And you thought your adolescence was scary. Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) - but once you've got it, that's it. There's no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters - some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it - what unfolds isn't the expected battle ...
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And you thought your adolescence was scary. Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) - but once you've got it, that's it. There's no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters - some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it - what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness of it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high-school alienation itself - the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. And then the murders start. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying (and, believe it or not, autobiographical), Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it - back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie any more, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. To say nothing of sprouting horns and moulting your skin . . .
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New in new dust jacket. Terror existencialista em preto e branco. Vencedor do Eisner Award de Melhor Álbum de 2006 e de nada menos que nove Harvey Awards e outros dois Ignatz Awards, além do prêmio Les Essentiels d'Angoulême (2007), Black Hole é a mais importante graphic novel de Charles Burns. Publicada de forma seriada durante uma década, foi reunida em 2005 para aclamação mundial e reforçou o lugar do artista como o mestre dos quadrinhos independentes de horror. Agora, orgulhosamente inaugura a publicação de clássicos dos quadrinhos pela DarkSide Graphic Novel. Black Hole se passa nos arredores de Seattle, extremo noroeste dos Estados Unidos, em meados da década de 1970, quando uma praga inominável e traiçoeira se alastra entre os adolescentes locais através do contato sexual e parece não poupar ninguém. Ela se manifesta de maneira diferente em cada um dos infectados — enquanto alguns apresentam apenas manchas na pele, algo sutil e fácil de ocultar, outros se transformam em grotescas aberrações, vagas lembranças do que foram um dia. E uma vez que você foi contaminado, não há mais volta. Para estes seres monstruosos, não há alternativa além do auto-exílio em acampamentos precários, na floresta que circunda a região. Conforme vamos nos familiarizando com os diversos protagonistas da história — garotos e garotas que foram infectados, outros que não foram e aqueles que estão prestes a ser —, o clima de horror, delírio e insanidade toma conta dos adolescentes. Black Hole apresenta um retrato soberbo e inquietante da alienação dos tempos colegiais, repleto de selvageria e crueldade e hormônios à flor da pele, que dialogam com a angústia, o tédio e as necessidades mais profundas de nossa própria aceitação que dominam essa época da vida. Hipnótico e aterrador, a graphic novel que consagrou Charles Burns transcende seu gênero ao explorar com habilidade um momento cultural específico americano, quando não era mais bacana ser hippie, e David Bowie ainda era um pouco estranho p[...]
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Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Pantheon Graphic Novels. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!
This must read graphic novel is more than just the unique artwork style of Charles Burns but it is also an engrossing, cautionary tale paralleling the 1970's. It collects the 12-issue comic book series and is quite a thick tome.
