about

Christian Beranek (born August 23, 1974) is an American graphic novelist, actor, musician and film/tv producer. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Beranek currently resides in Studio City, California and runs Disney's Kingdom Comics with Ahmet Zappa. His graphic novel credits include Dracula vs. King Arthur and Willow Creek. 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.

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

He speaks at conferences all over the world, mainly on three topics: "What It Takes To Make It In Comics", "Nuts and Bolts: How A Comic Is Made" and "Hollywood and the Graphic Novel."

Beranek also writes frequently for Newsarama and is currently serializing "The Life of High Adventure" via their blog.

He has a first look production deal with Disney/ABC under his Lead Pipe Entertainment banner.