"THE LONERS" WEEK~ DAY ONE~!

"The Loners" was my 1st screenplay~ a WESTERN~ about

Soldiers Of Fortune & Scalp-Hunters who kill a regiment of

Federal Soldiers and use their uniforms to become imposters.

This allows them to take over a small mining town, Oro Blanco,

and begin to carry out a wicked plan based in greed & lust.

They do not count on, however, separate Apache Tribes

merging together in order to rescue some of their stolen

women & children...

A stand-off ensues, in which innocent Townspeople are

forced in the middle, with a big climactic massacre at

The Sundown Saloon to tidy things up...

Oh~ and~ the script underwent several name changes.

It began as "The Loners", changed to "World Without End",

which then became "The Sundown Saloon" before finally

settling into its final title: "The Sheriff's Wake".

The title has a double meaning, and also incorporates

the built-in murder-mystery part of the plot, which

involves the Phony Federals blaming the Sheriff's

mysterious death on the Apache, when in reality

he was murdered by 'Major' Grumbaw, the

sinister leader of the Scalp-Hunters,

to shut him up and help take over

the Town from its weak-willed

residents.

The Sundown Saloon is really a major

character in this story, which I would describe

in the brief synopsis as: 'An epic Western disaster film'

The following drawings are character designs, with a list

of Players that needed to be illustrated at some point

during this early failed attempt at a graphic novel~!