Going to the studio yesterday I took a wrong turn and ended up in an industrial neighbourhood in Brooklyn where I took some great reference photos for a heist story I’m working on. At Hang Dai we ate Polish donuts and drank too much coffee. I got career advice from Dean Haspiel and some nifty Photoshop tricks from […]
Dean Haspiel
On the move: BROOKLYN
I arrived in Caroll Gardens yesterday, after an 8-hour flight and a two-hour line to get through passport controls. Got fingerprinted for the third time this year coming into the States. Seems the whole charade is just a way to slow down the process of entering the country, as they don’t even keep it on file. A speedy […]
Interviewed: DEAN HASPIEL
Emmy award winning artist, Dean Haspiel, created the Eisner Award nominated BILLY DOGMA, and has drawn many great superhero and semi-autobiographical comic books published by Marvel, DC/Vertigo, ACT-I-VATE, Dark Horse, Image, Scholastic, Toon Books, Top Shelf, The New York Times, and illustrates for HBO’s “Bored To Death.” http://www.deanhaspiel.com/ What comics or art projects are you […]
Interviewed: LAURA LEE GULLEDGE
Laura Lee Gulledge grew up in Virginia and currently lives in New York, just like the main character in her artistic coming-of-age story “Paige by Paige.” This book is her debut YA graphic novel which comes out in May through Abrams Books. She also works in art education, scenic painting, body painting, event production/design, art […]
On the move: MoCCA AFTERMATH
Strangely quiet here, after the constant droning noise of New York City. I’m trying to get back in the slow rythm of work after days of inspiration and wall-to-wall conversation. Here are some quotes I remember from my trip: “I abuse my originals pretty severely” – Bill Sienkiewicz about his splattered and scratched artwork “If you […]