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Sweet Dreams is Charles Burns’s dark homage to romance comics—morbide, ironic, and utterly hypnotic.
French
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About the Book
Charles Burns has always been drawn to the sugary drama of mid-century romance comics. In Sweet Dreams, he collects fifty previously unpublished illustrations exploring a recurring motif: the image of a young woman lying in bed, emotionally shattered by love.
Burns does more than echo the 1950s aesthetic—he rewires it. Originally crafted for teenage girls (but mostly drawn by anonymous middle-aged men), these images now become surreal battlegrounds where desire and anxiety clash. The innocent heroine turns spectral, and dreams curdle into nightmares.
A dark, ironic, and visually haunting work that pays tribute to and subverts classic American iconography.
Hardcover, 30.0 x
20.0
cm, 0.676 kg, 104 pages, French
ISBN: 9782360812233
About the Author
Charles Burns (b. 1955) is an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for Black Hole, X’ed Out, and Big Baby. His ink-heavy, psychologically charged works explore themes of identity, sexuality, transformation, and suburban horror.
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Publisher / Manufacturer:
Éditions Cornélius
Country of origin:
France
Website:
https://www.cornelius-boutique.com
Email:
cornelius@cornelius.fr
Address:
Éditions Cornélius
Fabrique Pola
10 Quai de Brazza
33100 Bordeaux
France