X'ed Out (Graphic Novel)

X'ed Out (Graphic Novel)
Charles Burns
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NZ$ 39.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 31.99
Hardback
h302 x 227mm - 56pg
7 Oct 2010 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780224090414
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X'ed Out is most easily described as 'Herge meets William S. Burroughs.' We are back in that spectral, surreal terrain that Burns has made his own - only now the seamless weaves of the erotic and horrifying is played out in parallel worlds of adolescent longing and dreamscape set in China.
"A haunting first chapter in what promises to be a spellbinder...Burns' control of the story is masterful...it will leave you begging for the rest of the story." -"Publishers Weekly" "Like an apocalyptic hallucination...the visionary artistry of Burns exists beyond the bounds of time and constraints of conventional narrative." -"Kirkus" starred review "Tantalizing...a gorgeous head trip." -"New York Magazine" "Gorgeously ghoulish... it will leave you hungry for more." -"Philadelphia Inquirer ""Nightmarish but oddly innocent... some of his most visually mesmerizing and handsomely presented work to date." "-Santa Cruz Metro ""A fantastic meta-reality where Burns' spastic yet tightly reined imagination is allowed to feed on itself deliciously." "-AV Club ""Creepily intimate...Burns' best-looking work to date." -"Newsday " "Burns's comics are fluid, smooth and as solidly built as a vintage TV set, but they shudder with the chill of ther
Charles Burns grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. his work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman's Raw magazine in the mid-1980s and took off form there, in an extraordinary range of comics and projects, form Iggy Pop Album covers to the latest ad from Altoids.In 1992 he designed the sets for Mark Morris's restaging of The Nutcraker(renamed The Hard Nut) at the Brooklyn Academy of music. He illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. He was also tapped as the official cover artist for The Believer magazine at its inception in 2003. Burn's most recent book Black Hole, received Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz awards in 2005. Burn's lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780224090414
Published: 7 Oct 2010
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 302mm
Width: 227mm
Pages: 56
Dewey: 741.5

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