CHARLES BURNS FINAL CUT

New from the award-winning author of Black Hole. A haunting and highly visual story of an artist's obsessions, his wannabe girl friend who doesn't quite know what to make of his strange alien drawings and horror movie-making...and the value and cost of pushing the boundaries of creativity. Minor nudity. 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 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, Charles Burns blurs the line between Brian's dreams and reality, imagination and perception. Final Cut is an astonishing look at what it means to truly express oneself through art. “A stunningly illustrated exploration of alienation, obsession, and the experience of yearning for connection with another human being, particularly when one feels that they are only capable of expressing themselves through art.”—Library Journal “Final Cut is an eerie and powerful graphic novel…Burns imbues the story with a potent sense of disquiet and illustrates the similarities between romantic and creative obsession. The backdrop is simultaneously beautiful and threatening.”—Publishers Weekly