Ed Piskor
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 Piskor in 2017 | |
| Born | July 28, 1982 Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
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Ed Piskor (born July 28, 1982)[1] is an alternative comics artist. He is also the co-host of the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with Jim Rugg.
Life[edit]
Piskor's Eisner Award winning series, Hip Hop Family Tree, is a historical account of hip hop culture and the artists that have shaped the genre.[2] In 2018, Piskor wrote and illustrated X-Men: Grand Design, a mini-series focusing on the history of the X-Men, for Marvel Comics.[3] The first issue of 'X-Men: Grand Design was released in December 2017.[4]
In 2020 Piskor started serializing a graphic novel titled Red Room on his personal Patreon page, which was published as a physical book in 2021.[5]
Works[edit]
- Macedonia, New York, NY. : Villard/Random House, 2007. ISBN 9780345498991, OCLC 0345498992
- Wizzywig, Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf, 2012. ISBN 9781603090971, OCLC 882988623
- Hip Hop Family Tree, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2013. ISBN 9781606996904, OCLC 861324827
- X-Men : Grand Design, New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2018. ISBN 9781302904890, OCLC 1030161058
- Red Room: The Antisocial Network, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2021. ISBN 9781683964681, OCLC 1241071023
- Red Room: Trigger Warnings, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2022. ISBN 9781683965602, OCLC 1285123629
References[edit]
- ^ Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; page 107
- ^ "Fantagraphics".
- ^ Johnston, Rich (28 July 2017). "The X-Men's Origins Retold In 8 Page Preview Of Ed Piskor's X-Men: Grand Design". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Marvel Comics Asks Retailers to Hold on to Ed Piskor's Corner Box". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ^ Balkam, Ryan (18 May 2020). "Creating An Outlaw Comic (Ed Piskor's RED ROOM)". The Comic Lounge. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links[edit]
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- Official website
- interview with Rob Clough
- Profile at ninthart.com
- Interview about Macedonia Graphic novel written by Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson Archived 2006-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Review of Wizzywig Volume 1: Phreak by Brian Heater
- Review of Wizzywig Volume 1: Phreak at Newsarama
- Short comic featured in Smith Mag: “My neighbor the dickhead”
Categories:
- American cartoonists
- American comics artists
- American comics writers
- Underground cartoonists
- Eisner Award winners
- The Kubert School alumni
- People from Homestead, Pennsylvania
- Living people
- 1982 births
- American Splendor artists
- Writers from Pittsburgh
- Artists from Pittsburgh
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American artists