Seth Kushner Archives

Last year, LINE Webtoon launched a new superhero comics universe created by Dean Haspiel, the late Seth Kushner, and other creators from Hang Dai Editions The comics see the New York City borough of Brooklyn become sentient and secede from the United States, something that seems a lot more realistic today than it did last year,[...]

The citizens have to resort to a barter system to get by, leading to civil upheaval – and superheroes. Red Hook by Dean Haspiel, named after the Brooklyn borough, tells the story of a thief turned reluctant hero when given unexpected powers. Brooklyn's master thief, Sam Brosia aka The Red Hook, can no longer lie, cheat, or steal[...]

This past weekend, news started appearing on social media that Pop Culture photographer and comics writer of Schmuck, Seth Kushner, would soon be honored by the posthumous dual-naming of the street he grew up on in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn as "Seth Kushner Way" Full details later emerged Kushner, who passed away in May at[...]

From one Brooklynite to another–award winning writer Jonathan Ames (whose new Starz show, Blunt Talk premiers in only 2 days on August 22nd starring Patrick Stewart), has written the introduction to the graphic novel Schmuck, which features the work of 22 indie cartoonists to tell the semi-autobio tale of Seth Kushner's quest for love It's[...]

The Graphic NYC project was hugely ambitious in its inception, perhaps even more ambitious than its creators, Seth Kushner and Christopher Irving realized Their goal was to photograph and profile, in essence, as many comics creators as possible, and ended up creating portraits the like of which no one had ever seen before and massive[...]

Founded by several contributing members of the studio including Dean Haspiel, Gregory Benton, Seth Kushner, and Josh Neufeld, the idea of the imprint was simply to acknowledge their common goal of producing creator-owned comics that met their own agreed upon standards of quality and voice,  and then to self-distribute, primarily in person at shows and[...]

On Wednesday, May 20th, 2015, a visitation gathering and service were held at Nieberg Midwood Memorial Chapel, Coney Island, for Seth Kushner and he was laid to rest at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon There were as many people present paying their respects as could fit in the chapel.  At most gatherings, whether weddings,[...]

Last night we learned of the death of photographer, writer and comic creator Seth Kushner And all through the day we have been learning how many lives he touched Sites like Robot6, The Beat, Newsarama and Comic Book.com reported the news and the impact of the man, as did Bleeding Cool's Editor-In-Chief Hannah Means-Shannon. Donations for[...]

It's a sad day for comics, with the passing of Seth. But this is what you have been reading this week. Cartoon courtesy of Martin Hand. Top Twenty Traffic

My studio mate, friend, and inspiration Seth Kushner has passed away as of May 17th, following a long struggle with Leukemia which in turn presented him with a host of medical complications For those who have been following Seth's story throughout his Leukemia treatment and fundraisers, you'll know that he, in fact, did beat Leukemia,[...]

The Roman Nose has been in development for well over a year, a collaboration between pop culture and professional photographer as well as comics writer Seth Kushner, and comic artist George Folz You may well have come across these two names in different contexts fairly recently. Kushner has just celebrated one year as a Leukemia survivor[...]

As many of the comics community members know, Seth Kushner has been down but certainly not out as he has with great tenacity survived nearly a year long struggle with Leukemia Welcoming him back is a great pleasure, and he's bringing his new comic Secret Sauce to MoCCA Fest this weekend in New York. Here's our[...]

The Hang Dai Editions imprint was created about a year ago by New York cartoonists Gregory Benton, Dean Haspiel, Seth Kushner, and Josh Neufeld to publish their creator-owned comics based in Hang Dai Studios in Gowanus Brooklyn, and they even espoused, for some of their comics, the principle of only hand-selling only at shows via[...]

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 universes. That statement was: Hang Dai Editions, formed in 2014 by four New York cartoonists, Gregory Benton, Dean Haspiel, Seth Kushner, and Josh Neufeld, announced today on their website that the Hang Dai[...]

Hang Dai Editions, the collective publication label of several members of Hang Dai Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn, announced today that the successfully Kickstarted graphic novel anthology comprised of the semi-autobio writings of Seth Kushner and the work of 22 indie comics artists, Schmuck would be going beyond its Kickstarter goal by reaching print distribution in[...]

Williams III Hannah Means-Shannon's choices are: The Cigar That Fell In Love With A Pipe, by David Camus and Nick Abadzis Fear, My Dear: A Billy Dogma Experience, by Dean Haspiel Schmuck: Discotheque, by Seth Kushner and George Jurard  Buzz Tippett's choice is:   Savage Dragon #199 by Erik Larsen Every page was a double page spread! The panels[...]

