Mayday "Dean" Trippe is a

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artist and illustrator. Trippe graduated from the

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with a B.F.A. in Sequential Art in 2003.Sandall, Simon
"Comics artist Dean Trippe recommends some books"
Reader's Voice. March 8, 2007.

Work

Trippe's early published work includes contributions to several comic anthologies, including ''You Ain't No Dancer'' and the 2005 ''FLUKE Anthology'', as well as coloring for various publishers, including

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' ''

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'' and

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's ''Ghost Projekt''. Their primary work to date is the webcomic ''Butterfly''. Along with Jamie Dee Galey, Trippe was also one of the instigators of the 2005 Batgirl Livejournal Meme, which grew into a phenomenon of over 1000 artists contributing their own unique renditions of

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.Martz, John
"LiveJournal Batgirl meme"
. Drawn.CA. January 13, 2006. Trippe is known for their stylish redesigns of popular American superhero characters. With writer Chris Arrant, they co-founded ''Project: Rooftop'', a website devoted to original redesigns of classic American comic book characters.Zalben, Alex
"HeroesCon 2011: Project Rooftop Panel Highlights Redesigning The Superhero Costume"
MTV. June 6, 2011. Trippe collaborated with fellow comics creator Jason Horn on the short story, "Merman," for

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' ''

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'', the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning

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inspired by the songs of musician

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. Trippe's later published the graphic novel ''Power Lunch: Book 1: First Course'', with writer

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, for Oni Press. Trippe started a Kickstarter campaign in 2014 to publish ''Something Terrible'', an autobiographical comic about child abuse and sexual violence. The work was distributed by

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. In September 2015, Trippe illustrated the cover of the scientific journal

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, in which he designed a team of superheroes representing areas of knowledge (

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, and

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) that also is used in an editorial and a special issue. Trippe also illustrated a variant for another article within the issue.

Private life

Trippe came out as non-binary in 2021. They are a member of the

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Bibliography

* ''Something Terrible'' Comic autobiography of Dean Trippe and their struggles. Self-published. * ''Power Lunch Book 1: First Course'' (with writer

, 2011, ) * ''Knock Knock Joke of the book with Paul and Jack'' short story in ''Yo Gabba Gabba: Comic Book Time!'' (

, 2011) * ''Butterfly'', a superhero parody webcomic * ''Merman'' Short Story in ''

'' (with Jason Horn,

, 2008, ) * ''Wake'', a serialized webcomic for Act-i-vate * Butterfly Origin in '' Superior Showcase'' #1 (

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, 2006) * Untitled short story in ''You Ain't No Dancer, Vol. 1'' ( New Reliable Press, 2005, ) * Untitled short story in 2005 ''FLUKE Anthology''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trippe, Dean Living people American comics artists American comics writers American webcomic creators LGBT comics creators Members of the Democratic Socialists of America Non-binary artists Year of birth missing (living people)