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"Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith have spoken about their forthcoming Image miniseries Choker. The six-issue series focuses on anti-hero Johnny &amp;#039;Choker&amp;#039; Jackson. &amp;quot;Once a hotshot cop, he&amp;#039;s degenerated into a hate-filled slob, a figurehead for all-round nasty b**tardness - or, at least, it starts out like that,&amp;quot; McCool told CBR. &amp;quot;Once the terrible hand that life&amp;#039;s dealt him becomes apparent, we&amp;#039;ll start to understand him a little better, root for him and, dare I say it, even relate to him. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a slob, hates people, and he&amp;#039;s been dumped on from a colossal height. But now it&amp;#039;s time for him to clean up and fight back.&amp;quot; The series begins with Jackson called in to help deal with a dangerous convict from his past who is once again terrorising his home of Shotgun City. &amp;quot;Shotgun City is like a crazed amalgamation of 1930&amp;#039;s gangland Chicago and Blade Runner&amp;#039;s Los Angeles,&amp;quot; added McCool. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s as much inhabited by bowler hat-wearing wise guys as it is technology-infused cyberpunks. &amp;quot;There are definitely elements of Sin City in there, as well as Batman&amp;#039;s Gotham and Transmetropolitan&amp;#039;s futuristic hellhole.&amp;quot; Choker debuts on February 10. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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