Friday 26 August 2011

X-ed Out/ Charles Burns





Charles Burns' book 'X-ed Out' retains some of his previous work’s themes (as in the brilliant ‘Black Hole’) – disaffected teens, drug use – but Burns also draws from two distinct and diverse sources, namely Tintin creator Hergé and William Burroughs’ The Naked Lunch. 
 
I love the hallucinogenic feel to the imagery...

(published 2010, by Fantagraphics) 








The original 'Tintin' cover

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