New Details on the Fight Club Comic Book Sequel
When news of a Fight Club sequel first emerged almost exactly one year ago, it was surprising to hear that the story would not take the form of a novel, but in a proposed comic book series. Of course, most fans are familiar with Fight Club, the film, and not the novel, as some changes were made to better adapt the novel into the Brad Pitt and Edward Norton film (notably the switch from using an unnamed protagonist to identifying him as "Jack"). Last November, a few more details on the comic book series were revealed, including the ten-year time jump between Fight Club and its sequel, how "Jack" and Marla have fared since the end of the original story, their nine-year-old son, and the re-emergence of Tyler Durden from within "Jack's" psyche.
In a recent interview with USA Today, Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk shared some more information on the upcoming series, including hinting that Tyler is more than just an internal psychological being within "Jack's" psyche, the trouble both "Jack" and Marla have within their relationship, and one of the series' major themes involving father-son dynamics from the father's perspective. You can read more about those details here, but be sure to check out the first official artwork from the Fight Club sequel below from illustrator Cameron Stewart.
More plot details on the Fight Club sequel revealed
Over the summer, Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk announced his intentions to write a sequel to the novel/film of the same name... as a graphic novel. The details involved Tyler Durden resurfacing from out of Jack's subconscious as Jack and Marla's doldrums from their stale marriage begin to grow larger. Recently, Palahniuk spoke with Hustler about some more specifics about the plot itself:
The sequel will be told from the-- at first-- submerged perspective of Tyler Durden as he observes the day-to-day tedium of the narrator's life. Because 20th Century-Fox created the convention of calling the protagonist Jack, I'm calling him Cornelius. He's living a compromised life with a failing marriage, unsure about his passion for his wife. The typical midlife bullshit. Likewise, Marla is unsatisfied and dreams of accessing the wild man she'd once fallen in love with. She tampers with the small pharmacy of drugs that her husband needs to suppress Tyler, and-- go figure-- Tyler reemerges to terrorize their lives."
As someone who doesn't really like Palahniuk's novels (outside of Survivor, of course), I'm interested to see what he can do with the graphic novel format. Graphic novels have slowly been replacing video games in my heart, and with all of the creative ways modern graphic novel artists/writers have shown the medium is capable of, having someone with Palahniuk's popularity/notoriety trying his hand should be great.
Obviously, fans of the film will want to read more about Jack/Cornelius and Tyler Durden, but I'm not sure how receptive they'll be over the prospects of them being confined to a different style. More importantly, writing comprises only half of the graphic novel, and his choice for an illustrator will carry as much weight as the story itself. Personally, I think somebody like Steve McNiven (Marvel's Civil War) or Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates) would fit the tone the Fight Club film established.
[via The Cult]