Charles Burns is one of my favorite artists writing now easily. His clean, heavy line work is reminiscent of a bygone era. Like Tin Tin on Ketamine. Although at a glance, his cartoonish drawings may look playful, they instill in me a detached, disassociated vibe which perfectly matches his content. Burns is big on depicting the anxiety, alienation and fear involved in teenage love literally. When a relationship changes for the worse, a lover literally sheds her skin (see Black Hole). Likewise, in X'd Out, the wake up of a failed relationship turns into a drugged out venture through interzone which is straight out of Naked Lunch. It's weird and heady, and if you are beginning to understand what we like here at this blog, it's right up our alley. And if you want to act like you are reading but don't have time for an actual book, this will fit the bill nicely.
*the sequel to this The Hive comes out October 9th
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