Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967, in New York City) is an American

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, writer, and

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. 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

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's '' Bored to Death''. He has been nominated for numerous

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, and won a 2010

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for TV design work.

Early life

Haspiel grew up on Manhattan's

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and attended The High School of Music & Art/

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, often referred to simply as LaGuardia or "LaG", is a public High school (North America), high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, near Lincoln ...

,"An Exclusive Interview with Dean 'Dino' Hapiel, Rock Star in Cartoonist's Clothing"
, ''Walrus Comix'' (2008). graduating in 1985. In the mid-1980s, Haspiel worked at Upstart Associates (a shared studio space on West 29th Street in New York City) as an assistant for

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on '' American Flagg!'' and for Walter Simonson on ''

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''; he also worked (at a different studio) as an assistant for

Bill Sienkiewicz Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''The New Mutants (comic book), The New Mutants'', ''Moon Knight,'' and ''Elektra: Assassi ...

on ''

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'' and '' Elektra: Assassin''. 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. 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

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and

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. Recent works starring Billy Dogma include ''Brawl'', a "creature romance double feature" mini-series with Michel Fiffe for

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; 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

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in 2005. 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,

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published the ''ACT-I-VATE Primer,'' which featured an original Haspiel story as well as work by other members of the collective.) In fall 2008, Vertigo released the original

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''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

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anthology ''Next-Door Neighbor'' for SMITH Magazine. 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 '' Cuba: My Revolution'', published by

. The book was covered by, among others, NPR's '' Tell Me More'', the ''

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'', and ''Graphic Novel Reporter.'' Also in 2010, Haspiel won an

for outstanding main title design for the

show '' Bored to Death''. 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." For a period, it was the online home of new Haspiel comics and postings. 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

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. In 2019, Haspiel and long-time collaborator Josh Neufeld launched a weekly

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, ''Scene by Scene with Josh & Dean'', that focused on Harvey Pekar and the '' American Splendor''

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Bibliography

Comics

Creator series/graphic novels

* ''The Verdict'', 4-issue miniseries co-created with writer Martin Powell ( Eternity Comics, 1987) * '' Keyhole'', shared with Josh Neufeld (1996–1998) ** #1–4 ( Millennium Publications, 1996–1997) ** #5–6 (

, 1998) * ''Billy Dogma'' #1–3 ( Millennium Publications, 1997) * '' SLC Punk!'' written by James Merendino (Straight Edge Productions/Lulu Publishing, 1999) * ''Daydream Lullabies'' (

, 1999) * ''Opposable Thumbs'' (

, 2001) * ''Boy In My Pocket'' (

, 2003) * '' The Thing: Night Falls on Yancy Street'', 4-issue miniseries with writer

Evan Dorkin Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and cartoonist. His best known works are the comic books ''Milk and Cheese'' and ''Dork'', the latter of which features his comic '' Eltingville''. His comics often poke fun at fandom ...

(

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

, 2003) * ''Aim To Dazzle'' (

, 2004) * ''The Quitter'' with writer Harvey Pekar (

, 2005) * ''

Immortal Immortality is the ability to live forever, or eternal life. Immortal or Immortality may also refer to: Film * ''The Immortals'' (1995 film), an American crime film * ''Immortality'', an alternate title for the 1998 British film '' The Wisdom of ...

'' webcomic
Act-i-vate
2006) * ''Brawl'', 3-issue miniseries shared with Michel Fiffe (

, 2007) * ''Fear, My Dear'' webcomic
Act-i-vate
2007) * ''The Alcoholic'' with writer Jonathan Ames (

, 2008) * ''Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever'' with writer Jay Lynch ( Toon Books, 2008) * ''Street Code'' webcomic ( Zuda Comics, 2008) * ''Next-Door Neighbor'' webcomics anthology, editor ( Smith Magazine, 2008) * '' Cuba: My Revolution'' with writer Inverna Lockpez (

, 2010) * ''The Last Mortician'' webcomic with writer Tim Hall (

Tor.com ''Reactor'', formerly ''Tor.com'', is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on specul ...

, 2011) * ''The Fox: Freak Magnet'' with writers

Mark Waid Mark Waid (; born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles ''The Flash'', '' Kingdom Come'' and '' Superman: Birthright'' as well as his work on ''Captain America'', ''Fantastic Four'' and '' Da ...

and

J. M. DeMatteis John Marc DeMatteis (; born December 15, 1953) is an American writer of comic books, television and novels. Biography Early career J. M. DeMatteis's earliest aspirations were to be a rock musician and comic book artist. He began playing in ban ...

(

Archie Comics Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Archie Comics) is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the village of Pelham, New York. The company's many titles feature the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Jug ...

, 2014) * ''Beef with Tomato'' (Alternative Comics, 2015) * ''The Fox: Fox Hunt'' with writer Mark Waid (Archie Comics, 2018) * ''The Red Hook Volume 1: New Brooklyn'' (Image Comics, 2018) * ''The Red Hook Volume 2: War Cry'' (Image Comics, 2019)

Stories/comics elsewhere

* ''

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'' #589, 14-page story titled " Bonus Book #5: For the Love of Ivy" with writers Lewis Klahr & Steve Piersall (

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, 1988) * ''

Justice League International Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and ...

