My Mama and Covid Cop
Freak Sugar, Jacked Kirby & Pop Culture Squad!
My mother, Barbara, alerted me to the fact that my last newsletter had a busted link to my COVID COP Kickstarter. I mean, c’mon Dean! You had ONE JOB.
So, here is the correct LINK
And I’ll spell it out here, too: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deanhaspiel/covid-cop
I talked to Jed Keith about my COVID COP Kickstarter at Freak Sugar. Here are some excerpts:
I wanted the comic to look like a cross between Heavy Metal magazine and 2000AD from the 1980s by way of black light poster art from the 1970s. Futuristic looking art from the past – if that makes any sense. As the characters mutate, so do the colors and art.
Story-makers often react to the headlines and get inspiration from human stories. It’s what connects us. Everyone, I mean EVERYONE, artist or not, was impacted and effected by the pandemic. Everyone has a personal story to tell and one of the things art does best is spin new stories that spawn antiheroes to deal with horror, truth and hope.
I don’t have the backing of a mainstream publisher paying me a page rate with the possibility of royalties. I don’t have a marketing expert hawking my wares. And I don’t have a deal with Hollywood. COVID COP is a giant risk and gamble. With the exception of a mighty force of friends and family and my dear fans, I’m doing this project mostly on my own and it’s gonna take a lot of effort just to get my comic book into your hands. As I’ve said to other artists, my work isn’t completed until you’ve received it, for better or for worse, warts and all. That is the kind of communication arts I truck in and I hope you choose to buckle up and take the ride with me.
You can read the entire interview HERE.
I talked to Tommy and Mike D. about COVID COP, and KAMANDI #29 by the late/great Jack Kirby on the Jacked Kirby podcast #190.
You can find it here: https://www.flowcode.com/page/jackedkirby
Or on Spotify:
Last night I had a nice long chat with Pop Culture Squad's Bob Harrison and Mike Gold about comix and COVID COP.
You can see and hear us here:
Thanks to your support and generosity, we cracked $8k and 198 backers. I'm hoping we can reach $10k by next week. I'm still working on a couple of Stretch Goals.
Here’s that sweet COVID COP Kickstarter LINK (again).
Have a great weekend!
love, Dean
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