Dean Haspiel
Birth name	Dean Edmund Haspiel
Born	May 31, 1967 New York, NY
Nationality	U.S.
Area(s)	Artist, Writer
Pseudonym(s)	Dino
Notable works	Billy Dogma, The Quitter, Keyhole

Dean Haspiel (born 1967 in New York City) is a comic book artist living in Brooklyn, New York. He is most recognized for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the recent graphic novel, The Quitter. May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Harvey Pekar on the cover of American Splendor: Portrait of the Author in his Declining Years Harvey Pekar (pronounced /ar-vay pea-kar/) (born October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a U.S. underground comic book writer. ... American Splendor #1 cover American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books and graphic novels written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. ...

In the mid-1980s, Dean worked as an assistant to Howard Chaykin on American Flagg!, Bill Sienkiewicz on New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin, and Walter Simonson on Thor. In 1987, Dean inaugurated his own comics career when he co-created The Verdict with Martin Powell. Dean went on to co-create the two-man comics anthology, Keyhole, with cartoonist Josh Neufeld, and later with his "last romantic anti-hero", Billy Dogma. Howard Victor Chaykin (born 1950 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material. ... American Flagg! is a comic book written by Howard Chaykin and published by First Comics in the 1980s. ... Bill Sienkiewicz in Gijón, Spain. ... New Mutants may also refer to the genetically engineered superhumans of Mutant X (TV series). ... Walter or, usually, Walt Simonson is a comic book writer and artist. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. ... Martin Powell (born July 19, 1973 in Sheffield, Yorkshire) is a British musician. ... Josh Neufeld at his drawing table Josh Neufeld (b: 1967, New York City) is an alternative cartoonist known for his fact-based comics on subjects like international travel and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and David Greenberger. ...

In 2006, Dean Haspiel converged with seven other cartoonists to form the online comics studio known as ACT-I-VATE. It is through this venture that Haspiel is serializing the Billy Dogma Trilogy, starting with Immortal, and its sequel Fear, My Dear.

Upcoming works include the graphic novel The Alcoholic with writer Jonathan Ames for Vertigo in the Fall of 2008, and, eventually, his Brooklyn, comix/art, memoir Lift Here to Open. Jonathan Ames is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ...

