CHUCK PALAHNIUK IS ONE SICK FUCK,
AND YOU LOVE IT 5-13-05
The first rule of Chuck Palahniuk is: Don't tell anyone about Chuck Palahniuk. The second rule about Chuck Palahniuk is: Don't tell anyone about Chuck Palahniuk. Fuck it, I'm a rule breaker. In case you are illiterate (in which case you are only on this site to look at the pretty pictures and would be better off going HERE), Chuck Palahniuk is a writer. He wrote FIGHT CLUB , among others.
Well, this month he did an
INTERVIEW IN MAXIM about one of his stories titled "GUTS" from the recent collection HAUNTED, which you can read for free in it's entirety on CHUCK'S WEBSITE.
I had the fortunate honor of having written and illustrated an article for BLACK BOOK MAGAZINE in the same month he had written for them, and we were both spotlighted on THE SAME CONTRIBUTOR PAGE my headshot photo followed him in the layout.
The big to-do about GUTS is that it is such a gross-out that it has caused dozens of people to pass-out upon hearing it read to them. After reading the interview pointing this out, I had to track down the story and read it for myself, and yes, it is gross, and if you don't have a strong stomach, I wouldn't suggest your reading it. It's a good read if you are hungry and need to go food shopping, as it will kill your appetite and your urges to impulse shop.
When I was in third grade we were learning about the human heart and how it worked. The teacher started explaining how the aorta functions, in very elementary detail, but it was too much for this kid Jim who was sitting next to me. He started making be-bol-bob-bol-be-be-be sounds like David Spade dialing a payphone in a 1-800-Collect commercial. I turned to him and asked if he was OK, but he just kept making robot noises. Then he passed out in my lap. Through high school Jim was always exempt from taking any health classes. I guess some people are apt to passing out at the mention of blood or bodily functions.
TRACY bought me DIARY: A NOVEL
by Palahniuk the other day and I've been tearing through it whenever I get a spare second. It's hard to put his guy down.
Photo is of Ed Norton and Meatloaf in FIGHT CLUB, adapted
from the book FIGHT CLUB by Chris Palahniuk
Just another day in the life of an Art Juggernaut.
-Cojo