In news strangely under-announced, it looks like Si Spurrier has his next book over at BOOM! now that “Extermination” is done all locked up: “Six-Gun Gorilla.”
A relaunch of an old pulp character from the 30’s about a gorilla in the old West, Spurrier and artist Jeff Stokely will be launching from BOOM! Studios in June, as revealed on Spurrier’s site, with a cover by Ramon Perez. However, Spurrier insists its about more than just a gorilla in a stetson:
Part of what made Six Gun Gorilla so enticing to me – besides all those conflicting layers of absurdity and awesome – is that the maestro who wrote all those original stories was never named. Nobody knows who he or she was. That plays so deliciously into the mythos of The Western as a trope – as a thing responsible for its own legend – and it’ll come as no surprise that on the acknowledgement page for this series, right beside Jess’s name, you’ll find a dedication to “[CREATORS UNKNOWN]”.
Those whose works outlived their names.
New Six Gun Gorilla plays with a lot of these themes. It’s hugely involved in the processing of legend and story. There’s more than a little meta strangeness in there – as you’d expect from yours truly. Also: heads being exploding and guys crawling across wastelands. Some cliches exist for a reason.
Look for solicits later this week and the book to launch in June.
