9781560978008
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Charles Burns
Format Paperback
Dimensions 9.10 (w) x 12.00 (h) x 0.40 (d)
Pages 96
Publisher Fantagraphics Books
Publication Date March 2007
ISBN 9781560978008
Book ISBN 10 1560978007
About Book

An impressionable boy named Tony Delmonte lives in a seemingly typical American suburb until he sneaks out of his room one night and becomes entangled in a horrific plot involving summer camp murders and backyard burials.

From the creator of the 2005 hit graphic novel Black Hole comes this new softcover edition of his other masterpiece of modern horror. Big Baby
is a particularly impressionable young boy named Tony Delmonte, who lives in a seemingly typical American suburb until he sneaks out of his room one night and becomes entangled in a horrific plot involving summer camp murders and backyard burials. Burns' clinical precision as an artist adds a sinister chill to his droll sense of humor, and his affection for 20th-century pulp fiction permeates throughout, creating a brilliant narrative that perfectly captures the unease and fear of adolescence.

Reviews

R. Crumb

“The work of Charles Burns is a vision that's both horrifying and hilariously funny, and which he executes with cold, ruthless clarity...It's almost as if the artist... as if her weren't quite... human!”

Juxtapoz

“At once alluring and grotesque, Burns' imagery has been eagerly embraced by the counterculture, mainstream media, and a recalcitrant art world without ever compromising his strikingly singular aesthetic.”