Chopper (comics)
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Chopper is a horror comic book miniseries written by Martin Shapiro, illustrated by Juan Ferreyra (who was later replaced by Cliff Richards from issue #3 onward), and published by Asylum Press in 2011.[1][2]
| Chopper | |
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Cover of Chopper #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Asylum Press |
| Schedule | Bi-monthly |
| Format | Miniseries |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | October 2011 – February 2012 |
| No. of issues | 3 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Martin Shapiro |
| Written by | Martin Shapiro |
| Artist(s) | Juan Ferreyra Cliff Richards |
| Colorist | Chandran Ponnusamy |
The series is a modern-day reimagining of the Headless Horseman from Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that takes place in Daytona Beach, Florida during Bike Week.
Plot
In the story, a police officer's rebellious teenage daughter takes a strange new ecstasy-like drug at a party that causes her to see ghosts – and one of them is a headless Hell's Angel on a motorcycle who collects the souls of sinners in the afterlife and he wants her tainted soul.
Adaptations
Web series
As part of an ambitious transmedia launch strategy, a prequel to the main Chopper storyline was produced as a web TV series[3] starring actors Tyler Mane (Halloween, X-Men) and Andrew Bryniarski (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Batman Returns).[citation needed]
Films
A film adaptation of the comic book is in the works. The screenplay was written by Martin Shapiro.[4][5]
