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b. 1955 · Comics debut 1981

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🏆 Best Writer/Artist (2025)🏆 Bester Künstler - North America - Best Artwork (2020)🏆 Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist (2008)🏆 Best Inker (2006)🏆 Best Inker (2005)🏆 Best Cover Artist (2004)🏆 Best Inker (2004)🏆 Best Inker (2002)+3 more
Known forBlack Hole
Issues credited93
Active1982–2025
Primary rolecover pencils
Raw One-Shot #5
Raw One-Shot #5 (1986)

Charles Burns is a comic book creator credited as artist, colorist, inker, letterer and writer on 93 issues in our catalog, including Black Hole, Agujero Negro, Big Baby, active 1983–2025.

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Hard-Boiled Defective Stories #[nn] (1988)

Known for

Raw One-Shot #5
Raw One-Shot #5
Hard-Boiled Defective Stories #[nn]
Hard-Boiled Defective Stories #[nn]
Blab! #3
Blab! #3
Curse of the Molemen #1
Curse of the Molemen #1
Blood Club #[nn]
Blood Club #[nn]
Skin Deep #[nn]
Skin Deep #[nn]

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Full bibliography · 58 series

Black Hole (1995) · 25
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Agujero Negro (1999) · 9
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Pox (1984) · 7
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Big Baby (1995) · 5
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Skin Deep (1992) · 3
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El Borbah (1999) · 3
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Dédales (2019) · 3
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Daedalus (2020) · 3
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Crack (1983) · 2
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Blood Club (1992) · 2
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Freaks' Amour (1992) · 2
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Zwart gat (2009) · 2
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X (2010) · 2
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Toxic (2010) · 2
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Final Cut (2024) · 2
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Raw (1980) · 1
#4
El Víbora (1979) · 1
#41
Dope Comix (1978) · 1
#5
Raw One-Shot (1982) · 1
#5
Schwermetall präsentiert (1986) · 1
#3
Death Rattle (1985) · 1
#10
Escape (1986) · 1
#13
Hard-Boiled Defective Stories (1988) · 1
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Blab! (1988) · 1
#3
Curse of the Molemen (1991) · 1
#1
Pehmeä pyramidi (1990) · 1
#2
Buzz (1990) · 1
#3
Freak Show (1992) · 1
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The Comics Journal (1977) · 1
#148
Madman Adventures (1993) · 1
#1
Real Stuff (1990) · 1
#11
Zero Zero (1995) · 1
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Dung Boys (1996) · 1
#1
Self-Loathing Comics (1995) · 1
#2
Expo 2000 (2000) · 1
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Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (2001) · 1
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Strapazin (1984) · 1
#66
Fleur de Peau (2005) · 1
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Musta aukko (2007) · 1
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Sort hull (2007) · 1
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Color Me or Die!! (2009) · 1
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X'ed Out (2010) · 1
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De korf (2012) · 1
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The Hive (2012) · 1
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Die Kolonie (2012) · 1
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A Tribute to Robert Crumb (2013) · 1
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Sugar Skull (2014) · 1
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Suikerschedel (2014) · 1
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Zuckerschädel (2015) · 1
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Love Nest (2016) · 1
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Vortex (2016) · 1
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Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Charles Burns' Black Hole (2017) · 1
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FS [Free S**t] (2019) · 1
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Daidalos (2020) · 1
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Kommix (2024) · 1
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Funestes amours (2025) · 1
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Achter de kawat (2010) · 1
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Métal Hurlant (1975) · 1
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