I really liked the first two books for their disturbing, trippy and utterly weird story which was really imaginative and compelling but the ending was a disappointing let-down.

Book 1

Charles Burns is an acquired taste and not everyone is going to find his work acceptable but I tend to view it with humour - I'm hoping that someone would not get offended by 'Last Look' but it's difficult to tell - I found it brilliant and also similar to 'Lost Highway', albeit in comic form.

The long strange trip of Doug in all its mind-bending, heartbreaking totality.

About Last Look. For that finale Ill drop the trilogy rating to a three-star average but its still worth checking out if youre an indie comics fan, … Last Look Trilogy by Charles Burns 3 primary works • 4 total works A true graphic milestone: the epic trilogy that began with X'ed Out, continued in The Hive, and concluded in Sugar Skull, collected on the Last Look book.

The fragments of the past collide with the reality of the present, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality, and when you finally find out where all … Last Look is the collected edition of Charles Burns Xed Out Trilogy comprising Xed Out, The Hive, and Sugar Skull.

A true graphic milestone: the epic trilogy that began with X’ed Out, continued in The Hive, and concluded in Sugar Skull—now in one volume.