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]