the original fight club novel was amazing. as much as I loved the movie, the book was much better.
anyway, the sequel is now in the form of a graphic novel, 10 part series. written once again by chuck palahniuk (or I wouldn't even given it a chance).
illustrated by cameron stewart.
Now though, there is a crisis of middle age, "where you've made it to a certain extent," he says. "You're still not really happy but for different reasons. Also the idea that if you suppress that wild, creative part of you — that Tyler part of you — do you lose the best part of you? Sure, your life is more stable and safe, but is it a better life?"
Other characters from Fight Club will also return, as well as the beloved basement brawls and the anarchist movement, Project Mayhem, which still has a hold on the narrator. "He tries to go back and reclaim that phase of his life, and is just a pathetic failure," Palahniuk said last year. "He's not that person anymore. But beyond that, it's what the organization has grown into in his absence and what he's pulled back into."
Some imaginary friends never go away.
Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, he lives a mundane life.
A kid, a wife, pills to keep his destiny at bay.
But it won’t last long; the wife has seen to that.
The time has come.
Rize or Die.
"The sequel has been percolating in my mind for years. My only worry is about presenting it in the form of a graphic novel. The medium shapes the messages, and I'll be relearning how to tell stories. My tendency is to hold the entire plot in my mind until I'm afraid of forgetting it. Once I start writing, I can't stop. That feverish, ill-fed, exhausting stint of writing in the only part of the process that I fear."
not exactly sure what to think @ this point, but I'm about to read the first issue tonight. have always been a fan of dark horse & palahnuik as an author. this should be TITS. figured a couple people here might be interested. I'd let you know how it is....
but I probably shouldn't talk about it.
* if this isnt the right forum, my bad & move... I was reading the 'fear & loathing graphic novel' thread & got a little excited :D
