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A black and white illustration of a group of figures in a city. In the centre, a person with a smooth, featureless white mask and a black vest stands before a figure with a textured, sculptural head.

Charles Burns

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Alex Bec
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Date
6 August 2008

Originally guest posted by Fever Zine

Charles Burns is one of our favourite illustrators. His ongoing cover work for The Believer Magazine (a beautifully printed US literary magazine) are, to put it simply, stunning. Most people know him through the success of his graphic novel Black Hole, which is apparently being developed into a film by Fight Club director David Fincher.

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Alex Bec

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Alex is co-founder of It’s Nice That. Once one of the main contributors to the site, he stepped back from writing as the business expanded. He currently works across It’s Nice That, Creative Lives in Progress and If You Could Jobs.

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