capegraphicnovels: Charles Burns. The Hive – sequel to X’ed Out. September. Need we say more? OK, if you insist. If you remember, Doug followed his dead cat Inky into a very odd world. He’s still trapped there, working a cleaning job in the Hive’s stinking hallways, ignoring the screams, and reading romance comics to the breeders. But as the stories unravel on the page, frame by frame, mirrored memories plunge him back into his waking life. And that’s where the real nightmare is. Creepy and perverse, this is an immersive, Burroughs-esque cavort through 70s Seattle hipsterdom: punk bands, Polaroids and Pabst Blue Ribbon.

capegraphicnovels:

Charles Burns. The Hive – sequel to X’ed Out. September. Need we say more?

OK, if you insist. If you remember, Doug followed his dead cat Inky into a very odd world. He’s still trapped there, working a cleaning job in the Hive’s stinking hallways, ignoring the screams, and reading romance comics to the breeders. But as the stories unravel on the page, frame by frame, mirrored memories plunge him back into his waking life. And that’s where the real nightmare is. Creepy and perverse, this is an immersive, Burroughs-esque cavort through 70s Seattle hipsterdom: punk bands, Polaroids and Pabst Blue Ribbon.