Final cut, Charles Burns
In Portuguese, hardcover, 224 pages in colour, 21.9 x 2.6 x 29.2 cm, Asa Abril 2026
As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy made home movies in their backyards, convincing friends to play victims of gruesome murders and painting their faces with lipstick to simulate blood. Now, as an aspiring filmmaker, he, Jimmy and the new city girl, Laurie--his reluctant muse--set out for a remote cabin in the woods. Armed with an old camera, they film a true science fiction horror movie where humans are born from disembodied alien wombs, in homage to "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers". But as Brian's feelings for Laurie seem to go unrequited, Brian writes and draws himself into a fantasy where she is the girl of his dreams - both his damsel in distress and his savior.
Final Cut blurs the line between dreams and reality, imagination and perception, in this astonishing take on what it truly means to express yourself through art.
