Charles Burns (cartoonist)
| Charles Burns | |
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 Charles Burns at the 2009 Comic Strip Festival of Sollies Ville, France, 2009 | |
| Born | September 27, 1955 Washington, D.C., US |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Black Hole |
Charles Burns (born September 27, 1955) is an American cartoonist and illustrator.
His early work was published in a Sub Pop fanzine, and he achieved prominence in the early issues of Harvey Award.
Career
Comics
Charles Burns's earliest works include illustrations for the
Most of Burns's short stories, published in various supports over the decades, were later collected in the three volumes of the "Charles Burns Library" (hardcovers from
Fantagraphics Books): El Borbah (1999),[1] Big Baby (2000), and Skin Deep (2001). (A fourth and last volume, Bad Vibes, has yet to be published, which would have the Library collecting the entirety of his pre-Black Hole comics work. It was later stated that Burns did not feel there was enough material for a complete fourth volume.)[4]
From 1993 to 2004, he serialized the 12 chapters of his
Fantagraphics Books). The series was collected into a single volume in 2005.[5] Black Hole was featured prominently in the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
.
In 2007 Burns contributed material for the French made animated horror anthology Fear(s) of the Dark.
In October 2010, Burns released the first part of a new series, X'ed Out.[4] Part two of the new trilogy, The Hive, was released in October 2012.[6] Sugar Skull, the final installment in the trilogy, was released Fall of 2014.[7] The series was collected into a single volume, Last Look, published by Pantheon in 2016.[8]
Illustration
Burns's high-profile illustrations include album cover work for the
Karin Dreijer Andersson's solo project.[9]
Publications
Comics and graphic novels
- 1988 Hardboiled Defective Stories (Pantheon Books) ISBN 0394754417
- 1991 Curse of the Molemen (Kitchen Sink Press) ISBN 0878161341
- 1992 front cover of The Residents - Freak Show (Dark Horse Comics) ISBN 978-1569710012
- 1995 Black Hole 1 (Kitchen Sink Press) ISBN 978-0878163373
- 1995 Black Hole 2 (Kitchen Sink Press) ISBN 978-1606990308
- 1996 Black Hole 3 (Kitchen Sink Press)
- 1997 Black Hole 4 (Kitchen Sink Press)
- 1998 Black Hole 5 (Fantagraphics Books)
- 1998 Black Hole 6 (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 978-1606990315
- 1999 El Borbah (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 1560973269
- 2000 Big Baby (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 1560973617
- 2000 Black Hole 7 (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 978-1606990322
- 2000 Black Hole 8 (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 978-1606990339
- 2001 Skin Deep: Tales of Doomed Romance (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 1560973900
- 2001 Black Hole 9 (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 978-1606990346
- 2002 Black Hole 10 (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN 978-1606990292
- 2003 Black Hole 11 (Fantagraphics Books)
- 2004 Black Hole 12 (Fantagraphics Books)
- 2005 Black Hole (Pantheon Books) ISBN 978-0375714726; collects Black Hole 1-12
- 2005 Black Hole (Pantheon Books)
- 2010 X'ed Out (Pantheon Books) ISBN 978-0307379139
- 2012 The Hive (Pantheon Books) ISBN 978-0307907882
- 2014 Sugar Skull (Pantheon Books) ISBN 978-0307907905
- 2016 Last Look (Pantheon Books) ISBN 978-0375715174; collects X'ed Out, The Hive and Sugar Skull
- 2016 Last Look (Pantheon Books)
- 2019 Dédales (Cornélius, France) ISBN 978-2360811649
- 2021 Dédales 2 (Cornélius, France) ISBN 978-2360811892
- 2023 Dédales 3 (Cornélius, France) ISBN 978-2360812080
Illustration books
- 1998 Facetasm, Green Candy Press (in collaboration with Gary Panter)
- 2007 One Eye (Pantheon Books) ISBN 978-1897299043
- Permagel, French A3 sized publication in black and white
- Love Nest, Éditions Cornélius, hardcover
- Vortex, Éditions Cornélius, hardcover, full color
- Johnny 23, Le Dernier Cri
Prints
- 1990 Defective Stories (A.P.A.A.R, France)
References
- ^ a b El Borbah / Hard-Boiled Defective Stories at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015.
- ^ "Artist Profile: The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage". Pcah.us. Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ "Charles Burns". Tfaoi.com. 1999-12-05. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b "Charles Burns is "X'ed Out"". Comic Book Resources. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ISBN 9780375423802.
- ^ "The Hive by Charles Burns « Knopf Doubleday - Graphic Novels". Graphic-novels.knopfdoubleday.com. 2012-06-13. Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ "Burns's 'Sugar Skull' debuts first image". Digital Spy. 15 November 2013.
- ^ "Last Look by Charles Burns: 9780375715174 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books".
- ^ Willens, Max (28 September 2009). "Fever Ray Likes Google Image Search, Has No Master Plan". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles Burns.
Sources
- Charles Burns page at Fantagraphics - Books in print from this publisher.
- Brian Heater, "Interview: Charles Burns Pt. 1", The Daily Cross Hatch, (November 10, 2008).
- "I'm Slowly Learning to Draw Every Human Being in the United States," Interview with Hillary Chute, The Believer, January 2008
External links
- Charles Burns at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
- Charles Burns at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Charles Burns at IMDb
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