<b>From the creator of <i>Black Hole</i>: the first volume of an epic masterpiece of graphic fiction in brilliant color. </b><br><b>&#160;</b><br>Doug is having a strange night. A weird buzzing noise on the other side of the wall has woken him up, and there, across the room, next to a huge hole torn out of the bricks, sits his beloved cat, Inky. Who died years ago. But who&rsquo;s nonetheless slinking out through the hole, beckoning Doug to follow. <br>&#160;<br>What&rsquo;s going on? <br>&#160;<br>To say any more would spoil the freaky, Burnsian fun, especially because <i>X&rsquo;ed Out</i>, unlike <i>Black Hole</i>, has not been previously serialized, and every unnervingly meticulous panel will be more tantalizing than the last . . . <br>&#160;<br>Drawing inspiration from such diverse influences as Hergé and William Burroughs, Charles Burns has given us a dazzling spectral fever-dream&mdash;and a comic-book masterpiece.