Toxic

A three-issue series from Cornélius, Toxic (2010–2014) is a singular, self-contained work by Charles Burns, who both wrote and drew the entire run. It presents his signature blend of crisp, unsettling linework and a narrative steeped in adolescent dread and surreal transformation, following a young man's disturbing encounter with a mysterious toxic substance. Burns distills his long-running fascination with body horror and the anxieties of youth into a concise, potent story, making it a key entry in his celebrated, idiosyncratic body of work.