Ed Piskor Archives

The family and estate of Ed Piskor have made a deal with comics crowdfunding publisher Zoop to publish in print Ed Piskor's webcomic Switchblade Shorties. The volume was originally planned to be published by book publisher Abrams in a $75,000 deal, but that deal was withdrawn in the light of allegations made and denied by Piskor before[...]

On Saturday, the 24th of August, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, the family of the late Ed Piskor will be hosting the first Eddie P Comic Con in his honour Guests will include Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli, Frank B Fallon, Deanna Soukiasian, Ryan Holdersen, Grant Lankard, Nick Clark, Mike Walls, Tom Williams, Jared Catherine, Mark Poulton,[...]

The tragic news about Ed Piskor was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Cartoonist Kayfabe logo Ed Piskor, in yesterday's Bleeding Cool Hip Hop Family Tree Creator Ed Piskor Dies,[...]

Ed Piskor's family confirmed yesterday that the comic book creator had died at the age of 41 His sister Justine posted to 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 we've[...]

In their collective Cartoonist Kayfabe identity, Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg gave the Keynote Address to ComicsPRO by video It may have been the first in-person ComicsPRO event in three years, but Ed and Jim were going to do this bit behind the screen And they had a message to comic book retailers, sell more[...]

Ed Piskor's Red Room has been a massive smash hit for Fantagraphics A meta-narrative of a horror comic set on the dark web, it began as a serialised Patreon publication before being picked up for print Say that without spitting over everyone And during the series, Ed has gotten his Cartoonist Kayfabe collaborator Jim Rugg[...]

If someone's mobile phone had gone off in those beats, no court in the land could have convicted whatever collective punishment the mob might have handed out to the guilty parties. It also reminded me of a trick that Ed Piskor used in the X-Men: Grand Designs comics of late Creating a retro-style comic book, the[...]

Ed Piskor's smash hit from Fantagraphics over the last year, Red Room, returns in December as Red Room: Trigger Warnings #1, the first of four issues running into 2022 Here is the visual-less solicitation, as well as everything else new lined up by Fantagraphics for their December 2021 solicits and solicitations. RED ROOM TRIGGER WARNINGS #1 FANTAGRAPHICS[...]

Rob Liefeld's final issue of Snake Eyes: Deadgame, issue 5 published by IDW, will see guest artists inking his work on the series, including Kevin Eastman, Ryan Ottley, Eric Canete, Karl Kerschl, Neal Adams, Jerry Ordway, Whilce Portacio, Karl Kesel, Art Thibert, Philip Tan, Dan Panosian, Dan Fraga, Ed Piskor, Marat Mychaels, Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli,[...]

Ed Piskor of Hip-Hop Family Tree graphic novels and Marvel's X-Men: Grand Design, and the Cartoonist KayFaybe channel on YouTube is releasing Red Room, a new comic book from Fantagraphics Books described as "an ambitious, new sci-fi horror comic" that "represents a significant milestone for the cartoonist: the creation of his first creator-owned, shared universe[...]

Including an original, unique, Red Room comic from Ed Piskor, totally and utterly separate from his new series… so while Red Room will be the coolest new comic book this year, this will be the moment it sells out – by not selling any copies Because it's free. FCBD Preview: Ed Piskor's Red Room That's Only[...]

Ruthie and Ezra are eager to star in their family's films, but they'll soon find themselves in a real horror show with Wolfenscreem, the Lagoonatics, and the Wasp-Keeper…who are all ready for their revival with a vengeance! Ed Piskor writes "RED ROOM is going to be a @Freecomicbook Comic this year 5 original stories unique to[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool scooped the news on the full Free Comic Book Day titles for the 14th of August, 2021, including Ed Piskor's new horror comic book series Red Room from Fantagraphics, which will launch for FCBD The Red Room Free Comic Book Day issue will feature 100% original content, exclusive to FCBD, and[...]

Next is a Thing poster by Fantastic Four Grand Design artist Ed Piskor I love how it looks like the poster can hardly contain him This one is limited to 250 and will run you $60 Both Fantastic Four poster will show up on Mondo's The Drop site at Noon EST Thursday Check them both[...]

Soon after I would discover that comic shops actually existed, even though I had to travel to Leeds to find Odyssey 7. Tomorrow's X-Men Grand Design: X-Tinction by Ed Piskor, the comic that takes all of the X-Men continuity and retells it as if it was planned this way from the beginning, is the most nostalgic[...]

We're nearing the end of Ed Piskor's amazing condensing of the entire history of the X-Men into a few short comic books May sees the release of X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction #1, the first of two issues comprising the final installment of X-Men Grand Design. X-Tinction will tackle the mid-to-late eighties and early nineties, advertising[...]

X-Men: Grand Design  is a six issue series by Ed Piskor which will examine every decade of X-Men history Piskor already has four issues of the six-parter down, and is working on the final two The release date for issue #1 is now set for December of 2017 The announcement was made at the "Marvel:[...]

He was joined by writers and artists publishing historical oriented stories and biographies, which include Lora Innes (The Dreamer), Sara Ryan (Escape From Alcatraz), Matt Phelan (The Storm in the Barn), Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree), and Peter Bagge (Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story). Wolk asked the panelists their approach to research since many of[...]

The Hip-Hop Family Tree books from Ed Kiskor, telling a history of hip hop music through the imagery of comic books of the time has been a successful and critically acclaimed series of graphic novels. But now Fantagraphics are "uncollecting" the books into a monthly comic book series featuring new material, with thirteen issues already in[...]

Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree was really great, and I just snagged the second volume at SDCC Part of a fairly large Comic-Con haul that I haven't been able to dive into just yet I just got some of Benjamin Marra's latest comics in the mail — Blades & Lazers 2 and Terror Assaulter[...]

It's a five-creator panel and signing from the creators of Minimum Wage, Rocket Girl, and more! Saturday, August 16th Locust Moon Comics at 34 South 40th Street in Philadelphia will host Ed Piskor and Tom Scioli at 7PM They say: "Come on out as Ed Piskor brings his New York Times best-selling and Eisner award-nominated HIP HOP[...]

Guests include Farel Dalrymple, Craig Yoe, Tom Scioli, Ed Piskor, Gary Groth, Danny Hellman, Trina Robbins, and Jim Rugg. They say: "PIX  is devoted solely to creator-owned, self-published, small-press, and handmade comics, artists books and other visual works Admission is free and the event is open to the public.  The event will give Pittsburghers the opportunity[...]