Dean Haspiel Explained

Birth Name:Dean Edmund Haspiel
Birth Date:May 31, 1967
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Area:Cartoonist, Writer, Illustrator, Playwright
Cartoonist:y
Write:y
Pencil:y
Alias:Dino
Notable Works:Billy Dogma
The Red Hook
The Quitter
Keyhole
Awards:Emmy Award, 2010
Ringo Award, 2017
Website:http://www.DeanHaspiel.com

Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967,[1] in New York City) is an American comic book artist, writer, and playwright. He is known for creating Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, and for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter, and for his collaborations with Jonathan Ames on The Alcoholic and HBO's Bored to Death. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.

Early life

Haspiel grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side and attended The High School of Music & Art/Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School,[2] graduating in 1985.

In the mid-1980s, Haspiel worked at Upstart Associates (a shared studio space on West 29th Street in New York City)[3] as an assistant for Howard Chaykin on American Flagg! and for Walter Simonson on Thor; he also worked (at a different studio) as an assistant for Bill Sienkiewicz on New Mutants and . Later, Haspiel attended the State University of New York at Purchase, first majoring in illustration and eventually switching to film.

Career

In 1987, while still an undergraduate, Haspiel inaugurated his professional comics career when he co-created The Verdict with Martin Powell.[4] Haspiel went on to co-create the two-man comics anthology Keyhole with cartoonist Josh Neufeld (a fellow graduate of LaGuardia High School).

Haspiel's "last romantic anti-hero" Billy Dogma made his comic book debut in Keyhole,[5] and has appeared in a number of comics and graphic novels since then, published by Top Shelf Productions and Alternative Comics. Recent works starring Billy Dogma include Brawl, a "creature romance double feature" mini-series with Michel Fiffe for Image Comics; and "Sex Planet," a Billy Dogma interlude for Popgun volume 2 (also published by Image).

Haspiel was a long-time collaborator with Harvey Pekar on American Splendor. The culmination of their work together was the 104-page nonfiction graphic novel The Quitter, published by Vertigo in 2005.[6]

In 2006 Haspiel spearheaded the foundation of ACT-I-VATE, a webcomics collective which featured the works of founding members Haspiel, Dan Goldman, Nick Bertozzi, Michel Fiffe, Leland Purvis, Nikki Cook, Tim Hamilton, and Josh Neufeld. (In 2009, IDW Publishing published the ACT-I-VATE Primer, which featured an original Haspiel story as well as work by other members of the collective.)[7]

In fall 2008, Vertigo released the original graphic novel The Alcoholic, written by Jonathan Ames and drawn by Haspiel. Also in 2008, Françoise Mouly's Toon Books published Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever, written by Jay Lynch and drawn by Haspiel. In 2008, Haspiel serialized Street Code, a webcomic for Zuda Comics, after editing the webcomics anthology Next-Door Neighbor for SMITH Magazine.[8] [9]

In 2010, IDW/Graphic NYC Presents published the monograph Dean Haspiel: The Early Years, by writer Christopher Irving. That same year, Haspiel illustrated Inverna Lockpez's , published by Vertigo. The book was covered by, among others, NPR's Tell Me More,[10] the New York Post,[11] and Graphic Novel Reporter.[12] Also in 2010, Haspiel won an Emmy Award for outstanding main title design for the HBO show Bored to Death.[13] [14]

In 2011, Haspiel helped spearhead the creation of Trip City, "a Brooklyn-filtered, multimedia, literary arts salon featuring free regular exclusive content created by a fellowship of 21st Century auteurs."[15] For a period, it was the online home of new Haspiel comics and postings.[16]

Since 2016, Haspiel has been writing and drawing the serialized webcomic The Red Hook, about a master thief living in the "New Brooklyn Universe," for Webtoon.[17]

In 2019, Haspiel and long-time collaborator Josh Neufeld launched a weekly podcast, Scene by Scene with Josh & Dean, that focused on Harvey Pekar and the American Splendor movie.[18]

Bibliography

Comics

Creator series/graphic novels

Stories/comics elsewhere

Illustrations

Dean Haspiel has contributed illustrations to the following projects:

Film

Theater

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miller . John Jackson . Comics Industry Birthdays . . June 10, 2005 . December 12, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays . February 18, 2011 . dead .
  2. http://www.walruscomix.com/interviewhaspiel.html "An Exclusive Interview with Dean 'Dino' Hapiel, Rock Star in Cartoonist's Clothing"
  3. Book: Nolen-Weathington. Eric. Modern Masters, Volume 8: Walter Simonson. January 29, 2012 . 2006. TwoMorrows Publishing. Raleigh, North Carolina. 1-893905-64-0 . 34.
  4. Smith, Zack. "The Life and Times of Illustrator DEAN HASPIEL," Newsarama (July 27, 2010).
  5. Keyhole #1 (Millennium Publications, June 1996).
  6. Itzkoff, Dave. "Street Fighting Man: 'The Quitter,' by Harvey Pekar," New York Times (Dec. 25, 2005).
  7. Manning, Shaun. "Dean Haspiel on the ACT-I-VATE Primer," Comic Book Resources (Aug. 12th, 2009).
  8. Boucher, Geoff. "‘Next-Door Neighbor,’ nonfiction comics that peek past the curtains," Los Angeles Times website (June 10, 2009).
  9. Arrant, Chris. "Dean Haspiel on the Next Door Neighbor Anthology," Newsarama (June 6, 2008).
  10. Keyes, Alison. "Graphic Novel Tells Grim Story Of Cuban Revolution," NPR website (Nov. 24, 2010).
  11. Deliso, Meredith. "Haspiel takes on Castro in Lockpez's bittersweet revolution memoir," New York Post (Sept. 29, 2010).
  12. Hogan, John. "Inverna Lockpez's Cuba: Remembering a Revolution," Graphic Novel Reporter. Accessed June 13, 2013.
  13. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/08/21/2010-creative-arts-emmy-winners/20100821atas01/ 2010 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY(R) WINNERS
  14. [Hauman, Glenn]
  15. http://welcometotripcity.com/about-2/ "Curators,"
  16. Means-Shannon, Hannah. "TRIP CITY at One Year: Around the Digital Campfire with Dean Haspiel," Comics Beat (Nov. 14, 2012).
  17. Jusino, Teresa. "Interview: Dean Haspiel Talks The Red Hook and WEBTOON’s New Brooklyn Universe," The Mary Sue (Apr. 20, 2016).
  18. Maveal, Chloe. "Podcast Spotlight: Scene By Scene with Josh and Dean: The minute-by-minute comics history breakdown you didn't know you needed," The Beat (Aug. 8, 2019).
  19. News: Staff . Fall Season Announced at The Brick! . September 12, 2017 . . May 13, 2020 .
  20. News: Staff . The Last Bar at the End of the World at Urban Stages . April 15, 2018 . . May 13, 2020 .
  21. MacDonald, Heidi. "Roundtable: Stoya, Seth Gilliam, Phillip Cruise and Dean Haspiel talk The Last Bar at the End of The World," The Beat (04/09/2018).

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