Black Hole

Charles Burns's Black Hole, published by Coconino Press since 2012, is a haunting graphic novel that distills the dread and alienation of adolescence into a surreal plague. Known for his meticulous, crosshatched black-and-white art, Burns crafts a slow-burn horror story where a sexually transmitted mutation transforms teenagers into grotesque, otherworldly beings. This single, self-contained volume stands as a defining work of 21st-century alternative comics, praised for its atmospheric dread and unflinching look at the body and identity.