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photo by: Orestes Gonzales

Pat Irwin, has been making music for over 40 year. He has continuously pushed boundaries with his captivating soundtracks for renowned television series such as Dexter: New Blood, Nurse Jackie, Bored To Death, and animated classics like Rocko's Modern Life, and SpongeBob SquarePants. Alongside his TV contributions, Patt was a member of the legendary B-52s and serving as a founding member of two influential New York/No Wave bands, The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy. Presently, Pat records and performs with the ambient music ensemble, SUSS.

Dean Haspiel is a comic book artist, writer, author, playwright, and all-around incredible creative force. Dean has worked with Harvey Pekar on American Splendor and Jonathan Ames on The Alcoholic and HBO's Bored To Death, for which he won an Emmy for designing the title sequence. Currently, Dean has been working on his own series, The Red Hook, which he writes and draws for Line Webtoons and Image Comics. It is a three-part series, the second part War Cry, has just come out and is part of a larger tale with Brooklyn as a central character spanning multiple books and heroes. Dean joins episode 83 to talk about all this plus his thoughts on the current state of comics and the cinematic universes.