Table Sketches While I am a big fan of Charles Burns, his art loses some of its effectiveness in the absence of a storyline. Sure, there are the usual deformed creatures, but gone are the themes of lost innocence and childhood confusion over sex and parental morals that add to the creepiness of his illustrations. The drawings are enjoyable, but for the most part they appear to have been quickly sketched on napkins while awaiting dinner in a dark restaurant. This is for diehard fans only.