Bibliography

Comics

• The Verdict, 4-issue miniseries co-created with writer Martin Powell for Eternity Comics (1987)
• Detective Comics #589, 14-page story entitled Bonus Book #5: For the Love of Ivy with writers Lewis Klahr & Steve Piersall (1988)
• Justice League International #24, 14 page story entitled Bonus Book #13: Maxwell Lord with writer David Levin (1989)
• Caliber Presents #s 16-21, story entitled The Verdict: The Acolyte with writer Martin Powell (1990)
• Negative Burn #27, 1-page story entitled Lionel's Lament (1995)
• Negative Burn #28, 1-page story entitled Lionel's Lament with cartoonist Josh Neufeld (1995)
• Negative Burn #32, 1-page story entitled You're Lying To Me (1996)
• Negative Burn #33, 2-page story entitled American Dilemma (1995)
• Keyhole #1-4, (1996-1997) for Millennium Publications.
• SPX '97, Lucky Love Limbo with Jessica Abel (1997)
• Keyhole #5-6, (1998) for Top Shelf Productions.
• Billy Dogma #1-3, (1997) for Millennium Publications.
• Minimum Wage #10 anthology, 6-page story entitled Open (1999)
• SPX '99 #27 anthology, 2-page story entitled Buster Browns (1999)
• Day of Judgement: Secret Files, Dr. Fate pin-up (1999)
• SLC PUNK! written by James Merendino (1999)
• Daydream Lullabies (1999)
• American Splendor: Terminal anthology, 1-page story entitled Violation with writer Harvey Pekar (1999)
• American Splendor: Bedtime Stories anthology, 1-page story entitled The Good Times Are Gone with writer Harvey Pekar (2000)
• American Splendor: Portrait of the Author In His Declining Years Anthology, 5-page story entitled Payback with writer Harvey Pekar (2001)
• Opposable Thumbs (2001)
• Expo 2001 anthology, 4-page story entitled The Big To Do (2001)
• Bizarro Comics anthology, 7-page story entitled Captain Marvel and the Sham Shazam with writer Sam Henderson (2001)
• 9-11: Emergency Relief anthology, 6-page story entitled 91101 (2002)
• Captain America: Red, White & Blue with writer Karl Bollers (2002)
• Muties #3 with writer Karl Bollers (2002)
• writer for Johnny Bravo in Cartoon Cartoons #12 (2002)
• Boy In My Pocket (2003)
• The Thing: Night Falls on Yancy Street four-issue miniseries with writer Evan Dorkin (2003)
• JLA-Z, Despero Pin-up (2003)
• X-Men Unlimited #40 anthology 12-page story entitled Slam with writer Nick Bertozzi (2003)
• Alternative Comics #1, anthology, 4-page story entitled Aim to Dazzle (2003)
• Aim To Dazzle (2004)
• The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #3 (2004) with writer Kevin McCarthy
• Alternative Comics #2, anthology, 1-page story entitled Identity Crisis with writer Harvey Pekar(2004)
• The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #8 (2005) with writer Harvey Pekar
• Project: Superior Anthology, co-edited with Scott Morse and Chris Pitzer (2005)
• Alternative Comics #3, anthology, 1-page story entitled Funny you should ask! (2005)
• Bizarro World anthology, 5-page story entitled Bizarro Shmizarro with writer Harvey Pekar (2005)
• SPIN music magazine, 2-page story entitled Rock, Roll 'n' Randle written by Harvey Pekar (2005)
• Playboy adult magazine, 2-page story entitled The Real Harvey written by Harvey Pekar (2005)
• SPIN music magazine, 1-page story entitled The Black Eyed Peas Storm Sting's Castle written by will.i.am and Kyle Anderson(2005)
• The Quitter (2005) with writer Harvey Pekar
• writer of Cartoon Network Block Party! #16 (2006)
• Immortal (2006) webcomic serialized at Act-i-vate
• Spider-Man's Tangled Web #20 with writer Zeb Wells
• Batman Adventures #9 for DC Comics (reprinted in Batman Adventures: Shadows & Masks) with writers Gabe Soria and Vito Delsante
• Justice League Adventures #32 with writer Keith Giffen
• Vampirella #8 with writer Brian Wood
• Beowulf #7 (Fallout, Pt. 1) with writer Vito Delsante
• American Splendor with writer Harvey Pekar
• Fear, My Dear (2007) webcomic serialized at Act-i-vate

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Illustrations

Dean Haspiel has contributed illustrations to the following projects:

• Video King, Mummy Monster Sign and The Scuzzbournes and various others for Nickelodeon Magazine
• Thor's Day for Shuttle Sheet magazine
• Pot Monkeys for High Times magazine
• various illustrations and covers for New York Press
• various illustrations and covers for The Austin Statesman American's XLent
• various illustrations and covers for Washington City Paper
• CD single cover for Cowboy Johnny Christ
• CD album cover for Yummy
• pin-up for David Yurkovich's Less Than Heroes graphic novel
• CD cover and 8pp comix foldout for comedian Mitch Fatel's Super Retardo

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Film

• assistant director for Rockville Pictures' Burnzy's Last Call
• actor in McCann & Co. Films' Desolation Angels
• comics for Good Machines' Happiness
• production assistant for Good Machines' The Ice Storm
• actor in Next In Line Productions' Alien Sex Party
• illustration for Good Machines' American Splendor
• comics for Red Mountain Films' Jail Bait
• illustrations for an unnamed Jonathan Ames TV pilot

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Awards

• Ignatz Award nomination for Outstanding Artist (2003)
• Eisner Award nomination for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition (2002)
• Ignatz Award nomination for Outstanding Comic (Keyhole) (1997)

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External links

• Dean Haspiel's website
• Dean Haspiel's blog
• Act-i-vate
• Interview with Top Two Three Films
• The Bat Segundo Show #40 (podcast interview)