Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski returns as a comic book creator of Scrapper
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Gears of War game designer Cliff Bleszinski is returning to the creative arts with a six-part comic book series dubbed Scrapper.
Scrapper is a sci-fi adventure (with dogs) which can be described as a mix between Brian K. Vaughan’s Pride of Baghdad and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
Over the course of a 26-year career, Bleszinski worked on a lot of big titles like Jazz Jackrabbit, Unreal, Gears of War, Bulletstorm, Fortnite, Lawbreakers and finally Radical Heights. But he retired from games in 2018 after shutting down Boss Key Productions.
He had left his longtime employer, Epic Games, in 2014 and started Boss Key Productions. But the company couldn’t quite get traction for the new games.
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After leaving games, Bleszinski made a foray into theater with works like Hadestown, a Tony Award winner. And now he is making his debut in comics writing with critically acclaimed co-writer Alex De Campi (Dracula, Motherf**Ker!, Parasocial) and up-and-coming artist Sandy Jarrell (Bombshells, Lynx) in the forthcoming Scrapper.
This sci-fi comic miniseries is set to launch this July from Image Comics.
“As a lifelong fan of comics it’s an honor to actually create one with Alex,” said Bleszinski, in a statement “Scrapper comes from the heart; first, the loss of my Aussie Teddy and then finding puppy love again with our Pomsky Lady. I truly hope everyone enjoys this deeply personal work.”
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