Sugar Skull

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Hardcover
$25.00 US
9.13"W x 11.8"H x 0.54"D  
On sale Sep 16, 2014 | 64 Pages | 9780307907905
Grades 9-12

The long, strange trip that began in X'ed Out and continued in The Hive reaches its mind-bending, heartbreaking end, but not before Doug is forced to deal with the lie he's been telling himself since the beginning. In this concluding volume, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality...

(With full-color illustrations throughout.)


“The coloring is vivid and captivating, and Burns has written a deeply rewarding, albeit heart-wrenching conclusion.” —Patrick Lohier, boingboing.net
© Charles Burns

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 since then he has worked on a wide range of projects including album covers, ad campaigns, and set design. He has illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker, andThe New York Times Sunday Magazine, and is cover artist for The Believer. His full-length graphic novel, Black Hole received Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz awards. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and daughters.

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“The coloring is vivid and captivating, and Burns has written a deeply rewarding, albeit heart-wrenching conclusion.” —Patrick Lohier, boingboing.net

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The long, strange trip that began in X'ed Out and continued in The Hive reaches its mind-bending, heartbreaking end, but not before Doug is forced to deal with the lie he's been telling himself since the beginning. In this concluding volume, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality...

(With full-color illustrations throughout.)


“The coloring is vivid and captivating, and Burns has written a deeply rewarding, albeit heart-wrenching conclusion.” —Patrick Lohier, boingboing.net

Author

© Charles Burns

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 since then he has worked on a wide range of projects including album covers, ad campaigns, and set design. He has illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker, andThe New York Times Sunday Magazine, and is cover artist for The Believer. His full-length graphic novel, Black Hole received Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz awards. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and daughters.

View titles by Charles Burns

Praise

“The coloring is vivid and captivating, and Burns has written a deeply rewarding, albeit heart-wrenching conclusion.” —Patrick Lohier, boingboing.net

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