From the article on CBC Books:
A flicker of a memory from Charles Burns’ teenage years was enough to pull him out of writers’ block and into a new book, Final Cut.
In this memory, he is stoned at a house party, sitting in the kitchen and drawing, hoping that someone incredible will walk in, discover him there and admire his work.
In real life, that didn’t happen. But in Final Cut, it does, and the story opens up with this scene of teenage loneliness and the hope for finding a connection with a redhead named Laurie.
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