#hip hop family tree

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Ed Piskor (July 28, 1982 – April 1, 2024) "The Hip Hop Family Tree" (2020) RIP

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Ed Piskor accused by multiple women of grooming and wrongdoing

Ed Piskor accused by multiple women of grooming and wrongdoing #comics #comicbooks

Ed Piskor is the creator behind the hit series Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design and co-host of the popar Croostist Kayfabe. This past weekend, he was accused by multiple women for grooming and other wrongdoing. A fellow comic creator shared screenshots of conversations she and Piskor had through Instagram Stories. They’ve since been deleted. The screenshots featured conversations dated…

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Feeling a little morose about the recent passing of one of my favorite comic book artists, Ed Piskor, so I sketched some of his drawings and a more realistic drawing of him from a photo. RIP sir. Tell MCA I said hi.

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Composition Book Chronicles - R.I.P. Ed Piskor

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Ed Piskor

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Out this week: Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus (Fantagraphics, $75):

Ed Piskor’s history of rap music, which started as a webcomic on Boing Boing, gets the omnibus treatment just in time for the 50th anniversary of hip hop.

See what else is arriving at local comic shops this week.

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Ed Piskor is one of the cohosts of Cartoonist Kayfabe and the creator of Red Room, Wizzywig and the big book Chris is reading here, Hip Hop Family Tree! I decided to try have a go at the cover for the brand new Omnibus edition he's been promoting.

The series documents the early years and rise of Hip Hop, talking about the pioneers like Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC and even the Beastie Boys! There were 12 issues in total, published by Fantagraphics. No idea if Mr. Ice does make an appearance or not...

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Sotheby's Hip Hop Family Tree Art Auction Ends Tuesday the 25 of July!

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Ed Piskor dead at age 41

Ed Piskor dead at age 41

Ed Piskor, best known for Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design as well as the cohost of the YouTube talk show Cartoonist Kayfabe has died his family has announced. He was 41 years old. Piskor’s sister Justine wrote on Facebook: It is with the most broken heart that I share my big brother, Ed, has passed away today. Please just keep our family in your prayers as this is the hardest thing…

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You say that you love me, but you're hardly lovin' me

So, fuck your mother (fuck her), your brother, your sister and your dad

'Cause once I go home, I go home and there ain't no turnin' back

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A drawing that I did of Ed Piskor a while ago. He liked the drawing and encouraged me to keep going. I always appreciated his support and I’m sad that I wasn’t there to support him.

A tribute to Ed Piskor, artist and writer of the excellent Hip Hop Family Tree comic. Ed has long been a favorite of mine as I really dug Wizzywig when it dropped. You can view the web installments of the comic at Boing Boing, pick up the collected first phase at your local comic book shop, or order it from Fantagraphics. I had to have my comic book shop order it but I talked them into ordering three and I’m happy to say it sold out and they’ve been trying to keep it in stock now. The book not only features great art in an awesomely designed package it is a loving history of hip hop that has been intensely researched by Ed. Well worth the money to support a second volume.

I will admit that I am not as avid of a hip hop fan as Ed but I do enjoy it. My history with it goes way back in the day as I’m old. The first hip hop song I ever heard was, I think, or at least the one I remember best was Freaks Come Out at Night by Whodini although it could have been New York New York by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five now that I think about it. This would have been 7th or 8th grade.  Anyway, I followed the early years of hip hop tentatively as I think most Midwest white boys did. It was considered a novelty back then. Heck, Rodney Dangerfield and Mel Brookes both had popular rap songs out! Fast forward to High School and there were a few hip hop things melting into the culture like break dancing and beat boxing. The Fat Boys were popular enough to make an impact on pop culture but it wasn’t until my Junior year that I think things really jumped off. I have to point out that my High School, which was about 90% or higher white kids, merged with a nearly all black school from across town that had closed my Junior year. I feel it’s not necessary to say that tensions were high that year as everyone tried to deal but they were. Even with the black kids hip hop didn’t seem particularly high on the pecking list. I recall that my black friends listened to mostly R&B and especially Luther Vandross who was big (in popularity, not weight) then. 

