The Red Hook X Dean Haspiel

My new comix Kickstarter!

I wanted to let you know about my latest comix Kickstarter:

THE RED HOOK x DEAN HASPIEL is a 24 page, black-and-white, limited-edition comic book. New Brooklyn bartender Sam Brosia, aka The Red Hook, faces an existential crisis when he wonders whether he's wearing the superhero mask or is the superhero mask wearing him? Who is Unmarked Bill, and how does Dean Haspiel fit into his own award-winning comix series?

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The Red Hook X Dean Haspiel is where I merge the two genres I'm best known for, superhero and memoir, and have been producing separately for the last 30+ years...until now.

Instead of Peter Parker becoming Spider-man, what if Spider-man became Peter Parker? Or, more accurately, Peter Parker became Harvey Pekar. A teenager from Queens transformed by the bite of a radioactive spider into a middle-aged man working as a desk clerk in Cleveland, Ohio. The Amazing Spider-man nee American Splendor.

Peter Pekar?

I've been wanting to take a bombastic superhero concept that slowly becomes a slice-of-life series with occasional surrealist aspects for years. What partially inspired me is that scene in AMERICAN SPLENDOR the movie where actor Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Harvey Pekar crosses over with the real Harvey Pekar. Suddenly, there's this bizarre moment, a hybrid between reality and semi-autobiographical fiction, illustrating how many artists of several mediums have conveyed iterations of Harvey Pekar. Including Harvey himself.

And what happens when you personally insert yourself into your own fantasy?

Please check out the various rewards which features a digital and signed print copy of THE RED HOOK x DEAN HASPIEL comic book, accompanied by "Emotional Ebola," a 24-page, full color digital comic. Other reward tiers include a signed cardboard head sketch of The Red Hook. A signed color print of The Red Hook vs The Invisible Light! A one-on-one virtual comix consultation. A group Zoom party. And an original art commission: a single figure character drawing of your choosing; black ink on Bristol board. Interested in a Dean Haspiel Deep Cut Triptych? Look no further than The Bridge reward featuring limited print editions of The Red Hook, Covid Cop and Billy Dogma.

Please check out the campaign and spread the word.

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Thank you.

--Dean


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