Soon after infected teens start disappearing and everything hints to murder… Keith and Eliza – after staying away from having sex even though their attraction towards each other – sleep with each other getting Keith infected, too. After Rob runs away from home to find shelter with the other outcasts, he and Chris renew their relationship.

Other infected teenagers from all over town contract “ the bug“ and gather into the woods to build a new community and find a new life. Keith on the other hand meets Eliza, a girl that was also infected by the bug and develops an attraction to her and vice versa. The many different symptoms hereby range from growing a tail to total deformation of the face.Īfter realizing her infection, Chris and Rob stop talking. The “ teen plaque” as it is also referred to causes the infected to develop bizarre physical mutations, which turns them into social outcasts. His advances are rejected by Chris, who later contracts the sexually transmitted disease known as “the bug“ at a party after having sex with another student. The two main protagonists come from different spectrums with Chris being a popular student, while Keith is an anxiety-plagued weed smoker, who also has a crush on her. The story takes place in 1970’s Seattle and follows a group of teenagers with a focus on two of them – Chris and Keith and their stories revolving around a mysterious STD, how the contract it and of how they deal with it.

Get your hands on the first issue, released in 1995, and immerse yourself in Burns’ captivating storytelling. Burns’ art has been widely recognized, appearing in advertising, on the cover of Iggy Pop’s album “Brick by Brick,” and even as a live-action series on MTV with his comic book “Dog Boy.” However, his most acclaimed work remains “Black Hole,” a serialized comic book released between 19 and winner of a Harvey Award (one of the most prestigious awards in the comic book industry, named in honor of writer Harvey Kurtzman). As a Washington-born comic book creator, Burns rose to fame in the industry with his early contributions to the legendary underground comix-zine “RAW” and its publisher Francoise Mouly, working alongside famous cartoonist Art Spiegelman (known for “Maus”).

Discover the groundbreaking comic book series, “Black Hole” by Charles Burns.

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