September 13, 2023 · 52 min

Body horror meets the teen melodrama of pulp romance comics in Charles Burns' BLACK HOLE, in which a mysterious body-mutating STD affecting only teenagers surfaces in the 1970s.

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closing song "Teen Dream" by Marty Topps featuring Jackie Pirico:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc_6jABQ0bE

https://martytopps.bandcamp.com/track/teen-dream