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Monday, June 4th, 2012
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12:36 pm - Dino FAQ
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http://www.deanhaspiel.com/
Emmy award winning artist, Dean Haspiel, created the Eisner Award nominated BILLY DOGMA, the semi-autobiographical digital comic, STREET CODE, helped pioneer personal webcomics with the invention of ACT-I-VATE, and co-created/co-curates, TRIP CITY.net, a Brooklyn-filtered, multimedia salon.
Dean has drawn many great superhero and semi-autobiographical comic books published by Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Dark Horse, IDW, Image, Scholastic Graphix, Toon Books, Top Shelf, Playboy, The New York Times, and Tor.com, including critically acclaimed collaborations with Harvey Pekar (American Splendor, The Quitter), Jonathan Ames (The Alcoholic), Jonathan Lethem (Cousin Corinne’s REMINDER), Tim Hall (The Last Mortician), and with Inverna Lockpez on the Harvey Award winning, CUBA: My Revolution. Dean illustrated the Super Ray comics art for HBO’s “Bored To Death,” for which he won an Emmy award for his work on the opening title sequence. Recently, Dino teamed up with Ben McCool to co-create THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ADVENTURES OF DIRK DAVIES, an original webcomic [loosely based on the Namco arcade video game, Warp & Warp] for ShiftyLook.
TRIP CITY is the current vista where Dean Haspiel’s cosmic bruiser, Billy Dogma, excavates unexpurgated romance and adventure with his knock ‘em dead dame, Jane Legit, while flexing two-fisted aggro-moxie and purple staccato for the 21st Century.
Please click here to see what Dean’s been up to at TRIP CITY: http://welcometotripcity.com/author/dean-haspiel/
ATTENTION Art Directors, Editors, Publishers, Writers, Etc: if you’d like to see current samples of Dean Haspiel’s art, please check out his gallery: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/01/dean-haspiel-gallery/
( Click here for comix, interviews, news, videos, and other essential links )
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| Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
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4:27 pm - Dean Haspiel & Seth Kushner interviewed on Word Balloon podcast
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Me and Seth Kushner were interviewed by John Siuntres on the latest Word Balloon podcast where we discuss TRIP CITY, Leaping Tall Buildings (written by Christopher Irving), our current projects + the Before Watchmen and Jack Kirby controversies, digital comics, and more.
“Dean Haspiel and Seth Kushner return to Word Balloon to discuss the TRIP CITY website, a multimedia hub for many Brooklyn creative artists. Dean and Seth have been co-hosting the Trip City Podcast featuring peer-to-peer conversations between comic book creators, and other media creators and stars. Kushner is also here to talk about his photographic work in the new comics history book Leaping Tall Buildings written by Christopher Irving. Irving and Kushner produced an excellent look at creators from golden age stalwarts like Joe Simon, Irwin Hasen, and Jerry Robinson, to today’s web comic innovators. From mainstream to underground no era or genre of comics is ignored, and the profiles presented by the duo are unparallelled. Haspiel talks about current projects like making the 6 page digital comic for THE DOORS mobile app, which depicts the band’s official point of view of the infamous Miami concert of March 1st, 1969. Haspiel also has a Godzilla Legends issue this month from IDW written by Bobby Curnow, and a quirky upcoming 8 page Spider-Man story for Marvel later this year. The guys also discuss the Before Watchmen and Jack Kirby controversies, digital comics and more.”
Click here to listen: http://ifanboy.com/podcasts/word-balloon-podcast-jeph-loeb-dean-haspiel-seth-kushner-steve-bryant/
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| Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
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9:38 pm - FLAUNT exclusive interview with Dean Haspiel
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http://flaunt.com/flaunt/flaunt-exclusive-dean-haspiel
Excerpt:
“I’d say my comics border on romance, science fiction, crimes of the heart; they’re very earnest and invoke empathy. You know, we live in a cynical world right now where a lot of our TV shows and our movies are a lot darker than they used to be and as I get older I’ve discovered that I’m more interested in movies like the ones by Preston Sturges from the 1940s or noir because not only were there a lot more basic truths that were being told artistically back then, but also there was a sense of hope and I feel like a lot of today’s stories lack that. What I try to do is take the bombastic parts of what I love between you know kung-fu, horror, hip-hop, and electronica and I try to mix that up and I’m kind of DJ’ing those stories into my own work. It’s the only way I can describe it.”
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| Saturday, May 19th, 2012
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12:26 pm - McCool & Haspiel's THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ADVENTURES OF DIRK DAVIES #s 11 & 12 + More!
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| Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
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6:15 pm - Dean Haspiel contributes to 50th Anniversary of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (#692)
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[Sneak peek from my Spidey story]
I am proud to announce that I have written and drawn a story for the 50th Anniversary issue of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (#692) that pays homage to Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and John Romita. It's colored by Giulia Brusco and comes out in August. Thanks, Steve Wacker!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692
DAN SLOTT (w) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (a/C)
Spider-Man Decades variant covers by Marcos Martin• Special 50TH Anniversary Issue!