'' #24, 14-page story titled "Bonus Book #13: Maxwell Lord" with writer David Levin (DC Comics, 1989) * ''Caliber Presents'' #s 16–21, story titled "The Verdict: The Acolyte" with writer Martin Powell (

Caliber Comics Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of Americ ...

, 1990) * ''

Negative Burn ''Negative Burn'' is a black-and-white comics anthology, anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclecti ...

'' #27, 1-page story titled "Lionel's Lament" (Caliber Comics, 1995) * ''Negative Burn'' #28, 1-page story titled "Lionel's Lament" with cartoonist Josh Neufeld (Caliber Comics, 1995) * ''Negative Burn'' #32, 1-page story titled "You're Lying To Me" (Caliber Comics, 1996) * ''Negative Burn'' #33, 2-page story titled "American Dilemma" starring Harvey Pekar (Caliber Comics, 1995) * ''SPX '97'' anthology, "Lucky Love Limbo" with

Jessica Abel Jessica Abel (born 1969) is an American comic book writer and artist, known as the creator of such works as ''Life Sucks'', ''Drawing Words & Writing Pictures'', ''Soundtrack'', ''La Perdida'', ''Mirror, Window'', ''Radio: An Illustrated Guide' ...

( CBLDF, 1997) * ''

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'' #10 anthology, 6-page story titled "Open" (

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, 1999) * ''SPX '99'' anthology, 2-page story titled "Buster Browns" (CBLDF, 1999) * ''

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: Secret Files'', "Dr. Fate" pin-up (DC Comics, 1999) * ''American Splendor: Terminal'' anthology, 1-page story titled "Violation" with writer Harvey Pekar (

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, 1999) * ''American Splendor: Bedtime Stories'' anthology, 1-page story titled "The Good Times Are Gone" with writer Harvey Pekar (Dark Horse Comics, 2000) * ''American Splendor: Portrait of the Author In His Declining Years'' anthology, 5-page story titled "Payback" with writer Harvey Pekar (Dark Horse Comics, 2001) * ''Expo 2001'' anthology, 4-page story titled "The Big To Do" (CBLDF, 2001) * ''Bizarro Comics'' anthology, 7-page story titled "Captain Marvel and the Sham Shazam" with writer

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(DC Comics, 2001) * ''9–11: Emergency Relief'' anthology, 6-page story titled "91101" (

, 2002) * ''Captain America: Red, White & Blue'' with writer Karl Bollers (

, 2002) * '' Muties'' #3 with writer Karl Bollers (

, 2002) * writer for

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in ''

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'' #12 (DC Comics, 2002) * ''JLA-Z'',

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pin-up (DC Comics, 2003) * ''

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'' #40 anthology 12-page story titled "Slam" with writer Nick Bertozzi (

, 2003) * ''

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'' #20 with writer

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(

, 2003) * ''

'' #1, anthology, 4-page story titled "Aim to Dazzle" (Alternative Comics, 2003) * ''The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' #3 with writer

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(Dark Horse Comics, 2003) * ''

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'' #9 (reprinted in ''Batman Adventures: Shadows & Masks'') with writers Gabe Soria and Vito Delsante (

, 2004) * ''

Justice League Adventures While Batman and Superman had their own animated series and comic book follow-ups, the rest of the characters in the appeared in the following comics often. ''The Batman Adventures'' ''The Batman Adventures'' was created as a comic book tie-in ...

'' #32 with writer

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(DC Comics, 2004) * ''

'' #2, anthology, 1-page story titled "Identity Crisis" with writer Harvey Pekar (Alternative Comics, 2004) * ''The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' #8 titled "Escape From the Hospital" with writer Harvey Pekar (Dark Horse Comics, 2005) * ''Project: Superior'' anthology, co-edited with

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and Chris Pitzer (

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, 2005) * ''

'' #3, anthology, 1-page story titled "Funny You Should Ask!" (Alternative Comics, 2005) * ''Bizarro World'' anthology, 5-page story titled "Bizarro Shmizarro" with writer Harvey Pekar (DC Comics, 2005) * ''

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'', 2-page story titled "Rock, Roll 'n' Randle" written by Harvey Pekar (2005) * ''

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'', 2-page story titled "The Real Harvey" written by Harvey Pekar (2005) * ''

'', 1-page story titled "The Black Eyed Peas Storm Sting's Castle" written by

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and Kyle Anderson (2005) * writer of ''Cartoon Network Block Party!'' #16 (DC Comics, 2006) * ''

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'' #7 (''Fallout'', Pt. 1) with writer Vito Delsante (

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, 2006) * '' American Splendor'' #1 anthology, 20-page story titled "The Day's Highlights" with writer Harvey Pekar (

, 2006) * '' American Splendor'' #2 anthology, 7-page story titled "Today I am a Man" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2006) * '' American Splendor'' #3 anthology, 4-page story titled "The Battle of the Vacant Lot" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2006) * '' American Splendor'' #4 anthology, 8-page story titled "New York City Signing" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2007) * '' Goosebumps Graphix'' #3: ''Scary Summer'', story titled "The Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes" adapted from writer

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(

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, 2007) * ''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...

