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{{Infobox comic book title <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| title = Chopper
| image = chopper 1 cover.jpg
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| caption = Cover of ''Chopper #1''
| schedule = Bi-monthly
| format = [[Limited series (comics)|Miniseries]]
| limited = y
| publisher = Asylum Press
| date = October 2011 – February 2012
| issues = 3
| main_char_team =
| Horror = y
| writers = Martin Shapiro
| artists = Juan Ferreyra<br>Cliff Richards
| inkers =
| colorists = Chandran Ponnusamy
| creative_team_month =
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| creators = [[Martin Shapiro]]
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| sort = Chopper
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'''''Chopper''''' is a [[horror fiction|horror]] [[comic book]] [[Limited series (comics)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fangoria.com/index.php/home/all-news/1-latest-news/5424-heads-roll-in-new-chopper-comics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410190704/http://fangoria.com/index.php/home/all-news/1-latest-news/5424-heads-roll-in-new-chopper-comics |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-10 |title=New Chopper Comics Series |work=Fangoria.com |accessdate=2013-03-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=34850 | title=Chopper | work=ComicBookDB.com | accessdate=2013-03-11}}</ref>

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 [[Daytona Beach Bike Week|Bike Week]].

==Plot==
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.

==Adaptations==
===Web series===
As part of an ambitious transmedia launch strategy, a prequel to the main Chopper storyline was produced as a web TV series<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/48252/chopper-rolls-viral-status-upon-launch | title=Chopper Rolls to Viral Status Upon Launch | work=DreadCentral.com | accessdate=2013-03-11}}</ref> starring actors [[Tyler Mane]] (''[[Halloween (2007 film)|Halloween]]'', ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'') and [[Andrew Bryniarski]] (''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', ''[[Batman Returns]]'').

===Films===
A film adaptation of the comic book is in the works. The screenplay was written by [[Martin Shapiro]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/chopper-comicbook-gets-a-ride-with-dilemma-1118061527 | title='Chopper' comicbook gets a ride with Dilemma | work=Variety.com | date=October 31, 2012 | accessdate=2013-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=96583 | title=Horror Series Chopper Expands From Web to Feature Film | work=ComingSoon.net | date=November 1, 2012 | accessdate=2013-03-11}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.asylumpress.com/titles/chopper ''Chopper'' section] at Asylum Press website
*[https://archive.today/20130502001658/http://www.martinshapiro.me/ Martin Shapiro's website]
*[http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20111013/ENT/310139959 Interview with Martin Shapiro about ''Chopper'']
*[http://jefandart.blogspot.com/ Juan Ferreyra's blog]
*{{YouTube|id=-8OrteaA9s0|title=Chopper Web Series}}
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q123528058|title=Chopper Web Series}}

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[[Category:Works based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]


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