Christian Beranek

Christian Beranek
Christian Beranek signing at a table at a convention in November 2006.
Born	August 23, 1974 (1974-08-23) (age 37) Council Bluffs, Iowa
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, actor, musician, producer
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Christian Beranek (born August 23, 1974) is an American graphic novelist, actor, musician and film/tv producer.

Biography

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Beranek currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and runs Lead Pipe Entertainment. He is producing several projects with Ahmet Zappa at Disney via the Kingdom Comics banner.^[1] His graphic novel credits include Dracula vs. King Arthur and Silent Forest. He wrote, produced and starred in the 2004 indie film Caucasian Brown and has acted in several shorts for Pdflo Films.

Beranek has developed prequel and origin material for the films Seven, Babylon A.D. and Max Payne.^[2]

In addition, Beranek plays guitar and sings. He is in the process of recording an album of his material.

In 2010 Beranek is co-launched The Webcomic Factory with co-creator Tony DiGerolamo. The site provides daily webcomic content.

He is repped in literary by Bernadette Baker-Baughman of Victoria Sanders Agency in New York.

Beranek is co-starring as Principal Brown in the feature film High School Sucks The Musical directed by Pedro Flores and produced by Lakeshore Entertainment.

Currently Beranek is working on several new comic projects.

Works

Bibliography

Comic book/graphic novel work includes:

• Silent Devils (OGN, writer, with art by Chris Burke, co-creator with David Fairley, Silent Devil, 2003)

• Silent Forest:
  • Silent Forest The Graphic Novel (OGN, co-writer and co-creator with Adam Beranek and Nick Beranek, art by various, Silent Devil, 2004)
  • Silent Forest Television Parody Special (OGN, co-writer and co-creator with Adam Beranek, art by various, Silent Devil, 2005)

• Dracula vs. King Arthur (4 issue mini-series, hardcover collection and TPB, co-writer with Adam Beranek, art by Chris Moreno, co-creator, Silent Devil, 2005–2006)
• "16 Gets You 20" (back-up story in The Gift #13, co-writer with Mr. Nova, art by Tony Fleecs, Image Comics, 2006)
• Se7en #4: Lust (7 issue mini-series, hardcover collection, co-writer with Adam Beranek, art by Steven Perkins, Zenescope, 2007)
• Grimm Fairy Tales Annual 2007 (one-shot, writer Little Boy Blue segment, art by Siya, Zenescope, 2007)
• Starship Troopers #9-10 (ongoing series, co-writer on Triple Threat two-parter, AAM/Markosia, 2008)
• Willow Creek #0-1 (co-writer with Denny Williams, art by Josh Medors, co-creator, Zenescope, 2008)
• "Ahiga" (short story in Outlaw Territory Volume 1, art by Koray Kuranel, creator, Image Comics, 2009)
• Japanese Schoolgirls in Love #1 (co-writer with Tony DiGerolamo, art by Alfa Robbi, co-creator, The Webcomic Factory, 2010)
• "Forever is a Long Time" (short story in Outlaw Territory Volume 2, art by Vivian Lee, creator, Image Comics, 2011)

Filmography

Film work includes:

• Caucasian Brown (2004)
• Thai Smile (2006)
• The Kings of YouTube (Tubedeedo) Extended Edition (2008)
• Babylon A.D.: Genesis of Aurora (2008)
• Max Payne: Michelle Payne (2009)
• High School Sucks The Musical (2011)

Notes

1. ^ Disney gets graphic with Kingdom, Variety, May 28, 2008
2. ^ Christian Beranek talks Michelle Payne Animated GN, Newsarama, January 14, 2009

References

• Christian Beranek at the Grand Comics Database
• Christian Beranek at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Official website
• The Webcomic Factory
• Beranek's Twitter Page
• Silent Devil Productions

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Name	Beranek, Christian
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Short description	American graphic novelist, actor, musician and film/television producer
Date of birth	August 23, 1974
Place of birth	Council Bluffs, Iowa
Date of death
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