
The first four issues were released by Kitchen Sink Press, before the publisher went out of business. Publication history īlack Hole was published as a 12-issue comic book limited series between 19.

Burns has said that the mutations can be read as a metaphor for adolescence, sexual awakening and the transition into adulthood. The story deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease that causes grotesque mutations in teenagers. It was released in collected form in 2005 by Pantheon Books. Black Hole is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns and published first by Kitchen Sink Press, then Fantagraphics.
