Tag Archives: Charles Burns

Burns in 1983

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

In 1983, Charles Burns provided this cover for the Seattle Rocket alternative newspaper. With thanks to the New Yorker for digging it up.

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Burns Believers in all their glory

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

If you too thought that the size of Charles Burns’ portraits on the cover of The Believer was shamefully small, despair no longer. The Adam Baumgold Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of the original art for these portraits (along … Continue reading →

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Black Hole, the movie

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

In 2007, Rupert Sanders, award-winning director of advertising shorts and currently working on Snow White And The Huntsman, created a short film based on Charles Burns’ graphic novel, Black Hole.  The film recently got quite some attention after Slashfilm featured … Continue reading →

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News from Griffioen

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

Dutch publisher and purveyor of fine collector’s items, Griffioen Grafiek, just posted their newsletter for the summer, and there’s a lot of goodies to be found for the lovers of fine comic art.  One is a cyclee print of a … Continue reading →

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Real life black hole

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

As if Charles Burns’ characters in Black Hole weren’t horrific enough,  photographer Max Oppenheim and prosthetic artist Bill Turpin decided to bring them to life.  Ugh. (via What The Cool, which has more)

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When giants meet

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

Chip Kidd writes + Charles Burns draws + Chris Ware letters = pure awesomeness in the AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008 collection… (via This Isn’t Happiness)

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Burns for Brooklyn Festival

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Charles Burns created this illustration for this year’s edition of the biannual Brooklyn Comics And Graphics Festival.  I like the realistic Nancy and Tintin ! (via The Beat)

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Crumb and Burns

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Found this portrait of R. Crumb by Charles Burns on Tumblr or something like it, and it immediately reminded me of a post I did a while ago. Crumb and Burns could be more separate stylistically, but still, they are … Continue reading →

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Rats !

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

This drawing by Charles Burns, from the July7, 2008 issue of the New Yorker, sums up the way I feel the world coming at me at times.  It does a good job, actually. (illustration © Charles Burns)

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New Charles Burns portfolio

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

French publisher United Dead Artists presents Permagel, a portfolio of 32 prints on very large format (30 cm by 40 cm – the photo above should give you an idea).  It’s printed in double black (which, I think, means, in … Continue reading →

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