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  <title><![CDATA[Big Baby]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;Graphic novel pulp noir from the creator of &lt;I&gt;Black Hole&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;From the creator of the 2005 hit graphic novel &lt;I&gt;Black Hole&lt;/I&gt; comes this new softcover of 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 entagled 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.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1985</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Charles Burns]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not <em>Black Hole</em>, but very little is up to that standard. It is, however, pretty clearly autobiographical, an idea that it's nice to have confirmed by the back matter, in which Burns explicitly says the book comes straight from his own formative experiences: weirdness in the middle of suburbia, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24599720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[And then there’s this pretty little bit of strange from Mr. Burns, a smattering of short bizarro stories that are, I suppose, to Burn’s childhood what <em>Black Hole</em> is to his teenage years. Not as revelatory as the above work, but eh it really isn’t supposed to be. These two really have me revved...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55932656">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome! Captures what I like to call that &quot;creepy-cozy&quot; childhood nostalgia. I particularly loved the story Blood Club in which Big Baby goes off to summer camp. Of course, I love the artwork too. The rocket ship made from a cardboard toilet paper roll on the cover is pure genius and a tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48688654">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not on the level of Black Hole, but still an interesting early work from Charles Burns.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun and quirky, but not necessarily lacking in emotional depth.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is something seriously wrong with Mr. Burns...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The EC horror comics influence on Burns is most evident in this collection of early &quot;Big Baby&quot; comix that were first published in Raw in the 1980s. Great stuff, creepy &amp; funny &amp; drawn with that beautiful bold black line that reaches out from the page and grabs you by the throat. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Much better than 'black hole'. I really like the main character and the insano bizarre adventures in a 50's leave it to beaver type world. Amazing black and white art. Real attention to dramatic value in b and w. ]]></body>
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