Charles Burns

Until 1991, Charles Burns, (b. 27/9/1955, USA) contributed to Raw, drawing strips like 'Dog Boy' and 'Big Baby', as well as short stories like 'The Voice of Walking Flesh' and 'A Marriage made in Hell'. From 1983, he was present in Heavy Metal with 'El Borbah', a series that was later collected in the book 'Hard Boiled Defective Stories' by Pantheon Books in 1988. Burns created 'Big Baby' in 1986. He made the book 'Skin Deep' with Penguin Books in 1992, and produced superhero parodies in the 'Charles Burns Horror Sketchbook', published by Kitchen Sink in 1993. In 1994, he began the series 'Black Hole', which is also published by Kitchen Sink. The final issue (#12) appeared in 2005.