Tony Puryear
About this Event
Writer/Artists Tony Puryear became the first African-American screenwriter to write a $100 million summer blockbuster with his script for the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Eraser. He has written films for Oliver Stone, Mel Gibson, Jerry Bruckheimer and Will Smith. He has also written on the hit USA Network show, Queen of the South.
As a designer, Tony won national attention with his poster for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. It is now in The National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.
Tony co-created, co-wrote and drew the critically-acclaimed graphic novel series Concrete Park from Dark Horse Comics with Erika Alexander. An action-filled sci-ti story, Concrete Park features people of color in a disturbing future. This landmark multicultural series was named one of The Best American Comics, 2013 and won the 2016 Glyph Award for Best Collection.
Tony's ongoing political art series, gankstas!™, chronicles the schemes of the Trump Crime Family® and their hostile takeover of the government of the United States.
Tony Puryear lives in and works in downtown Los Angeles. The title of his talk is "A World to Gain: The Art and Politics of Building an Afrofuturist Story World."
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