Dean Haspiel

As American as clinical depression and broken dreams, Harvey Pekar is back with another installment of everyman life struggles. Backed by his usual list of luminaries, this time featuring Frank Stack (The Adventures of Jesus), Joe Sacco (Palestine), Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma), Josh Neufeld (Keyhole), and Spain Rodriguez (Trashman), Pekar wades through parenting woes and Hollywood hopes, reminding you that even if you've got it bad, you probably don't have it harder than Harvey.

Paranoia, frustration, dreams, violence, jazz, inspiration, history, zydeco, muckraking, loneliness, sex, divorce, Hollywood, adoption, and Toby! All the elements of a classic, eclectic American novel, and they're packed into a comic book. Harvey Pekar returns with yet another chapter of autobiography, music history, and societal rants. Featuring art by a bevy of talented folks, and experiences from one tortured soul, this millennial issue of American Splendor promises to enrich, inform, and give you ample reason never to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This very special issue also sports a photo cover of our man Harvey himself!

Harvey Pekar writes comics about avant-garde musicians, the struggles of the working class, and his own neuroses. Ever wonder why they call them the "golden years"? So has Harvey Pekar, and he's not afraid to tell you why. Walk down any street in America and you might see the people and scenes caught in American Splendor, but what you won't find is an eye, or a wit, as sharp as Harvey Pekar's. His observations make you aware of how extraordinary the mundane can be. From ruminations on jazz musicians to problems at the bank and traffic tickets, Pekar writes in a clear, unsentimental voice that shows what it takes to live everyday life. Be there as one of comics' most distinct voices joins the Maverick line!

The abominable anthology turns unsweet thirteen! Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) and Tyler Crook (B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth) celebrate crossroads mishaps, Josh Simmons (The Furry Trap) and Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma) reveal a small town’s twisted secrets, John Habermas and D.W. Frydendall unearth a grizzly bonanza, and Dan Braun and Lukas Ketner (Witch Doctor) ride a subway to hell! Don’t push your luck—read Creepy!

Written by LEE BLACK. Art by DEAN HASPIEL. Cover by ROGER CRUZ. Scott Summers: Team leader of the X-Men, always helping people in need. Also: Never happy! Maybe a visit from BATROC THE LEAPER & the CIRCUS OF CRIME can shed some light on what makes Cyclops tick! 32 PGS/Rated A Cover price $2.99.

This month, Dark Horse is celebrating a decade of Francesco Francavilla in comics! Features a stunning cover as well as the continuation of Francavillas The Black Beetle in Kara Bocek! Plus, Dean Haspiel brings his popular webcomic The Red Hook to print! This issue also features the continuation of favorites Brooklyn Blood by Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton; Finder: Chase the Lady by Carla Speed McNeil; The Black Sinister by Kaare Andrews, Troy Nixey, and Dave McCaig; and Murder Society by John Nadeau and Dan Jolley!

Paul Levitz, Carla Speed McNeil, Francesco Francavilla, and more are featured in this months issue of the award-winning Dark Horse Presents! Continuing stories include Dean Haspiels The Red Hook; Dan Jolley and John Nadeaus Murder Society; and The Black Sinister by Kaare Andrews, Troy Nixey, and Dave McCaig; as well as McNeils Finder, Francavillas The Black Beetle, and Levitzs Brooklyn Blood, illustrated by Tim Hamilton!

This month’s Dark Horse Presents offering is an issue with plenty of exciting conclusions! Dean Haspiel’s The Red Hook, Dan Jolley and John Nadeau’s Murder Society, Francesco Francavilla’s The Black Beetle, and Kaare Andrews, Troy Nixey, and Dave McCaig’s The Black Sinister all come to a close. Continuing this month are Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton’s paranormal crime drama Brooklyn Blood and Carla Speed McNeil’s aboriginal sci-fi Finder.

In December, the Garbage Pail Kids were dragged kicking and screaming into the world of comic books. Now, those miscreants are right where you’d expect to find them… in love? That can’t be right, you say? Well, if loving GPK is wrong, we don’t want to be right. So join the Kids as they celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way they know how: the exchange of bodily fluids (and solids)!

In December, the Garbage Pail Kids were dragged kicking and screaming into the world of comic books. Now, those miscreants are right where you’d expect to find them… in love? That can’t be right, you say? Well, if loving GPK is wrong, we don’t want to be right. So join the Kids as they celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way they know how: the exchange of bodily fluids (and solids)!

In December, the Garbage Pail Kids were dragged kicking and screaming into the world of comic books. Now, those miscreants are right where you’d expect to find them… in love? That can’t be right, you say? Well, if loving GPK is wrong, we don’t want to be right. So join the Kids as they celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way they know how: the exchange of bodily fluids (and solids)!

Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the ‘80s was lame, because that’s when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own comic book… until now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists who fathered these miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators has lent their unique talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world of comics!

Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the ‘80s was lame, because that’s when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own comic book… until now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists who fathered these miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators has lent their unique talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world of comics!

Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the ‘80s was lame, because that’s when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own comic book… until now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists who fathered these miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators has lent their unique talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world of comics!

Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the ‘80s was lame, because that’s when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own comic book… until now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists who fathered these miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators has lent their unique talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world of comics!