In the mid-80s, Dean worked as an assistant to '', and Walter Simonson on '' Thor ''. In 1987, Dean inaugurated his own comics career when he co-created '' The Verdict '' with Martin Powell . Dean went on to co-create the two-man comix anthology, '' Keyhole '', with cartoonist Josh Neufeld, and later, he flew solo with his "last romantic anti-hero," ''Billy Dogma''.
In 2006, Dean Haspiel converged with 7 other cartoonists to form the online comics studio known as Act-i-vate . It is through this venture that Haspiel is serializing ''Immortal'', the latest adventures of the character Billy Dogma.
Upcoming works include the graphic novel ''The Alcoholic'' with writer Jonathan Ames for Vertigo (comics) in the fall of 2007, his Brooklyn art memoir ''Lift Here To Open'', and continuation of '' Fallout '' with writer Vito Delsante .
- '' The Verdict '', 4-issue mini-series co-created with writer Martin Powell for Eternity Comics (1987)
- '' Detective Comics '' #589, 14 page story entitled ''Bonus Book #5: For the Love of Ivy'' with writers Lewis Klahr & Steve Piersall (1988)
- '' (1989)
- ''Caliber Presents'' #s 16 - 21, story entitled ''The Verdict: The Acolyte'' with writer Martin Powell (1990)
- ''Negative Burn'' #27, 1 page story entitled ''Lionel's Lament'' (1995)
- ''Negative Burn'' #28, 1 page story entitled ''Lionel's Lament'' with cartoonist Josh Neufeld (1995)
- ''Negative Burn'' #32, 1 page story entitled ''You're Lying To Me'' (1996)
- ''Negative Burn'' #33, 2 page story entitled ''American Dilemma'' (1995)
- ''Keyhole'' #1 - 4, (1996 - 1997) for Millennium Publications.
- ''Keyhole'' #5 - 6, (1998) for Top Shelf Productions.
- ''Billy Dogma'' #1 - 3, (1997) for Millennium Publications.
- ''SPX '97'', ''Lucky Love Limbo'' with Jessica Abel (1997)
- '' Minimum Wage '' #10 anthology, 6 page story entitled ''Open'' (1999)
- ''SPX '99'' #27 anthology, 2 page story entitled ''Buster Browns'' (1999)
- ''Day of Judgement: Secret Files'', ''Dr. Fate'' pin-up (1999)
- ''SLC PUNK!'' written by James Merendino (1999)
- ''American Splendor: Terminal'' anthology, 1 page story entitled ''Violation'' with writer Harvey Pekar (1999)
- ''American Splendor: Bedtime Stories'' anthology, 1 page story entitled ''The Good Times Are Gone'' with writer Harvey Pekar (2000)
- ''American Splendor: Portrait of the Author In His Declining Years'' Anthology, 5 page story entitled ''Payback'' with writer Harvey Pekar (2001)
- ''Expo 2001 anthology, 4 page story entitled ''The Big To Do'' (2001)
- ''Project: Superior'' Anthology, co-edited with Scott Morse and Chris Pitzer (2005)
- ''Aim To Dazzle''
- ''Opposable Thumbs'' (2001)
- ''Boy In My Pocket''
- ''Daydream Lullabies''
- ''Bizarro Comics'' anthology, 7 page story entitled ''Captain Marvel and the Sham Shazam'' with writer Sam Henderson (2001)
- ''9-11: Emergency Relief'' anthology, 6 page story entitled ''91101'' (2002)
- ''Muties'' #3 with writer Karl Bollers (2002)
- ''Captain America: Red, White & Blue'' with writer Karl Bollers
- ''Spider-man's Tangled Web'' #20 with writer Zeb Wells
- ''The Thing: Night Falls on Yancy Street'' four issue miniseries with writer Evan Dorkin (2003)
- ''JLA-Z'', Despero Pin-up (2003)
- ''
- '' Justice League Adventures '' #32 with writer Keith Giffen
- '' X-Men Unlimited '' #40 anthology 12 page story entitled ''Slam'' with writer Nick Bertozzi (2003)
- '' Alternative Comics '' #1, anthology, 4 page story entitled ''Aim to Dazzle'' (2003)
- '' Alternative Comics '' #2, anthology, 1 page story entitled ''Identity Crisis'' with writer Harvey Pekar (2004)
- '' Alternative Comics '' #3, anthology, 1 page story entitled ''Funny you should ask!'' (2005)
- ''Bizarro World'' anthology, 5 page story entitled ''Bizarro Shmizarro'' with writer Harvey Pekar (2005)
- '' SPIN '' music magazine, 2 page story entitled ''Rock, Roll 'n' Randle'' written by Harvey Pekar (2005)
- '' Playboy '' adult magazine, 2 page story entitled ''The Real Harvey'' written by Harvey Pekar (2005)
- '' SPIN '' music magazine, 1 page story entitled ''The Black Eyed Peas Storm Sting's Castle'' written by Will.i.am and Kyle Anderson(2005)
- ''The Quitter'' (2005) with writer Harvey Pekar
- '' Immortal '' (2006 - ??) ongoing comic serialized online at Act-i-vate
- ''The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' #3 (2004) with writer Kevin McCarthy
- ''The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' #8 (2005) with writer Harvey Pekar
- '' Vampirella '' #8 with writer Brian Wood
- '' Beowulf '' #7 (Fallout, Pt. 1) with writer Vito Delsante
- '' American Splendor '' with writer Harvey Pekar
- writer for Johnny Bravo in '' Cartoon Cartoons '' #12 (2002)
- writer of ''Cartoon Network Block Party!'' #16 (2006)
Dean Haspiel has contributed illustrations to the following projects
- ''Video King'', ''Mummy Monster Sign'' and ''The Scuzzbournes'' and various others for '' Nickelodeon Magazine ''
- ''Thor's Day'' for ''Shuttle Sheet'' magazine
- ''Pot Monkeys'' for '' High Times '' magazine
- various illustrations and covers for '' Press ''
- various illustrations and covers for ''The Austin Statesman American's XLent''
- various illustrations and covers for '' Washington City Paper ''
- CD single cover for Cowboy Johnny Christ
- CD album cover for Yummy
- pin-up for David Yurkovich's ''Less Than Heroes'' graphic novel
- CD cover and 8pp comix foldout for comedian Mitch Fatel 's ''Super Retardo''
- assistant director for Rockville Pictures' ''Burnzy's Last Call''
- actor in McCann & Co. Films' ''Desolation Angels''
- comix for Good Machines' ''Happiness''
- production assistant for Good Machines' ''The Ice Storm''
- actor in Next In Line Productions' ''Alien Sex Party''
- illustration for Good Machines' ''American Splendor''
- comix for Red Mountain Films' ''Jail Bait''
- illustrations for an unnamed Jonathan Ames TV pilot
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