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| New sci-fi epic, Concrete Park, written and drawn by Hollywood's Tony Puryear, appears in legendary anthology magazine Dark Horse Presents February 1, 2012 |
Los Angeles, CA – Feb. 1, 2012
– Tony Puryear wrote the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger smash Eraser, becoming the first African
American screenwriter to pen a $100 million+ summer blockbuster. He has written
action and sci-fi scripts for a who’s who of Hollywood’s A-Listers, from Will
Smith to Mel Gibson to Jerry Bruckheimer and adapted storied sci-fi properties
like Fahrenheit 451 and Buck Rogers for the big screen. Now he
brings that Hollywood horsepower to the world of graphic novels.
Today Concrete Park, Tony Puryear’s first comics project, appears in DarkHorse Presents #8 from Dark Horse Comics, the premier independent comics
publisher. “Concrete Park is a
sprawling epic” Puryear says, “it’s the sci-fi story I’ve been waiting to
tell.” He adds “it’s a perfect fit with Dark Horse Presents, the legendary
anthology comic that served as a launch-pad for innovative work by the biggest
names in comics, including Frank Miller (Sin
City, 300) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy).”
“I’m honored to be in the company
of these amazing world-builders, and happy Mike Richardson of Dark Horse
believes Concrete Park belongs with
them” Puryear says. Richardson says, simply “I love this strip.”
Concrete
Park is a dark and provocative near-future story. It takes place in a turbulent
mega-city on a distant desert planet (think Cairo or Rio in space). Young human
exiles from Earth must fight to make a new world there. They are “young,
violent and ten billion miles from home”. In its ambitious scope, it resembles
nothing so much as George RR Martin’s Game
of Thrones series, but with favelas and aliens, cops and cyborgs, ghettos
and gangs instead of castles and armies.
Concrete
Park was co-created by Puryear and his wife, the actress Erika Alexander (Living Single, Deja Vu) and her brother, writer Robert Alexander. Puryear handles
the writing and art chores on the book, and in a refreshing twist for someone
known as a writer, it’s his art that has drawn the most initial acclaim:
Read About Comics said: “(Puryear’s)
art... instantly grabbed my attention. His thick, heavy inks are striking,
forming his characters with a great deal of confidence and force. Through his
art, you instantly get a feel for this near-future (city); the swagger of his
characters and their surroundings just bursts off of the page."
http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2012/01/02/dark-horse-presents-7/
About Tony Puryear:
Tony Puryear is the first African
American screenwriter to write a $100 million+ summer movie blockbuster. His
1996 hit Eraser catapulted him into a
career writing pictures for A-Listers Jerry Bruckheimer (Buck Rogers), Will Smith and Oliver Stone. Puryear’s adaptation of
the Ray Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451
for Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has circulated in Hollywood for years as
a legendary unproduced script. His latest script is Lady Scarface for the new RKO Pictures.
A talented artist and designer,
Puryear was recently honored when his official campaign poster for Hillary
Clinton’s historic 2008 presidential run was added to the permanent collection
of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery.
He lives in Los Angeles with his
wife, the actress and Concrete Park
co-creator Erika Alexander.
To learn more about Puryear's Concrete Park check out his blog now!
To read Go Suck a Comic's review of Dark Horse Presents #8 click here.
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