The unseen but nevertheless atmospherically present member of the studio, and one of its founding members, was Seth Kushner, award-winning photographer and comics writer currently in the hospital fighting Leukemia, but a phone call later in the afternoon brought him even closer to his creative home. I've known most of these folks since my first steps[...]

I was privy to seeing some print versions of Seth Kushner's excellent "Costumed Characters" photocomix last Spring at MoCCA Fest when he produced some print copies of a collection called Forcefield Photocomix Seth Kushner's award-winning photography in comics, including his massive tribute to comics creators with Chris Irving, Leaping Tall Buildings, is well known in[...]

For those of you who have been following Seth Kushner's struggle with aggressive onset Leukemia, and for the many, many members of the comics community who are his friends, it's been a season of hard news following a season of big struggles Award-winning pop culture photographer and comics writer, Seth Kushner began an aggressive battle[...]

Baltimore Comic-Con is coming up this weekend from September 6-8th, and in their yearly offering of a yearbook featuring the work of their exhibiting comics creators, they're going the extra mile this year by donating a portion of the proceeds from the yearbook to a support fund for Seth Kushner's battle with leukemia Seth is[...]

This is probably going to be overly-honest discussion about extraordinary photographer and comics writer Seth Kushner's "Save Our Schmuck Benefit" that took place at Union Hall in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday night, but the New York comics community are an irreverent bunch and I'll follow that lead There's a common saying right now, a[...]

Juliacks will present on "Comics: Art, Narrative, & Time" and Alexandra Atiya and Salman Toor will present on their "Work-in-Progress: Electricity Thieves". Tuesday, August 26th The "Save Our Schmuck: Bone Marrow Benefit for Seth Kushner" will be held at Union Hall at 702 Union Street in Brooklyn, New York from 7:30 to 10PM to support award winning[...]

As we've reported and discussed here on Bleeding Cool extensively, the award-winning pop culture photographer and writer of the successfully Kickstarted Shmuck anthology featuring 22 top indie cartoonists, Seth Kushner was suddenly diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukemia at the age of 40 this spring, and was immediately hospitalized He underwent several rounds of[...]

They had a special message for fellow Brooklyn-based photographer and comics writer Seth Kushner, who has been undergoing treatment for Leukemia and has a bone marrow transplant coming up: Hellman has recently produced a "soviet propaganda" style poster for the French magazine Couverture from Sortez la Chienne which definitely caught my attention, titled "Victory in Space"[...]

Wednesday, May 28th JHU Comics, Hang Dai Studios, and Delete Blood Cancer Present: A Bone Marrow Donor Drive In Support of Seth Kushner on the 28th at 6PM at JHU Comics at 32 East 32nd Street in New York As announced previously in detail on Bleeding Cool, award-winning photographer and writer of the successfully Kickstarted Schmuck anthology[...]

We announced on Bleeding Cool a couple of weeks ago that award-winning pop culture photographer and comics creator of the recent Kickstarter success Schmuck, featuring the work of 22 major indie artists, Seth Kushner was diagnosed with rapid-onset Leukemia and undergoing his first round of chemo, after which Kushner received the difficult news that he[...]

For the past few weeks, friends and family have been processing the realization that award-winning pop culture photographer and comic writer of recently successful Kickstarter: Schmuck, Seth Kushner, was suddenly diagnosed with rapid onset Leukemia at the age of 40 Seth was having serious trouble recovering from a bad flu and a trip to the[...]

Since this is James Bond we're talking about, the scenes were either bedroom-set or combat related.  What better way to explore such a super-human spy than through emphasizing the human basis behind his action scenes and down time? The Carousel event saved the most explicit comic for last, with artist on the comic Christa Cassano and[...]

By Seth Kushner 1 Is Kickstarter for Schmucks? I've been working my ass off to kickstart my semi-autobio graphic novel Schmuck At the time of this writing, I have raised $9,118 out of $15,000.  Since I took Remedial Math several times in high school, I realize my arithmetic is not the strongest, but even a chimp, (or[...]

One man, years spent in the absurd search for love in a tragic-comic world, a 21-part semi-autobio webcomic, 22 artists, and one Kickstarter to print that starts today : Schmuck. Award winning pop culture photographer Seth Kushner, the camera behind the world-famous portraits of comics creators in Leaping Tall Buildings (and of many comics pros photo[...]