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Black Hole vs. Fight Club

The answer is clear: Chuck Palahniuk would beat Charles Burns in a fight, if the outcome was decided by audience vote. Charles Burns, author of Black Hole is funny, local, and writes and created fantastic, morbid art. But Chuck Palahniuk, author of among other works Fight Club, opened up by tossing dozens of bottles of Wild Turkey into the audience. He followed this with a reading of Guts, a short story famous for making people faint and barf (or pretend to - it's unclear). Chuck wrapped it up by tossing out a dozen latex severed arms and marched to the lobby to sign books for his adoring fans.

The sketch is Burns - Chuck Palahniuk's image seared through the page.

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  • I can attest to the fact that the fainting is (was) for real. I attended the second reading of guts and a co-worker of mine (big guy) went down hard. I was even feeling a little light-headed at the time he went down.

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