The End of the Fucking World

by Charles Forsman

Overview

A darkly comedic graphic novel about two teens on a twisted road trip, recently adapted into a hit Netflix series.

The graphic novel that inspired the hit Netflix series! Season two premieres in November 2019!  

Charles Forsman’s hit graphic novel follows James and Alyssa, two teenagers living a seemingly typical teen experience as they face the fear of coming adulthood. Forsman tells their story through each character’s perspective, jumping between points of view with each chapter. But quickly, this somewhat familiar teenage experience takes a more nihilistic turn as James’s character exhibits a rapidly forming sociopathy that threatens both of their futures. He harbors violent fantasies and begins to act on them, while Alyssa remains as willfully ignorant for as long as she can, blinded by young love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606999837
Publisher:	Fantagraphics Books
Publication date:	08/22/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	110,085
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Charles Forsman's The End of the F***ing World graphic novel has been adapted into a  critically acclaimed television series that is distributed by Netflix. He is also a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies. He lives in Hancock, Mass.

Editorial Reviews

08/26/2013
"When I was thirteen and a half, I found a cat in the woods. I smashed its body with a stone." Like a teenage metal head's revenge fantasy world spun out of control, but drawn by a demented Mort Walker, this debut graphic novel is a haunting odyssey. James is an unfeeling and disturbed youth who tortures animals, sticks his hand down a garbage disposal, punches his father in the face, and lacks compassion or feeling for anyone else. At 16, he pretends to fall in love with his classmate Alyssa and convinces her to split town with him after he steals his dad's car. They break into a house in the suburbs and start playing a clumsy version of house, unable to escape the awkwardness of their age. They also make a disturbing discovery about the homeowner. When he returns, the pair's fake home life comes crashing down. This is a visceral comic, full of deeply unsettling violent images and actions, though Forsman's minimalist style helps keep the focus on the impact of the events, not the horror itself. This is not a redemption story, and there are no good people in it. Forsman has crafted a comic that captures youth, frustration, and that deep, dark feeling that maybe things won't get better when you get older. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly