fend for herself, Chris finds hunger overwhelming and the wait for her boyfriend Rob doubly trying. Newly deflowered Keith takes her away from the cold tent and into his house. Everyone wonders why he''s being so nice ... Black Hole is probably the best portrayal of the uncertainty and desire of teenagers ever. b&w, 32pg (9 of 13)

A collection of three horror comic strips describing a man who encounters imaginary beings.

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Many optical processing systems rely critically on the availability of high performance, electrically-addressed spatial light modulators. Ferroelectric liquid crystal over silicon is an attractive spatial light modulator technology because it combines two well matched technologies. Ferroelectric liquid crystal modulating materials exhibit fast switching times with low operating voltages, while very large scale silicon integrated circuits offer high-frequency, low power operation, and versatile functionality. This thesis describes the design and characterisation of the SBS256 - a general purpose 256 x 256 pixel ferroelectric liquid crystal over silicon spatial light modulator that incorporates a static-RAM latch and an exclusive-OR gate at each pixel. The static-RAM latch provides robust data storage under high read-beam intensities, while the exclusive-OR gate permits the liquid crystal layer to be fully and efficiently charge balanced. The SBS256 spatial light modulator operates in a binary mode. However, many applications, including helmet-mounted displays and optoelectronic implementations of artificial neural networks, require devices with some level of grey-scale capability. The 2 kHz frame rate of the device, permits temporal multiplexing to be used as a means of generating discrete grey-scale in real-time. A second integrated circuit design is also presented. This prototype neuraldetector backplane consists of a 4 x 4 array of optical-in, electronic-out processing units. These can sample the temporally multiplexed grey-scale generated by the SBS256. The neurons implement the post-synaptic summing and thresholding function, and can respond to both positive and negative activations - a requirement of many artificial neural network models.

This cutting-edge comic is based upon concepts and characters found on the popular Freak Show album by the Residents available in record shops across the country. Each features story and art based on one of the songs. Included are: Herman and the Human Mole by Richard Sala, Wanda the Worm Woman by John Bolton, Jello Jack by Matt Howarth, Mickey the Mumbling Midget by Savage Pencil, Bouncing Benny the Bump by Pore No Graphics, Lillie by Dave McKean and Tex the Barker by Kyle Baker. This 80-page trade paperback includes both black-and-white and full-color art and features a full-color cover by Charles Burns.

Cartoons tell the story of El Borbah, a bizarre costumed detective who investigates a teenager''s disappearance, a suicide, a secret cult, and a missing girlfriend

An impressionable boy named Tony Delmonte lives in a seemingly typicalAmerican suburb until he sneaks out of his room one night and becomesentangled in a horrific plot involving summer camp murders and backyardburials.