• Join us for a once in a lifetime event: the one, true 50th Anniversary Issue of the Amazing Spider-Man.
• A special over-sized issue harkening back to the legend that started it all! Get ready for an all-new tale about a different kind of power and responsibility...
• Plus original stories by Dean Haspiel, Joshua Hale Fialkov & Nuno Plati!
64 PGS. all-new content/Rated T …$5.99
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38700
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11:01 am - Original BILLY DOGMA piece for sale at Brooklyn Bridge art show @Urban Folk Art Gallery
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Along with TRIP CITY artists, photographers and painters like Jen Ferguson, and Seth Kushner, I will be showing and selling an original Billy Dogma piece and a limited edition of prints [see above] inspired by The Brooklyn Bridge and “The Last Romantic Antihero” at The 3rd Annual Brooklyn Bridge Birthday Celebration group art show at Brooklyn Tattoo and Urban Folk Art Gallery launching May 25th. I have never sold an original Billy Dogma piece, so this is kind of special to me.
For more info: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/05/brooklyn-bridge-art-show-urban-folk-art-gallery/
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| Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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12:41 am - TRIP CITY Salon - May 30th
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TRIP CITY LIVE! The Brooklyn-filtered, multimedia, literary arts salon TRIP CITY (http://TRIPCITY.net/) presents its first offline hullabaloo: Live Comix, Stories, Music, Girls, Food and Libations on Wednesday, May 30th from 8pm – 11pm at Fornino Park Slope. 254 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215-1924
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/132609150207335
Starring:
DEAN HASPIEL http://welcometotripcity.com/contributors/deanhaspiel/
SANDRA BEASLEY http://tripcity.net/contributors/sandra-beasley/
SETH KUSHNER http://tripcity.net/contributors/seth-kushner/
CHRIS MISKIEWICZ http://tripcity.net/contributors/chris-miskiewicz/
BROOKE VAN POPPELEN http://www.brookevanpoppelen.com/
AMERICANS UK http://tripcity.net/contributors/jef-uk/
JOE INFURNARI http://tripcity.net/contributors/joe-infurnari/
PLUCKY CHARMS
JAHFURRY http://tripcity.net/contributors/jeff-newelt/
KIKI VALENTINE http://kikivalentine.tumblr.com/
JOSH FRANKEL http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/cleveland/767
Q*BALL http://welcometotripcity.com/contributors/ron-scalzo/
+ Special Guests
http://TRIPCITY.net/ = free regular content including original fiction, memoir, spoken word essays, first-person pop, bite-sized noir, post-punk apocalyptic rock, cocksure comix, icon-o-classic profiles, romance & neurotica, podcasts & interviews created by a fellowship of 21st Century auteurs
Curated by and featuring exclusive content from Emmy award winning artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, Bored to Death), Seth Kushner (Leaping Tall Buildings, The Brooklynites), Chris Miskiewicz (Everywhere), and Jeffrey Burandt aka Jef UK (Americans UK).
Featuring Joe Infurnari (MUSH! Sled Dogs with Issues, Marathon), Jennifer Hayden (Underwire), Nick Abadzis (Laika), Jen Ferguson (Art in Chaos), Ron Scalzo (Bald Freak Music), Sandra Beasley (Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life , I Was The Jukebox), Dan Goldman (Shooting War, Red Light Properties), Jeff Newelt (Heeb Magazine, The Pekar Project), Jonathan Vankin (The World’s Greatest Conspiracies), Amy Finkel (Furever), Kevin Colden (Fishtown), Vito Delsante (FCHS), Amanda Ferguson (HBO’s Luck), Eric Skillman (Liar’s Kiss), and The Perv Whisperer (The Perv Whisperer).
TC Blog post: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/05/trip-city-salon-may-30th/
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12:15 am - Snow Angel
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| Sunday, May 13th, 2012
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1:30 pm - Frenchtown, NJ
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1:28 pm - Dean Haspiel at Atlantic Center for the Arts: Oct 8 – 28
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12:01 pm - MCM Expo
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| Saturday, May 12th, 2012
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12:16 pm - McCool & Haspiel's THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ADVENTURES OF DIRK DAVIES #s 9 & 10 + More
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| Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
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12:46 am - God
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| Monday, May 7th, 2012
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11:37 pm - McCool & Haspiel's THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ADVENTURES OF DIRK DAVIES eps 7 & 8 + more
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| Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
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1:34 am - Cinco de Sandra
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CINCO DE SANDRA: A CELEBRATION OF COMIX, STORYTELLING, AND MUSIC
On May 5, 2012, an all-star lineup of DC and NYC storytellers will come together to blow your mind with live performances of poetry, comix, and stories at the Hillyer Art Space in Dupont Circle. Venues represented include Trip City, Act-i-vate, and Barrelhouse. And after that? We'll get the music spinning.
