Charles Burns Archives

In a time when major events in graphic novels are fewer and further between, Final Cut is such an event. A new graphic novel by Charles Burns is a big deal, and this is his first since Black Hole, an aching, quiet horror tragedy about teenage love, mental illness, and the limits of movies as an outlet[...]

In 2019, French publisher Cornelius began publishing a new graphic novel series by Black Hole creator Charles Burns called Dédales named after Daedelus, the father of Icarus I think I picked up my copies in Gosh Comics, translated into French Because that's what it was They published a second volume in 2021 and a third volume[...]

"OpenAI's latest image generation model, DALL-E 3, makes it SO easy to create comic books! Here are 4 panels for a fan-made Batman comic made in under 5 minutes." With images that clearly used the work of Mike Allred, Brian Bolland, Kevin Nowlan, Lee Bermejo and Charles Burns to generate the following images from the[...]

But six? Milo Manara, Etienne Davodeau and Charles Burns add their names to the Angoulême Grand Prix nominees withdrawing said nominations in light of no women being on the thirty-strong list of names for this year's long list, They join Daniel Clowes, Riad Sattouf and Joann Sfar in this boycott so far, with others under pressure to follow[...]

This year it was won by Bill Watterson, after Alan Moore declined the honour. Nevertheless, he is nominated again, as well as for the first time, Stan Lee! Christophe Blain Christian Binet Charles Burns Daniel Clowes Nicolas de Crécy Pierre Christin Cosey Étienne Davodeau Edika Emmanuel Guibert Hermann Alejandro Jodorowsky Quino Stan Lee Milo Manara Taiyo Matsumoto Lorenzo Mattotti Alan Moore Katsuhiro Otomo Marjane Satrapi Joann Sfar Bill Sienkiewicz Jiro Taniguchi Richard Corben Jean Van Hamme Chris Ware Favourites are Katsuhiro Otomo, after he[...]

how many have you read? The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir by Roz Chast Saga Deluxe Edition Volume 1 HC by Bryan K Vaughan and Fiona Staples Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan O'Malley Batman: A Visual History by Mattew K Manning The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 2 by Neil[...]

Because the book is stark black and white, Maruca and Rugg actually used the same paper that was used in Charles Burns' Black Hole to make the artwork pop even more And when you have epic, mesmerizing fights happening between Street Angel and time-traveling pirates, you want to make sure you can absorb every awesome[...]

To celebrate the 115th anniversary of the Portguese mineral water, Agua Castello commissioned new look bottles in a very distinctive manner. The distinctive manner of Charles Burns. Not they anyone asked his permission, or paid him, or anything. A feature on the campaign states that it "draws inspiration from the universe of comics." Comments on the company's Facebook page read, Shame[...]

Binet, Christophe Blain, Charles Burns, Pierre Christin, Daniel Clowes, Richard Corben, Bernard Cosey, Étienne Davodeau, Nicolas de Crécy, Edika, Emmanuel Guibert, Hermann, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Manu Larcenet, Milo Manara, Lorenzo Mattotti, Alan Moore, Katsuhiro Otomo, Quino, Marjane Satrapi, Joann Sfar, Jiro Taniguchi, Jean Van Hamme, Chris Ware and Bill Watterson. But the Academy, who normally vote on[...]

Goliath, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) Review copy unavailable. The Hive, by Charles Burns (Pantheon) Charles Burns is back with the sequel to his 2010 graphic novel X'ed Out, as we continue to follow the young performance artist Doug and try to figure out what ever happened between him and Sarah In The Hive we get another[...]

Matt Streets writes for Bleeding Cool; Two years ago, Charles Burns released his excellent graphic novel X'ed Out, designed as the first part of a planned three volume trilogy The second part, The Hive, continues the original story, and solidifies Burns' place as one of the finest cartoonists working today. Charles Burns is sort of the David[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool A different kind of comic con came to Chicago this past weekend as the University of Chicago hosted Comics: Philosophy and Practice, a three-day academic conference that hosted the biggest names in the history of alternative comics and graphic novels. The roster of guests is literally the Who's Who of[...]