Two children in penguin-themed pajamas, where one is holding a hand grenade is an auspicious start to any comic book. As disturbing as this is you will find it the most normal aspect of this issue’s “Fight Club 2.†Writer Chuck Palahniuk and artist Cameron Steward are not playing around. Innovatively recapping issue 2 we discover what actually happened to Sebastian’s son, but there is a mysterious boy who may not be a boy, a battered woman and the fate of Sebastian’s offspring hangs in the balance.
The brilliance of the film “Fight Club†came with the revelation that Brad Pitt and Edward Norton were the same person. What you were left with is the lingering thought of which is the dominant personality and which one is just the host body? Exactly who’s in control here? That’s how this issue of “Fight Club 2†leaves you. You’re constantly kept off-kilter. Just when a modern day philosopher is mentioned you don’t have time to digest the reasoning behind it because all of the sudden a very relevant religious proverb is thrown in. They both connect and it’s up to the reader to keep up. It also keeps you distracted from other plotlines going on.
Ultimately issue 3 continues to ask the question which is the right way to go? And what happens when you grow up in such an uber-oppressive environment that you fight yourself and the other guy is much better looking, opinionated and has a super-aggressive streak? One thing is for certain Palahniuk doesn’t care if those questions are answered, he’s having too much fun messing with you mind and making you like it.
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