New Releases by Dean Haspiel

Jonathan A. is a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic novelist. For Jonathan writing and drinking come easy. The hard parts of life are love and hope. This graphic novel tells a story about how our lives fall to pieces and about how we struggle to put things back together again.

The original, critically acclaimed graphic mixtape returns in a new volume, once again mashing up the next generation of cartoonists with the some of the medium''s finest in stories covering nearly every genre and style imaginable!

Act-i-vate.com is the premier comic art collective on the Internet, featuring many renowned cartoonists who produce all-new material on a regular basis. The Act-i-vate Primer is a print exclusive anthology by many of the Act-i-vate creators.

"Mona and Joey can''t stop fighting! When the Mighty Mojo decides to give his powerful costume to them, these argumentative twins fight so much they rip it in half. Now each one is only half as strong! Can Mo and Jo find a way to combine their powers, fight evil Saw-Jaw and save their town?"--Publisher description.

The acclaimed creator and subject of the American Book Award-winning biopic "American Splendor" tells the story of his troubled teen years when he would beat up other kids just to win the approval of his peers.

The creator of the comic-book series American Splendor presents a collection of his finest works, including his zany commentaries on the complexities of modern life, all illustrated by some of the leading artists in the field. Adult.

Aim To Dazzle marks the return of cavalier vagabond Billy Dogma in the post-disaster adventure chronicles of the last romantic hero. This issue features a special introduction by Publishers Weekly editor Calvin Reid and brandishes new yarns "Aim to Dazzle," " Little by Small," "Ice Man," and the two-color mute tale "Pinata." A2D also includes the rarely seen 4-color "Closet Shut-In," "No Matter What," and anthology favorites "The Big To Do," and "The Y2-401-Special-K Problem."Emmy award winning artist, Dean Haspiel is a native New Yorker who created the Eisner Award nominated BILLY DOGMA, the semi-autobiographical STREET CODE, and helped pioneer personal webcomics with the invention of ACT-I-VATE.com. Dino has collaborated on many great superhero and semi-autobiographical comic books published by Marvel, DC/Vertigo/Zuda, Dark Horse, Image, Scholastic, Toon Books, and The New York Times, including collaborations with Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Ames, and Inverna Lockpez, and draws for HBO''s "Bored To Death," for which he won an Emmy. Dean is a founding member of DEEP6 Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn and steeps in psychotronic movies, Jack Kirby pulp, and electronica music.32 page comic. Mostly black and white with 6 pages in 2-color. Color covers.

Opposable Thumbs is Dean Haspiel''s stories of a born & bred New Yorker and the trials and tribulations of living in the big bad city which serves as the backdrop for the informed, existential expression in his sociological comics. In Opposable Thumbs, Haspiel unfolds existential, uproarious, compassionate stories full of personal wisdom. Even the bleakest and grubbiest settings are lovingly, lusciously rendered by Haspiel''s sharp brush in one of the most recognizable styles in alternative comics, and "quiet" domestic scenes veritably simmer with graphic impact. Thoroughly conquering the territory Dean began to explore in the critically acclaimed two-man anthology Keyhole (with Josh Neufeld), Opposable Thumbs looks like the new front-runner in autobiographical storytelling. With a special introduction by autobiographical comics legend Harvey Pekar and illustrated by Josh Neufeld. The first issue is a 48-page collection, culling Dean Haspiel''s best semi-autobiographical stories from the pages of Keyhole, Minimum Wage, Non, The Expo Anthology, and Dirty Stories 2.

Billy Dogma - the last romantic anti-hero - is so confused, his guns shoot everything but bullets. Come witness his surrealistic "battles" with the most bizarre group of adversaries ever assembled, as his girlfriend, Jane Legit, questions his grip on reality, yet unconditionally encourages his imagination. At first, you might think this book is an action-adventure story, but it''s cleverly about everything else. Never before have the ironies of daily life been made clearer or more palatable than through this ingenious story line.