Hyperwerks
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Hyperwerks Entertainment was founded by Karl Altstaetter and Jamie Douraghy in 1997, it is mostly noted for its comic book
series. The two most notable Hyperwerks projects are the Deity and Rostam series.
Since its inception, Hyperwerks has created a three part Deity mini-series: Original Series, Darkness & Light and Revelations which was published under the Image Comics
banner. Additional titles from the Altstaetter/Napton creative team are two Deity spin-offs: Catseye and Kosmic Kat as well as the fantasy genre mini-series Saint Angel.
Additionally, artist and writer Steve Buccellato created the Weasel Guy / Witchblade crossover as well as the black & white comic Weasel Guy: Road Trip.
Hyperwerks product line includes Requiem: The Deity/Catseye crossover 3 issue mini-series.
Film Roman
, the animation studio behind The Simpsons and King of the Hill optioned the rights to Deity with the intent of developing the comic book into an animated primetime television series marketed to a young, hip audience.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series. The two most notable Hyperwerks projects are the Deity and Rostam series.
Since its inception, Hyperwerks has created a three part Deity mini-series: Original Series, Darkness & Light and Revelations which was published under the Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
banner. Additional titles from the Altstaetter/Napton creative team are two Deity spin-offs: Catseye and Kosmic Kat as well as the fantasy genre mini-series Saint Angel.
Additionally, artist and writer Steve Buccellato created the Weasel Guy / Witchblade crossover as well as the black & white comic Weasel Guy: Road Trip.
Hyperwerks product line includes Requiem: The Deity/Catseye crossover 3 issue mini-series.
Film Roman
Film Roman
Film Roman is an animation studio founded by Phil Roman, best known for producing the animation for The Simpsons, King of the Hill for 20th Century Fox, as well as the Garfield and Peanuts animated TV specials....
, the animation studio behind The Simpsons and King of the Hill optioned the rights to Deity with the intent of developing the comic book into an animated primetime television series marketed to a young, hip audience.
External links
- Hyperwerks Entertainment website
- Rostam Comic Book website
- Hyperwerks at the Big Comic Book DataBaseBig Comic Book DataBaseThe Big Comic Book DataBase is a website containing information about comic books, and run by the maintainers of the Big Cartoon DataBase. , the database contains information on over 100,000 books in 5000+ series, including over 35,000 cover scans....