AfterShock Media, parent company to AfterShock Comics, the groundbreaking indie publisher known for hit titles such as BABY TEETH, and ANIMOSITY, and film and TV projects such as WE LIVE, DEAD DAY, UNDONE BY BLOOD, JIMMY’S BASTARDS, MARY SHELLY: MONSTER HUNTER, and others, announces a deal with Hulu to adapt its soon-to-debut title A CALCULATED MAN after outbidding multiple parties to acquire the project.
From writer Paul Tobin (BUNNY MASK) and artist Alberto Albuquerque (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, LETTER 44), the recently announced AfterShock Comics math-inspired crime series A CALCULATED MAN follows Jack Beans, an accountant living in witness protection after betraying his former employers, the Pinafore crime family. After three years, Jack decides to reclaim his old life. What follows is a journey full of murder, mayhem and mathematics.
Peter Calloway, producer of several noteworthy TV series including CLOAK & DAGGER, UNDER THE DOME and LEGION, is set to show run the project. Calloway and AfterShock Comics have worked together previously, with Calloway writing the much publicized AfterShock title SHADOW DOCTOR, set in Prohibition-era Chicago and drawn from the real world experiences of Calloway’s grandfather.
“Seeing Paul and Alberto’s project get acquired before the first issue even hits stands just shows how solid a concept it is – A CALCULATED MAN is aa strong a comic as we’ve ever produced, “said AfterShock Editor-in-Chief Mike Marts.
“It’s been a unique sort of fun working on the series, already knowing it’s on its way to television despite the first issue not even being out,” said Paul Tobin. “I can hear certain actors voices in my head, now, and I’ve found myself wondering how a television budget would feel about some of the more chaotic scenes.” Tobin adds, “Luckily, I’m able to put that aside and keep doing the #1 thing I always want to do: just make the sort of comics I’d love to pick up and read, myself.”
“Many of the things you do as a comic book creator have to be very minutely calculated but once I read the script Paul sent me, there was no more calculations,” said Alberto Alburquerque. “I became immediately passionate about it and knew I had to draw this book. I’ve enjoyed every second of it and the probabilities of that happening in a project with 100 pages are very slim.”
“It’s not often that a story grabs you by the throat and heart at the same time,” said Peter Calloway. “A CALCULATED MAN did just that. The moment I read Paul and Alberto’s beautifully bonkers book, I was excited to bring it to the screen.” Calloway adds, “Doing it at Hulu — with their commitment to unflinching, unique stories — is a dream come true.”
Calloway is repped by Hannah Ozer at Kaplan, Tom Wellington at WME, and Jeff Frankel at McKuin Frankel Whitehead.
The deal was made by Rive Gauche, and AfterShock Media who is repped by Neil Sacker of Sacker Entertainment Law.
A verifiable math genius, Jack Beans used to run the numbers for the Pinafore crime family, until one day he ran them too well and concluded that the only way out of this life was in a casket or Witness Protection. So, he turned state’s evidence and ran.
Now, the Pinafores are out to end their favorite accountant. Little do they know that Jack’s skills with math and his perfect memory have made him a better killer than they ever could have realized. What follows is a journey full of murder, mayhem and mathematics.
Writer Paul Tobin (BUNNY MASK, MY DATE WITH MONSTERS) and artist Alberto Alburquerque (The Amazing Spider-Man, Savage Sword) unleash a master of math on a mission to eliminate a criminal empire for good.
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Alberto Alburquerque
Colorist: Mark Englert
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Cover: Alberto Alburquerque
Incentive Cover: Andrea Mutti
A CALCULATED MAN #1 / $4.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 06.15.22
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