Dean Haspiel
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Haspiel at a book signing at Midtown Comics East in Manhattan, September 15, 2010
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| Born | Dean Edmund Haspiel May 31, 1967 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller |
| Pseudonym(s) | Dino |
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Notable works
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Billy Dogma The Quitter Keyhole |
| Awards | Emmy Award, 2010 |
| http://www.DeanHaspiel.com | |
Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967, in New York City) is an American comic book artist. He is known for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.
Haspiel grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side and attended The High School of Music & Art/Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, graduating in 1985.
In the mid-1980s, Haspiel worked as an assistant to Howard Chaykin on American Flagg!, Bill Sienkiewicz on New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin, and Walter Simonson on Thor. Later, Haspiel attended the State University of New York at Purchase, first majoring in illustration and eventually switching to film.
In 1987, while still an undergraduate, Haspiel inaugurated his professional comics career when he co-created The Verdict with Martin Powell. 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, 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).
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