{"product_id":"black-hole-9780375714726","title":"Black Hole","description":"A strange plague has descended upon Seattles teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways--from the hideously grotesque to the subtle. \"Black Hole\" explores a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES BURNS grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. His work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eRaw\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in the mid-1980s and took off from there, in an extraordinary range of comics and projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to the latest ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the set for Mark Morris's delightful restaging of \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker \u003c\/i\u003e(renamed \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Nut\u003c\/i\u003e) at BAM. He's illustrated covers for \u003ci\u003eTime, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003e He was also tapped as the official cover artist for \u003ci\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/i\u003emagazine at its inception in 2003. Burns lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614716989714,"sku":"9780375714726","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5005761a-529b-49d4-95ea-dffad073170f.jpg?v=1732458122","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-hole-9780375714726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}