Black Hole

I just finished reading Black Hole, a graphic novel by Charles Burns. Whoa! what a book. Creepy as hell, but it almost physically took me back to high school and the confused situations I would find myself in. He is particularly good at describing the perplexing experiences of sex and drugs.

from Black Hole by Charles Burns 

The story is about a strange STD that only affects teenagers, basically turning them into monsters. Full of symbolism. The linocut-style illustrations are masterfully rendered, and with the hundreds of illustrations packed into this huge book, I wondered how many years this project took him, especially since he also wrote the story.