The Hypersmash Studios Gallery of Titles

Our books, and the awesome creative teams that put a lot of hard work and love into each of them:

ROGUE AGENT ZED #1
(52 page one-shot)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artist: Jeremiah Goldson
Colorist: Paul Little
Letterer: Michael David Thomas

10 Page Preview

Available for purchase at:
http://www.indyplanet.us/product/87830

BATTLE TEAM OMEGA #1 
(52 page one-shot)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artist: Marco D. Carrillo
Letterer: Michael David Thomas

10 Page Preview

Preview: 5 Additional Pages

Available for purchase at:
http://www.indyplanet.us/product/81772

LIGHTNING GIRL LOVES ROCKET BOY #1
(52 page one-shot)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artist: Scott Arnold
Colorist: Paul Little

10 Page Preview

Available for purchase at:
http://www.indyplanet.us/product/45750/

MONICA FURIOUS: SUPERDESTROYER #1
(60 page one-shot)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artist: Jeremiah Goldson
Colorist: Paul Little
Letterer: Michael David Thomas

10 Page Preview

ASTRO CRUSADER #1
(22 page one-shot)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artists: Marco D. Carrillo + Fabio Nahon
Letterer: Brant Fowler

5 Page Preview

 THE LUNAR COLONY AUDITIONS
(90 page graphic novel)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artist: Jeremiah Goldson
Colorist: Paul Little (presumptive)
Letterer: Michael David Thomas (presumptive)

Preview Art

BLACK AXE #1
(format to be determined)

Writer: Roel Torres
Artist: Fabio Nahon

7 Page Preview

Progress Report: Black Axe

Here is a sneak peek at the first seven pages of Black Axe # 1, with art by Fabio Nahon.

Fabio is truly a maestro when he's got his mitts on an old-fashioned graphite pencil.  Those are seven seriously nasty pages, son.  No doubt.

Two different versions of a Black Axe page

I don't want to say that Fabio Nahon has some perfectionist tendencies, but sometimes he will send me page that I think looks amazing... and then he will change his mind, take it back, and re-draw everything!  Wow -- that is true dedication to craftsmanship.  You have to admire a man with such high standards.

Here's a peek at his process, as he sent me the opening page of Black Axe #1.  Then he decided he wasn't thrilled with the results, and sent me a different version of the same page.  See for yourself.

Here's Fabio's take on the first draft:

And here's the page that he was eventually happy with:

It's kinda like playing one of those "Spot the Difference" games!  As you can see, he made different choices in terms of rendering armor, rock formations, shadows, trees, and more.  Fundamentally, very similar pages. But at the level of fine detail, a very different approach to the two versions.

It's kinda fun for me to see the way an artist's mind works, the stylistic choices they make, and the different techniques they have at their disposal.  Very cool.

Design Workshop: Fabio Nahon and the characters of Black Axe

Fabio Nahon designs some of the major characters for the Hypersmash title, Black Axe.

Introducing the Next Wave of Hypersmash Titles

I've written a bunch of posts about Lightning Girl Loves Rocket Boy, Battle Team Omega, and Rogue Agent Zed.  Those were the first scripts I ever matched up with artists, and I consider those the First Wave of Hypersmash self-published titles.  Two of those books are now published, and the third is getting prepped for the printers.

I want to take a second to introduce you to four more titles under the Hypersmash banner.

On the one hand, we've got Monica Furious: SupderDestroyer (created by Jeremiah Goldson) and Astro Crusader.  I think of those as Wave II.   

The creative team on Monica Furious: SuperDestroyer: script by Roel Torres, art by Jeremiah Goldson, colors by Paul Little, letters by Michael David Thomas.

For Astro Crusader: script by Roel Torres, art by Fabio Nahon and Marco D. Carrillo, letters by Brant Fowler.

And then there's Black Axe, and The Lunar Colony Auditions.  That would be Wave III.  

Black Axe: script by Roel Torres, art by Fabio Nahon.
The Lunar Colony Auditions: script by Roel Torres, art by Jeremiah Goldson.

The scorecard:

Lightning Girl Loves Rocket Boy.  52 pages.  Superheroes.
Rogue Agent Zed.  52 pages.  Sci-fi/Action.
Battle Team Omega.  52 pages.  Superheroes.
Monica Furious: Superdestroyer.  60 pages.  Sci-fi/Action.
Astro Crusader. 22 pages. Superheroes.
Black Axe. Page count TBD. Fantasy/Sword and Sorcery.
The Lunar Colony Auditions.  90 pages.  Sci-fi/Drama.

We'll add more details as things develop.  But momentum continues to build.  That's over 328+ pages of original comic book material we're cranking out.  And when all seven of these books finally roll off the printing presses, I figure we'll start to have the makings of a decent little comic studio...