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Born | Edward R. Piskor Jr. July 28, 1982 Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Artist |
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Edward R. Piskor Jr. (July 28, 1982 – April 1, 2024) was an American alternative comics cartoonist. Piskor was known primarily for his work on Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design, and the Red Room trilogy. Piskor also co-hosted the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with fellow Pittsburgh native cartoonist Jim Rugg. In March 2024, Piskor was accused of sexual misconduct by a fellow artist. Piskor died on April 1, 2024, at the age of 41, hours after posting a suicide note via social media.
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Early life and education
Edward Piskor was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 1982.[1] He was fascinated by comics throughout his childhood. He was a great fan of mainstream comics such as The Amazing Spider-Man, but his interest in alternative comics developed rapidly when, at the age of 9, he saw a documentary that had Harvey Pekar reading one of his American Splendor stories.
After finishing high school, Piskor attended The Kubert School for a year, where he met comics artists including Stephen R. Bissette, Thomas Yeates, John Totleben, and Rick Veitch.[2]
Career
In 2003 Piskor started his collaboration with Jay Lynch, and shortly after that with Pekar. Piskor's first major task with Pekar was illustrating stories of American Splendor: Our Movie Year, which elaborates Pekar's experience after the release of the movie American Splendor. Piskor also illustrated Pekar's graphic novel Macedonia, which was released in 2007 through Villard Books.[2]
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.[3] In 2018, Piskor wrote and illustrated X-Men: Grand Design, a mini-series focusing on the history of the X-Men, for Marvel Comics.[4] The first issue of X-Men: Grand Design was released in December 2017.[5]
In 2020, Piskor began serializing a graphic novel titled Red Room on his Patreon page. The story was published in a hard copy format in 2021.[6]
Personal life
Allegations and death
In March 2024, a female cartoonist accused Piskor of engaging in inappropriate communication with them via social media while she was still a minor, while another female cartoonist accused him of offering to trade an industry contact for a sexual favor.[7] Following this, the X accounts for both Piskor and Cartoonist Kayfabe were deleted. The Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel was briefly taken down, before being restored with comments removed.[8][9] On March 30, Piskor's Cartoonist Kayfabe co-host, Jim Rugg, announced that he had decided to end his professional relationship with Piskor as a result of the allegations.[10][11]
Piskor died on April 1, 2024 in Munhall, Pennsylvania, at the age of 41.[11][12] His death occurred hours after he made a post online, insinuating his intention to take his own life.[11][10]
Works
- Macedonia (with writers Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson), 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: 1970s–1981, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2013. ISBN 9781606996904, OCLC 1416760369
- Hip Hop Family Tree: 1981–1983, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2017. ISBN 9781606997567, OCLC 1104332086
- Hip Hop Family Tree: 1983–1984, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2021. ISBN 9781606998489, OCLC 1409373827
- Hip Hop Family Tree: 1984–1985, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2021. ISBN 9781606999400, OCLC 1410377997
- X-Men: Grand Design, New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2018. ISBN 9781302904890, OCLC 1030161058
- X-Men: Grand Design - Second Genesis, New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2018. ISBN 9781302904906, OCLC 1302904906
- X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction, New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2019. ISBN 9781302904913, OCLC 1302904914
- 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
- Red Room: Crypto Killaz!, Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2024. ISBN 9781683969303, OCLC 1390189451
References
- ↑ Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; page 107
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- 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"
- Ed Piskor at the Internet Movie Database
- Ed Piskor discography at Discogs
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