Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit | |
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Cover of Fight Club 2 #1
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Mini-series |
Publication date | May 2015 – March 2016 |
Number of issues | 10 |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Chuck Palahniuk |
Artist(s) | Cameron Stewart, David Mack |
Letterer(s) | Nate Piekos |
Colorist(s) | Dave Stewart |
Editor(s) | Scott Allie |
Fight Club 2 (also known as Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit) is Chuck Palahniuk's comic book sequel to his 1996 novel Fight Club, with art by Cameron Stewart and covers by David Mack.
Set ten years after the ending of Fight Club, the sequel is told from the restrained perspective of Tyler Durden as he sits in the subconscious of Sebastian (the name the narrator of the original Fight Club currently uses). Sebastian continues his dysfunctional relationship with Marla and has fallen into the mundane routine of society until Tyler re-emerges to cause chaos.
Palahniuk was convinced to continue Fight Club in comics form by fellow novelist Chelsea Cain and comic writers Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick. A teaser was released by Dark Horse Comics for Free Comic Book Day 2015, with Fight Club 2 #1 following in late May of that year. The series explores Joseph Campbell's concept of the 'second father' as being vital to the hero's journey, which is something that has always fascinated Palahniuk.
On the Orbital In Conversation podcast, Chuck stated that he is already working on Fight Club 3, which will also be in comic form. He also confirmed that he is working on a series of original short stories for comics which will appear as one-shots before eventually being collected into a single book.