Friday, March 7, 2008

New Project

Today I started production on my new project, tentatively called NYC Graphic Novelists. Anyone who knows me knows that my first love is comic books, so this project will be about the creators behind them. I plan to include 30 of the most important independent graphic novelists in NYC and create a series of portraits of them. Additionally, I will be filming interviews with them for a film and collecting pieces of their original work to go beside their portraits in a book and in an exhibition.

The first session went great. I started with Dean Haspiel, who has generously agreed to advise me on this project. Dean is someone whose work I've admired for years, so I'm thrilled to be working with him. Check out some of his books - American Splendor, Billy Dogma, The Quitter and The Alcoholic. We did the shoot on the rooftop of the Gowanus building which houses his studio, Deep Six.
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I'll be posting more images and info on this project soon.

9 comments:

SiFraser said...

Can I NOT be on a rooftop looking like a Pillock?

Tim Hamilton said...

The gods look angry.

Tom said...

Nice.

Sal Cipriano said...

Very awesome, bro!

akachris said...

I never realized that Dean's club foot was that big

Pedro said...

I was afraid it would be transplants, but nice job starting it off with Dean.

Mike Rhode said...

That's the way I always picture Dean.

Unknown said...

I almost didn't recognize Dean in a buttoned-down shirt!

Lasky said...

That's some serious Haspiel you got there. This project is a great idea!