Kommix (fantagraphics Books)

From the beguiling imagination of Charles Burns: 80 comic books that never were.|Master cartoonist Charles Burns has never hidden his passion for comic books and pop culture from the 1950 and 1960s. Inspired by the romance horror and sci-fi comics of his youth as well as the 1960s American underground the author of|Black Hole|has created a collection of 80 original comic book covers that through his own inimitable aesthetic present an alternate universe of stories that never were but that you will wish existed.|The covers ? some with otherworldly titles in alien letterforms and others that riff on classic genres (|Throbbing Hearts Unwholesome Love|) and eras (|Drug Buddy Huss|) ? each inspire a multitude of interpretations build entire worlds and suggest entire narratives that lie within their non-existent guts. This is Burns at his most playful imaginative and suggestive using the format of the comic book to continue to explore many of the themes that run through all his longer-form work ? adolescence metamorphosis nightmares and sexuality ? and provide a pretext for the creation of some of the most mysterious and bewitching imagery of Burnss incredible career.|Kommix|is like discovering an entire box of comic books you never knew existed.|Full-color illustrations throughout