A revealing story of an artist's obsessions, by the beloved and award-winning author of Black Hole.

As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make movies at home, convincing their friends to play as victims of terrible murders and putting on lipstick to simulate blood. Now, as an aspiring filmmaker, Brian, Jimmy, and the new girl in town, Lori – his reluctant muse – are heading to a remote cabin in the woods.

Armed with an old camera, they are shooting a true sci-fi horror film where people are born from severed alien wombs. But as Brian's feelings for Lori seem to go unreciprocated, he writes and portrays himself in a fantasy script where she is the girl of his dreams – both the damsel in distress and his savior.

Final Cut blurs the line between dreams and reality, fantasy and perception, in this stunning exploration of what it truly means to express oneself through art.

GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AND THE OBSERVER

Author: Charles Burns, Eisner Award, 2006

Pages: 224, Dimensions: 21.9x21.9cm