I'm excited about this one. Charles Burns's novel Final Cut is out in late September. I'll have a review around that time. For now, here's publisher Pantheon's blurb: As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, co…  | By Biblioklept on August 1, 2024 | 
I'm excited about this one. Charles Burns's novel Final Cut is out in late September. I'll have a review around that time. For now, here's publisher Pantheon's blurb: As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their friends to star as victims of grisly murders, smearing lipstick on the "bodies" to simulate blood. Now a talented artist and aspiring filmmaker, Brian, along with Jimmy, Jimmy's friend Tina, and Laurie—his reluctant muse—sets off to a remote cabin in the woods with an old 8 millimeter camera to make a true sci-fi horror movie, an homage to Brian's favorite movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But as Brian's affections for Laurie go seemingly unreciprocated, Brian writes and draws himself into a fantasy where she is the girl of his dreams, his damsel in distress, and his savior wrapped into one. Rife with references to classic sci-fi and horror movies and filled with panels of stunning depictions of nature, film and the surreal, Burns blurs the line between Brian's dreams and reality, imagination and perception. A master of the form at his finest, Final Cut is an astonishing look at what it means to truly express oneself through art. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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