Tony Puryear

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Tony Puryear is an African-American screenwriter and comic book artist best known for writing Eraser.

Life and career

Puryear, originally a New Yorker, graduated with a bachelor's degree in art from Brown University. During that time, he also worked as a gourmet chef. At his early film career, he wrote commercials, but didn't reach mainstream success until the 1996 debut of Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.[1] In recent work, he co-wrote the graphic novel Concrete Park with his wife Erika Alexander which was published by Dark Horse Comics.[2] Concrete Park was selected as one of the Best American Comics, 2013.[3] He and Erika were married in 1997.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. "About Tony Puryear". Concrete Park. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  2. "About Concrete Park". Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  3. "Best American Comics 2013 Table of Contents". Retrieved 24 August 2013. 
  4. "Things you should know about Erika Alexander". Pearl's Window. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 

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