Ed Piskor is a comic book illustrator based out of Pittsburgh that has worked with comic legend peeps like Harvey Pekar on American Splendour. After that, he made Beats– an illustrated story on Beatnik legends Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. His latest project is Hip Hop Family Tree, which details the O.G’s of Hip Hop. The first printing on Volume 1 has sold out, but you can pre-order a second printing copy here. Check out a recent interview with him below, courtesy of Time Magazine.
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Borough to Borough :: A Trip Down Hip Hop Memory Lane
Houston Rap :: New Book Profiles Southern Hip Hop Culture
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Marvel is coming out with a new superhero based on a Muslim high school girl. Interesting how comics are evolving.
Yes! I heard about that..Heard an interview with the atrtist on Q. Will post that link when I dig it up.
Here is that interview, for anyone interested. And it was with the script writer, and not the artist, as I had previously thought.
http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/01/14/ms-marvel-reinvented-as-muslim-teen/
I have read this really cool book so check it out!
Emanation: Hope’s Sacrifice (Volume 1)
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