A Comic Book Illustration Class with Dean Haspiel for students ages 10+ 
$175 per 2-day session, per student

WHEN
SESSION ONE: Wednesday August 13—Thursday August 14
10:00am—12:00pm

SESSION TWO: Wednesday August 20–Thursday August 21
10:0 am–12:00pm

WHAT
This comprehensive two-day comics workshop, led by accomplished artist Dean Haspiel, takes participants through the complete process of comic book creation from concept to finished page. Beginning with an introduction to Dean's career and a series of timed self-portrait exercises demonstrating the art of visual reduction, students quickly advance to understanding comic layout fundamentals through practical script-to-panel translation. Day One focuses on character design and one-page script development for an original creation, while Day Two opens with Lynda Barry's collaborative Character Jam exercise before students transform their scripts into visual narratives—sketching layouts, receiving group feedback, and finalizing their comics with artwork and lettering.

Throughout the workshop, participants learn essential storytelling techniques, explore alternative narrative perspectives, and ultimately share their completed one-page comics, celebrating their new skills in visual storytelling and leaving with a finished creative product.

Class is limited to 10 students ages 10+.

INSTRUCTOR BIO
Dean Haspiel is an Emmy and Ringo Award-winning cartoonist. He’s best known for creating BILLY DOGMA, THE RED HOOK, and COVID COP. Collaborating with Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames, and illustrating for HBO's BORED TO DEATH. His published work includes writing and drawing for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Archie, Image, and Webtoon. In addition, Haspiel is an accomplished playwright, emerging filmmaker, and Yaddo fellow. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.