Beef With Tomato

by Dean Haspiel (Illustrator), Eric Skillman (Designed by), Jonathan Ames (Introduction)

Overview

A native New York bruiser is fed up with life in the dregs of a drug-addled Alphabet City where his neighbors are shut-ins and his bicycle is always getting stolen. He escapes from Manhattan to make a fresh start in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, only to face a new strain of street logic—where most everything he encounters is not as it seems.

Emmy award-winning artist on HBO's Bored To Death — Dean Haspiel 's comics include The Fox with Mark Waid, The Alcoholic with Jonathan Ames, and The Quitter with Harvey Pekar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934460818
Publisher:	Alternative Comics
Publication date:	10/13/2015
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	17 Years

About the Author

Emmy award winner and Eisner and Harvey Award nominee Dean Haspiel created BILLY DOGMA, illustrated for HBO's "Bored To Death," was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, is a Yaddo fellow, a playwright ("Switch To Kill"), and is the co-founder of HANG DAI Editions. Dean's comics include The Fox with Mark Waid, The Alcoholic with Jonathan Ames and The Quitter with Harvey Pekar.

Jonathan Ames is the author of I Pass Like Night; The Extra Man; What’s Not to Love?; My Less Than Secret Life; Wake Up, Sir!; I Love You More Than You Know; The Alcoholic; and The Double Life Is Twice As Good . He’s the creator of the HBO® Original Series Bored to Death and Blunt Talk for Starz.

Table of Contents

5 Introduction by Jonathan Ames
7 Awful George
14 Old School
18 Doored
25 Master Plan
28 Breathe
31 Quality Of Life
35 Snow Dope
37 Boy Loves Girl Hair
41 Buyer Beware
46 The Beautiful Girl With Bolshevik Breasts
50 DUMBO
55 Beef With Tomato
67 I’d Rather be Happy Than Right
69 Bzzt
72 The Plate
74 Funny You Should Ask!
75 The Last Time
77 Montero Bar & Grill
78 91101
84 The Icebox
86 Cannibal Sativa
88 Scatological
91 What You See Is What You Get
92 The Artists’ Colony

Editorial Reviews

10/19/2015
Haspiel creates a sympathetic yet magnetic protagonist in this complete collection of his Street Code comics and essays, which tell the semiautobiographical story of one man’s experience leaving Manhattan behind for Carroll Gardens in Brookyn. Whether it’s hanging out with an exhibitionist, getting wrecked by car doors while riding his bike, or taking on a Greek mobster at a Chinese food buffet, the protagonist leads one of those peculiar lives that graphic novels seem destined to present. The impact of 9/11 on New Yorkers is a recurring theme, and Haspiel covers it with sorrow and respect. Haspiel’s art is wonderfully immersive in establishing a sense of place, and he has a keen eye for balancing the humorous, the tragic, and the mundane. The book also features a series of essays that further showcase Haspiel’s ability to tell a great story. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"If you’re a fan of Haspiel’s then you should definitely pick up Beef With Tomato. It’s a wonderful collection of stories that are well told, but even better it’s accompanied by Haspiel’s talented artwork. And if you’re just a fan of autobiographical stories, then it’s a no duh for you to pick this one up." — Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards

"Haspiel’s art is wonderfully immersive in establishing a sense of place, and he has a keen eye for balancing the humorous, the tragic, and the mundane." — Publisher's Weekly

". . . Although the observant reader will find elements of both Jack Kirby and Will Eisner in Haspiel’s style, he never loses his own artistic voice. His art is robust and brash and powerful . . ." — Jason Wilkins, Broken Frontier

"Beef With Tomato is definitely recommended for people looking for a solid slice of life narrative, and/or NYC natives looking to wax nostalgic." — Matt Lacroix, Trouble with Comics

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