'' #8 with writer Brian Wood (

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, 2008) * '' Popgun'' vol 2. anthology, story titled "Sex Planet" (Image Comics, 2008) * '' American Splendor: Season Two'' anthology #1, 1-page story titled "Hollywood Bob's Observation" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2008) * '' American Splendor: Season Two'' anthology #2, 2-page story titled "Brought Up Short" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2008) * '' American Splendor: Season Two'' anthology #3, 9-page story titled "Bop Philosophy" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2008) * '' American Splendor: Season Two'' anthology #4, 5-page story titled "Cleopatra" with writer Harvey Pekar (Vertigo, 2008) * ''ACT-I-VATE Primer'' anthology, story titled "Bring Me the Heart of Billy Dogma" (

, 2009) * ''

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'' #1, 36-page story titled "The Bicycle Thief or: How Cyclops Got His Groove Back" with writer Lee Black (Marvel Comics, 2011) * '' X-Men: First Class — Class Portraits'' anthology, story (Marvel Comics, 2011) * ''

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'' #2 anthology, story featuring

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(Marvel Comics, 2011) * ''

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'' #692, 8-page story titled "Spider-Man For A Night" (Marvel Comics, 2012)

Illustrations

Dean Haspiel has contributed illustrations to the following projects: * ''Video King'', ''Mummy Monster Sign'' and ''The Scuzzbournes'' and various others for ''

Nickelodeon Magazine ''Nick Magazine'' is a defunct American children's magazine inspired by the children's television network Nickelodeon. Its first incarnation appeared in 1990 and was distributed at participating Pizza Hut restaurants; the version of the magazine ...

'' * ''Thor's Day'' for ''Shuttle Sheet'' magazine * ''Pot Monkeys'' for ''

High Times ''High Times'' was an American monthly magazine (and cannabis brand) that advocates the legalization of cannabis as well as other counterculture ideas. The magazine was founded in 1974 by Tom Forcade. The magazine had its own book publishing d ...

'' magazine * various illustrations and covers for ''

New York Press ''New York Press'' was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011. The ''Press'' strove to create a rivalry with the ''Village Voice''. ''Press'' editors claimed to have tried to hire away writer Nat Hento ...

'' * various illustrations and covers for ''The Austin Statesman American's XLent'' * various illustrations and covers for ''

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'' * 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 Mitch Fatel (born December 20, 1968), also known as Mitch Faytel, is a stand-up comedian. Born in Manhattan, he was raised in Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is the List of municipalities in New York, third-most populous city in the U.S. st ...

's ''Super Retardo''

Film

*Assistant director for Rockville Pictures' ''Burnzy's Last Call'' *Actor in McCann & Co. Films' '' Desolation Angels'' *Comics for

Good Machine Good Machine Productions was an American independent film production, film distribution, and foreign sales company started in the early 1990 by its co-founders and producers, Ted Hope and James Schamus. David Linde joined as a partner in the l ...

's ''

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'' *Production assistant for Good Machine's '' The Ice Storm'' *Actor in Next In Line Productions' '' Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party'' *Illustration for Good Machine's ''

American Splendor ''American Splendor'' is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular interv ...

'' *Comics for Red Mountain Film's ''Jail Bait'' *Illustrations for the HBO series '' Bored to Death''

Theater

*Playwright for ''Switch to Kill'' (2014) *Playwright for ''Harakiri Kane (aka Die! Die, Again!)'' (2017)— features Stoya *Playwright for ''The Last Bar at the End of the World'' (2018) — features Stoya,

Seth Gilliam Seth Gilliam (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Ellis Carver on ''The Wire'', Clayton Hughes on '' Oz'', Dr. Alan Deaton on '' Teen Wolf'', and Father Gabriel Stokes on '' The Walking Dead''. E ...

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).

Awards

* Ignatz Award nomination for Outstanding Comic (''Keyhole'') (1997) * Eisner Award nomination for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition (2002) *

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nomination for Outstanding Artist (2003) *

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred ...

nomination for Best Webcomic (2008) *

outstanding main title design for '' Bored to Death'' (2010) *

Ringo Award The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Ringo Awards, are prizes given for achievement in comic books. They are named in honor of artist Mike Wieringo and they were founded by the Reisterstown, Maryland–based C ...

best webcomic for ''The Red Hook'' (2017)

References

External links

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Dean Haspiel's blog

Trip City

ACT-I-VATE

''Next-Door Neighbor'' on SMITH

''L.A. Times'' "Hero Complex" Interview

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haspiel, Dean American bloggers Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Artists from Manhattan People from the Upper West Side Writers from Manhattan State University of New York at Purchase alumni Alternative cartoonists 1967 births Living people DC Comics people Marvel Comics people American comics artists American webcomic creators