CINCO DE SANDRA's lineup of performers includes:
Sandra Beasley (author of DON'T KILL THE BIRTHDAY GIRL, I WAS THE JUKEBOX)
Dean Haspiel (Emmy winner for BORED TO DEATH title sequence, artist of THE ALCOHOLIC w/Jonathan Ames and THE QUITTER w/Harvey Pekar, creator of BILLY DOGMA)
Molly Lawless (cartoonist of HIT BY PITCH, FROG & OWL)
Jim Dougan (comics writer, SAM & LILAH, CRAZY PAPERS, others at ACTIVATEcomix)
Jennifer Tress (DC-based storyteller, author of YOU'RE NOT PRETTY ENOUGH)
Natalie E. Illum (Spoken word poet, mothertongue organizer)
Tony Mancus (BARRELHOUSE contributor and co-editor of Flying Guillotine Press)
Plus, the whole shebang will be hosted by man-about-town Brandon Wetherbee (YOU, ME, THEM, EVERYBODY) and featuring the sweet sounds of DJ P-Vo (Hometown Sounds DC). We will have a merch table. We will have beer and non-beer. We will have a helluva lotta hijinks. And, in case you were wondering, we will have a birthday girl on hand: Sandra Beasley.
Be there, or be…
...Just be there.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/255811644513842/
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| Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
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11:18 am - FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at Beyond Comics!
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3:04 am - ALONG WITH CLAIRE featuring Dean Haspiel
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3:03 am - 5 Comix Q’s for Dean Haspiel
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| Friday, April 27th, 2012
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1:10 pm - McCool & Haspiel's THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ADVENTURES OF DIRK DAVIES eps 5 & 6 + more
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11:04 am - TRIP CITY at MoCCA Fest 2012
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Hot off the presses! We will have fresh copies of the TRIP CITY VISITOR’S GUIDE 2012, our very first literary arts print anthology available for sale [$5] at Jeffrey Burandt aka Jef UK’s table [I2] at the MoCCA Fest this weekend [April 28 -29, from 11am - 6pm], located at the 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue in NYC. Swing by and pick up your TCVG, plus, American’s UK rock-n-comix.
Photographer, Seth Kushner, will be at the powerHouse Books table [B6] on Saturday: 11:00-12:30 and 3:00-4:30 + Sunday: 1:00-2:30 and 4:30-6:00, along with writer, Chris Irving, to sell and sign their gorgeous tome, LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: The Origins of American Comics, as well as, sell exclusive LTB posters designed by artists, Peter Kuper, Becky Cloonan, and Dean Haspiel [who will be signing from 3-4pm on Saturday].
On Saturday be sure to check out:
4:15pm Harvey Pekar’s Final Projects – ROOM A
Jeff Newelt, Joyce Brabner, Joseph Remnant, Rick Parker, Sean Pryor, Dean Haspiel, JT Waldman
Celebrating the life and work of comics pioneer Harvey Pekar with his widow, and writer in her own right, Joyce Brabner, joins a group of his artist collaborators.
On Sunday be sure to check out:
11:15am Workshop: Drawing with Rick Parker – ROOM B
Rick Parker (Beavis & Butthead, and Papercutz)
Join cartoonist Rick Parker for an insightful, funny and hands-on workshop in cartooning! This workshop is great for cartoonists of all ages.
2:00pm A Discussion with Josh Neufeld and Shannon Wheeler – ROOM B
Josh Neufeld (A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge), Shannon Wheeler (Oil and Water, Too Much Coffee Man)
These two creators interview one another about their work in comics, especially as it relates to their approaches documenting tragedy on the Gulf Coast.
2:15pm Memoir – ROOM A
Calvin Reid, Derf, Peter Kuper, Jennifer Hayden, Mike Dawson
Makers of autobio comics discuss filter their lives through sequential art.
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And, finally, don’t be shy to whoop it up at the MoCCA Fest 2012 Official AfterParty, produced by Jeff Newelt aka Jah Furry on Saturday, April 28th from 7pm – 10pm at the Village Pourhouse, 64 3rd Ave (at 11th st), New York, NY 10003
A TITANIC TEAM-UP
The MoCCA Fest 2012 Official AfterParty + HARVEY PEKAR’s CLEVELAND Launch Party!
Live Music by DANIEL JOHNSTON
+ Special Appearance by JEFFREY LEWIS
+ hosted/produced by JEFF NEWELT
+ DJ BRIAN HEATER
+ TOASTS to LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: The Origins of American Comics (w/photos by Seth Kushner); BLUE graphic novel by PAT GRANT; Lit/Arts salon TRIP CITY: and the 6th Anniversary of indie webcomix collective ACTIVATEcomix.
***Sponsored by Top Shelf Comix & ZIP Comics***
[Chris Miskiewicz, Jeffrey Burandt aka Jef UK, Seth Kushner, & Dean Haspiel]
Origial Blog post: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/04/trip-city-at-mocca-fest-2012/
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