Dean Haspiel
@deanhaspiel
Emmy award winning NYC cartoonist + playwright. Creator of Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, Covid Cop & Chest Face.
TODAY is the LAST DAY to ask your local comix shop to pre-order REAL LIFE COMIX: Only In New York ~ the anthology I co-edited w/Doug Latino (published by Cosmic Lion Productions) featuring 52 NYC stories by 69 creators, including Jack Kirby’s only comix memoir, “Street Code.”
Calling all comix pros! Please vote CHEST FACE for 'Best Short Story' here: ringoawards.com
Calling all comix pros! Please vote CHEST FACE for "Best Short Story." Thankyouverymuch! xox ringoawards.com
Absolutely thrilled and honored. My self-published comic book, CHEST FACE, was nominated for a Ringo Award for 'Best Short Story.' Comix creators can vote now. ringoawards.com Hallelujah Baltimore Comicon!
Gonna be a guest at my very first Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia from Sept 3rd - 7th 2026! www.dragoncon.org
In case you missed it the first time. My comix fundamentals workshop at The Art Students League NYC is has expanded to four days! Join me in mid-September! workshops.artstudentsleague.org/course/Haspi...
Debuting my new theatrical scene "Nobody's Perfect" being performed by Jamie Block & Kristin Noriega during Onur Tukel's salon at Pinky Swear in the LES Tuesday, May 26th, 7:30pm - 9:30pm.
50 years ago today Harvey Pekar self-published AMERICAN SPLENDOR #1. And comics were changed forever. Listen to a show I did with @joshneufeld.bsky.social + guests about Pekar's career & movie: podcast.joshcomix.com Now if only there was a proper library of his work made available for sale + study
The REAL LIFE COMIX: Only In New York Kickstarter ends at noon EDT. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
Only nine more days to pre-order REAL LIFE COMIX: Only In New York. 51 stories by 66 creators. Come for the blitz, stay for the schvitz. Pledge here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
I believe you can still register to take my comix fundamentals workshop at the Art Students League NYC this week: April 28, 29 & 30 from 6-9:30pm. workshops.artstudentsleague.org/course/Haspi...
One week away. Sign up to learn the fundamentals of drawing stories with me at the Art Students League NYC. workshops.artstudentsleague.org/course/Haspi...
A variant cover I drew for GEIGER #24, featuring Junkyard Joe, is coming out from Ghost Machine (by way of Image Comics) soon! Pre-order it. goldenapplecomics.com/products/709...
Latest batch of Down & Dirty cardboard drawings for $100. My dance card is still open but I gotta keep requests to established characters. The price is gonna go up so get into the queue soon. Thanks for your support & cheer. www.instagram.com/p/DW1S1ZzlXa...
I never met cartoonist Sam Kieth but he drew the cover to THE VERDICT mini-series I co-created w/writer Martin Powell for Eternity Comics (published by Brian David-Marshall) in 1987. Sam was a unique creator and a powerful influence to new generations of cartoonists. May he RIP.
I'm teaching a comix workshop at the Art Students League NYC, April 28 - 30th, 6pm - 9:30pm. Sign up and bring a story you wanna show and tell. workshops.artstudentsleague.org/course/Haspi...
I’ve hit some financial woes due to unexpected dental, veterinarian + car issues. I’m offering down & dirty cardboard sketches for $100 each. Pick your favorite character and you’ll get a spontaneous drawing mailed to your home. Or make it a gift for your pal. DM me for details. Thanks!
I drew 2 bonus books. One featuring Batman. The other featuring Blue Beetle & Booster Gold. In both of them my art is embarrassing + awful. I thought I'd never work at DC Comics ever again. Here's my cover to the Detective Comics one I drew. The only art I feel okay about. We grow up in public.
I drew a commission called “Absolute Batman’s Last Laugh” for OAX (Original Art Expo) in Orlando, Florida of which I will be a guest at from Feb 20th - 22nd, 2026. You can bid on my art here: www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece...
Apparently today is BATMAN '66 Day. I had the honor and fortune of drawing three Batman '66 stories for DC Comics when they were producing them.
Thrilled to get new pledges for ANTIMATTER on Kickstarter. The comix anthology I’m currently working on for a Spring 2026 release. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
On the art table: The Red Hook in ANTIMATTER # 1 coming Spring 2026. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
Check out my latest comix strip, THE RED HOOK in "Justice x Revenge," via my newsletter (link in bio). deanhaspiel.substack.com/p/justice-x-...
Working on ANTIMATTER... You can still pledge (pre-order) the book here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...