Christa Cassano Archives

By Nikolai Fomich Among Brooklyn's best up-and-coming talents, Christa Cassano is a versatile and thoughtful cartoonist, who is using her art as a means to translate candid life experience into four-color comics and speak out against the kind of injustice superheroes don't always tackle Along with her contribution to Seth Kushner's Schmuck, Christa has recently collaborated[...]

Three of my studiomates from Gowanus, Brooklyn and Hang Dai Studios, were present signing, so I thought I'd check out the event. Here are some photos of Fantom Comics: And some of Hang Dai Studios signing two new books just released this week in time for SPX: Beef with Tomato by Dean Haspiel, and[...]

As we warned you, readers, there was a massive signing for the Image series Nightworld Vol 1: Midnight Sonata, written by Adam McGovern, illustrated by Paolo Leandri and designed by Steve Price on Wednesday night in New York.  Within the trade collection were also a contingent of illuminating pin-ups by some super-talented local comic artists[...]

Bleeding Cool received a strangely urgent missive tonight in the wake of all of the Big Two announcements that undermined the stability of all fictional

Infurnari was drawing Issue #9 of The Bunker, Dean Haspiel was putting the finishing touches on a pin-up for The Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 3, and Vito Delsante of the recently Action Lab addition Stray (previously a successful Kickstarter) was tapping away. [Christa Cassano and Gregory Benton] Later they were joined by Christa Cassano (contributor to[...]

The event will also consist of a signing by fellow Hang Dai Studios members and fellow comics creators. They say: Our great friends over at Hang Dai Studios will be joining us for a fantastic signing event with Dean Haspiel (The Fox, American Splendor), Christa Cassano (The Giant Effect) and Josh Neufeld (The Vagabonds) They will be[...]

They're teaming up with the non-profit Delete Blood Cancer to handle the registration process at the signing. Hang Dai Studio members attending include Emmy Award-winning artist Dean Haspiel of The Fox, and currently appearing in The Fantastic Four #5, Gregory Benton of the MoCCA Fest Award winning B+F from Adhouse Press, Christa Cassano of The Giant[...]

He was aided in this steamy performance by cartoonists Christa Cassano and Danny Hellman. With classic Billy dialogue during the lovers spat like "I'm about to get inconsiderate", the comic explores frustrated love making breaking out all over town.  There was plenty of nudity, and of course, make up sex.  "These are autobiographical stories", Haspiel quipped[...]

Here we have "The Giant Effect" by newcomer Christa Cassano For a mini comic, this has impressive production values with a glossy card cover and even endpapers It's an unsettling mythological tale of a giant who tends sheep, all told in sepia-toned realism and there's distinctive visceral energy to each panel There's violence and pathos,[...]

The results for Kushner's avatar Adam Kessler are stark, dark, humorous, resilient, and persistent, and make Schmuck a narrative with bite as its drama unfolds, speaking to readers on a very personal level of identification in the mad, mad world of looking for a soul-mate. In the hands of some of the most luminary young talents[...]

It's a good sign for MoCCA Fest as a whole when such strong indie works choose the show as their debut focus. Hang Dai Studios have kindly provided Bleeding Cool with an advanced look at the comics included in the anthology, along with a one panel preview for each: Lonesome Bravato, by  Christa Cassano Schmuck: Raising the Bar,[...]

He's one of the founding members of Hang Dai Studios, so his "bootlegger" Dean Haspiel (The Fox) had plenty to do with the guest list to the Speakeasy, and studio mates Christa Cassano, Gregory Benton (B+F), and Shiraj Ganguly wouldn't have missed the event Also present were Josh Neufeld (A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge),[...]