Well, this is a bit surprising. Apparently announced at San Diego Comic Con but largely slipping through the cracks of general reports, it appears that Chuck Palahniuk announced he was writing a graphic novel sequel to “Fight Club.” Here’s what Chuck had to say about, via his fan site:
About the graphic novel, it’s true. Chelsea Cain has been introducing me to artists and creators from Marvel, DC and Dark Horse, and they’re walking me through the process. It will likely be a series of books that update the story ten years after the seeming end of Tyler Durden. Nowadays, Tyler is telling the story, lurking inside Jack, and ready to launch a come-back. Jack is oblivious. Marla is bored. Their marriage has run aground on the rocky coastline of middle-aged suburban boredom. It’s only when their little boy disappears, kidnapped by Tyler, that Jack is dragged back into the world of Mayhem.
It will, of course, be dark and messy. Due to contract obligations it can’t come to light for a while. Next year is “Beautiful You,” followed by the story collection. But since the Fight Club sequel will appear serialized in graphic form, my book publisher might allow me to launch it earlier than 2015.
You all remember “Fight Club,” right? Or at the very least you remember Fight Club. I want you to hit me as hard as you can, no talking about it, soap, etc. It was a good book, a great movie and it made the career of Pahlaniuk very quickly while also creating an absolute cult favorite film that underage kids like myself had to try to sneak into in order to see in the theater.
It has been a while since Fight Club was particularly relevant, and last I checked the next thing on the way for it was a musical by David Fincher and Trent Reznor. As far as books go, “Fight Club” isn’t something you’d really expect to lend itself for more; both the movie and the book have endings that offer up the potential for more, but the main character goes through his appropriate transformation — why put him through more?
The description of the book sounds rather odd too, given that the ending put Project Mayhem into full swing and either found “Jack” staring at the wreckage of the world or stuck in an asylum. The graphic novel seems like it’s more of a follow-up to the film given his descriptions of it, but its anyone’s guess as to how it all fits together at this point.
It’ll be interesting to see what Pahlaniuk comes up with, to say the least.