What happened to change things and, in some way, bring the student body a little closer was a common interest, Walk this Way. Run-DMC unleashed their third album, Raisin’ Hell that year and it contained a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk this Way along with a popular video starring the two groups. It was the first song that I can remember everyone talking about, white or black, good or bad. It blended things that both cultures loved into one pot and they fed from it. I recall doing a cartoon drawing of Run-DMC and Aerosmith that became so highly coveted in school that I made copies on the copier in the library and sold them. It was the start and I think it launched a thousand MC’s. The industry knew they had something they could sell to both white and black kids and the kids started to seek out more music like it. Run-DMC never disappointed as their style was heavily rock based and then the Beastie Boys dropped License to Ill and it was all over. We were hooked. I spent an entire summer listening to License to Ill and playing basketball with my friends. Plop the boom box down by the bench, crank the volume, and listen to Paul Revere non-stop. 

That of course was many moons ago. I still listen to hip hop occasionally, especially old school hip hop; Biz Markie, Public Enemy, Kurtis Blow, Marley Marl, Too $hort, Eric B. and Rakim, Spoonie Gee, Afrika Bambaataa, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, etc. and Hip Hop Family Tree brings back those memories of the old days of youth and I appreciate that. It is also an homage to comics which everyone already knows I love….

Thanks ED!

PS- I hate to shamelessly plug while plugging someone else’s stuff but my new comic, Wastes of Space, also just dropped on Comixology! Check it out:http://cmxl.gy/LrNVAW

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i watched My Neighbor Totoro for the first time, here's my chronological viewing experience:

woo-hoo! dusty old japanese house with japanese architectural details aplenty

these kids got some ENERGY my goodness

family dynamic's adorable. peak quality dad humor

kids: our house is haunted. parents: that's so cool!

hell yeah, wrinkled old lady rep. we need more friendly old women with potato faces and warts like storybook witches. the backbone of society, these ladies

Plot Summary: Small Child Bothers Local Wildlife

sacred tree sacred tree sacred tree

Introducing Totoro! nobody said this fucker's got TEETH???

Uh-Oh! Inadequate Parental Supervision Detected

(you misplaced your four year old! you're not supposed to do that)

4-year-old: i met a magic forest spirit. dad: oh shit fr?

4-year-old: *angrily hugs sister* missed u bitch

this small child has a smile like a toad. like a really really cute toad. like the cutest toad in all existence. i love her she's perfection please just let this child be happy

rice paddies are so pretty....so back breaking....rice is such a prissy crop

*my crush is stranded in a rainstorm* takethisumbrellait'syoursnowBYE *runs away in panic im so good at flirting*

Giant Chinchilla Learns To Hold Umbrella, Is Fucking Delighted By Experience

take this, it will help you on your quest! *hands u trail mix wrapped in a leaf*

LO-FI HIP HOP STUDY LIST!

crouching down to peer at dirt--A++ top notch foundational childhood experience

mom has a big ass forehead

honey! the chinchillas are performing Rituals in the backyard again

help yeah let's jack and the bean stalk this shit

huh so we're all just climbing aboard the giant chinchilla's tiddies now ok

class trip!

the pure adrenaline of Vegetable Gardening

no! the small child is crying! she is bawling her eyes out. no no no. i can't cope with this. emotionally i cannot cope 🥺🥺🥺

i've only had Mei one hour but if anything happens to her i will raze this earth and everyone on it

please someone make this small child smile again

oh no the tall child is crying too

i can't take this. my heart can't take this.

i need a drink

small child running determined to deliver magic veggies to the hospital. this kid is my hero

she is also unsupervised. so, so unsupervised

babe you are FOUR

godDAMMIT ghibli, you cannot give me watercolor sunsets while a small child is missing. u are killing me. my heart is giving out. this is me, experiencing heart failure.

Totoro to the rescue!

no wait CATBUS to the rescue!

i admit i initially thought the cat was a creep. alice in wonderland prejudiced me. i have revised my notions of smiling cats

i've decided the cat is a metaphor for the magic of a robust public transport system

MEI'S OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and so is mom. she's a lovely lady im sorry for what i said about her forehead. it's a noble forehead.

happy ending YES bitch!!!!!!

ok. ok ok ok. that was magical.

(as a first-time adult viewer i was worried i wouldn't be able to Access the Magic. but i could and i did and it was incredible. that was culture. that was ART. joy distilled into animated form. holy rites of childhood. i understand now. how glorious, this world we grow out of. how full of marvels. i'm going outside to smell grass and sun and get dirt under my fingernails. miraculous.)