{"id":22906,"date":"2026-10-02T17:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=22906"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:44:38","slug":"black-hole-charles-burns-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/black-hole-charles-burns-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Hole \u2013 Charles Burns (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a dark and unsettling graphic novel set among teenagers in 1970s Seattle. A mysterious sexually transmitted disease called \u201cthe Bug\u201d causes strange physical mutations, leaving those infected increasingly isolated from the rest of society. The story follows several teenagers as they deal with their changing bodies, sexuality, desire and loneliness. I really liked the stark black-and-white drawings, with their precise lines and textures that reminded me of linocut. The story itself, however, is very gloomy and disturbing. Interesting and beautifully drawn, but definitely not a very cheerful read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI felt like I was looking into the future&#8230; and the future looked really messed up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4527.jpeg?resize=733%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22915\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4527.jpeg?resize=733%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4527.jpeg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4527.jpeg?resize=768%2C1073&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4527.jpeg?resize=1099%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1099w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4527.jpeg?w=1206&amp;ssl=1 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a dark and unsettling graphic novel set among teenagers in 1970s Seattle. A mysterious sexually transmitted disease called \u201cthe Bug\u201d causes strange physical mutations, leaving those infected increasingly isolated from the rest of society. The story follows several teenagers as they deal with their changing bodies, sexuality, desire and loneliness. I really liked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[290],"tags":[20,71,208],"class_list":["post-22906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graphic-stories-2026","tag-adolescence","tag-horror","tag-illness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/varun-yadav-Qg43VRKdmJI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1706%2C2560&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22916,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22906\/revisions\/22916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}