Dean Haspiel | Heavy Metal
In this podcast episode Dean talks about loving people and also comics.
Topics include being with other creators, image being text in comics, looking amazing, sexy mirrors, comics being a shortcut art, reducing ones art style, working in an artist studio, wearing one sock, LIVEJOURNAL omg yes, artist stereotypes, art reflecting deadlines, how television and comic books have evolved into each other, snoozing during binge-watching, Matt embarrasses Tia because of course, Dean’s romance poses, chest-hair, becoming invisible online, showing up to your own party, what he’s reading!
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Matt: Tia, welcome back to our seedy alley..
Tia: It’s good to be back.
Matt: We have Emmy Award winner, icon, and a very famous cartoonist. You’ve seen his work probably everywhere, “Strange Tales”, and most recently in “Heavy Metal” actually. Welcome to the show, Dean Haspiel..
Dean: “Heavy Metal” with Stoya. Thank you. Thanks for having me on the show.
Matt: I actually just came from a signing, well, two signings, but the earlier signings was with Stoya at the “Heavy Metal” booth because we did a four page comic together, and also I have a Billy Dogma story in the same issue. Then I also did a WebToon signing for the Red Hook which is a free web comic online at Line WebToons.
Tia: Do you really feel energized by getting to do these signings, and meet fans, and that sort of thing? Are you a cartoonist who would rather be back at your studio?
Dean: Oh my god, I love people. I hate drawing. I hate sitting at the art table. You know what I do like? I like writing. I realize, when you break it all down, image is text in comics. I realize I’m doing more writing with that drawing. I’m not a guy drawing poses or pin-ups. I even have trouble with covers. I like when you have to go panel to panel to panel and you keep moving those pages because you’re showing and telling a story.
Tia: Right.
Dean: With that in mind, I didn’t have a lot of confidence in writing. As I’ve gotten older, I just turned forty-nine in May.
Matt: Man, you look amazing.
Dean: Thank you. I look really good … I was going to say the radio, that’s how old I am. On the podcast. I look fabulous. Actually, I was in the bathroom and there were all these very depressed, sad people in the bathroom, waiting in line. I went to the mirror and I said really loud, “Damn, this mirror is sexy!” They all looked at me like I was an asshole. No one laughed.
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