| Chopper | |
| Schedule: | Bi-monthly |
| Format: | Miniseries |
| Limited: | y |
| Publisher: | Asylum Press |
| Date: | October 2011 – February 2012 |
| Issues: | 3 |
| Horror: | y |
| Writers: | Martin Shapiro |
| Artists: | Juan Ferreyra Cliff Richards |
| Colorists: | Chandran Ponnusamy |
| Creators: | Martin Shapiro |
| Sort: | Chopper |
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]
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.
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.
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).
A film adaptation of the comic book is in the works. The screenplay was written by Martin Shapiro.[4] [5]