Black Hole is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns and published by Kitchen Sink Press , then Fantagraphics . It was released in the year 2005 by Pantheon Books . The story deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease which causes grotesque mutations in teenagers. Burns has said that the mutations can be read as a metaphor for adolescence, sexual awakening and the transition into adulthood. ^[1] Read more “Black Hole (comics)”