Ed Piskor

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Ed Piskor
Piskor wearing a hat, hoodie, and glasses
Piskor in 2017
Born Edward R. Piskor Jr.
(1982-07-28)July 28, 1982
Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Munhall, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality American
Area(s) Artist
Notable works
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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.

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

References

  1. ↑ Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; page 107
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