#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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I just picked up X-Men Grand Design yesterday too. RIP Ed Piskor. An incredible talent lost to the insanity of the internet. When in doubt, just log off.

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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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Ed Piskor

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Composition Book Chronicles - R.I.P. 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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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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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