Gunplay (comics)

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Gunplay
Date2008
Main charactersAbner Meeks
Publisher Platinum Studios
Creative team
Creator Jorge Vega (with art by Dominic Vivona)
Original publication
LanguageEnglish
ISBN 9781934220429  (trade paperback)

Gunplay is a graphic novel, written by Jorge Vega, with art by Dominic Vivona. It was published by Platinum Studios in 2008. [1]

Contents

Publication history

Vage was the winner of the 2007 Platinum Studios Comic Book Challenge, besting over two million other submissions.[ citation needed ]

An issue #0 preview comic book was released in March 2008, which was followed by a graphic novel.

Plot

Buffalo Soldier Abner Meeks is condemned to roam the plains with a demonic gun that forces him to kill someone once a day or suffer soul-searing pain.

Christopher Priest provided prose backup stories in each issue, chronicling the "Legend of Abner."

Other media

Television series

In 2009, Platinum Studios and Fox 21 were developing a Gunplay series to be written by Final Destination and X-Files executive producer Glen Morgan. [2] Platinum Studios' Scott Mitchell Rosenberg will executive produce.

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Notes

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