I have felt that Charles Burns is one of our greatest living geniuses ever since I first came across his comics over 20 years ago. This is someone who *actually understands* what is going on.  If you haven’t read his masterpiece Black Hole then I’d recommend doing so as soon as possible.

There’s a retrospective to mark his work at the Comics Museum in Leuven, and here is a rare interview in which he talks about some of his work and influences.

http://www.paulgravett.com/index.php/articles/article/charles_burns2/

http://www.beeldbeeld.be/burns/galerie.php?l=nl