Colin Upton's Big Black Thing

Colin Upton’s Big Black Thing is a single-issue black-and-white comic from 1994, published by Starhead Comix. Writer and artist Colin Upton delivers a dense, surreal meditation on urban life and existential dread, blending stark cartooning with a raw, punk-inflected sensibility. It stands as a singular artifact of the 1990s alternative-comics scene, showcasing Upton’s unflinching voice and his ability to find profound strangeness in everyday Vancouver.