Merrick here...
Paramount has nabbed the rights to Heavy Metal Publishing's LAST MAN STANDING: KILLBOOK OF A BOUNTY HUNTER.
“LMS" is a giant art-filled book that will jump into the graphic novel form and have a presence online as well.
The property centers on a bounty hunter named Gabriel, created by a weapons organization to be part of its army of Paladins, “a soldier with the talent of 500 soldiers.”
After being framed and sent to prison, he escapes and enters the world of New Amerika, filled with genetically enhanced shark-men, ninjas and burlesque girls, as he tries to unravel the reason behind his set-up.
...says THR/HeatVision HERE.
LMS is a handsome coffee table book/art extravaganza created by Dan LuVisi. In THIS June interview with GeekChicDaily, LuVisi revealed a few more specific details of the book's concept:
Last Man Standing, or LMS, takes place 600 years in the future, in an alternate universe and is about Gabriel, this invincible soldier, who's been created to help win a a war Earth got itself too deep into with Mars. After Gabe wins the war, he comes back down to Earth and is celebrated as this incredible hero. From there, he becomes somewhat of a celebrity, a Superman of this story, but then it all takes a quick turn. Gabriel is framed for an atrocious crime, by a terrorist organization known as Pandemonium and their leader, Dante. He is then sent to Level-9 Facility, where he'll spend the next nine years in the worst prison of all time. Once Gabriel breaks out, only then does his true story begin, and the lies and twists unravel.
The book's official site can be found HERE - where a healthy sampling of art, wallpapers, and more can be accessed. LMS is up for pre-order via Heavy Metal HERE. I really wanna see this thing. "Genetically enhanced shark-men? Please let them have friking lasers. Please.
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