So thick is the blackness that the book gives off a strong odour of printer's ink, a sour smell, faintly reminiscent of undried glossy paint.īecause of the graphic form, descriptive words or narrative passages are few, so the drawings are our principal route into understanding the characters and following their stories. The book is in black and white throughout, the blacks deeply, heavily inked, the whites barely relieved by tiny patches of shading. The glum, dysfunctional mood is enhanced by Burns's drawing style.
The gloominess of this subject is unleavened with humour - we are long beyond the point where we expect a comic to be funny, but the occasional flash of wit or amusing juxtaposition would have brought a welcome spot of relief. The period is pre-HIV/Aids, but connections to the metaphors are there: the alienation from the world of parents, the sense of being a perpetual outsider, and the people to whom you feel closest threatening you with hidden dangers. Each victim reacts differently, but they all suffer psychic scars. It is this disease which gives the story its fantastic quality, as the grotesque symptoms involve unexplained open wounds, the regular moulting of skin, the growing of animal tails, and so on. They have sex, experiment with drugs, go skinny-dipping, run away from home and, above all, become afflicted with a sexually transmitted disease which seems confined to their small social group.
A number of middle-American teenagers hang out in the woods. The story is of disaffected adolescents in the suburbs of Seattle during the mid-1970s. Its serious intent is not in doubt but what about the execution?
It was originally published serially as a comic, and 10 years of labour went into its making. Item Location New York, United States Ships To United States, Australia, Canada, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Moldova, Republic of, Monaco, Montserrat, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadin, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St.Black Hole is presented as a supposedly autobiographical novel.
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