Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree: Hip Hop History in Comic Book Form. (Music History)

Jan 28, 2014

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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5 responses to “Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree: Hip Hop History in Comic Book Form. (Music History)”

Luke Buchanan

January 28, 2014

Marvel is coming out with a new superhero based on a Muslim high school girl. Interesting how comics are evolving.

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1. Colm Hogan
  
  January 28, 2014
  
  Yes! I heard about that..Heard an interview with the atrtist on Q. Will post that link when I dig it up.
  
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  1. Colm Hogan
    
    January 28, 2014
    
    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/
blackychan2013

January 30, 2014

I have read this really cool book so check it out!

Emanation: Hope’s Sacrifice (Volume 1)

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dobrobad

October 24, 2014

Reblogged this on Focus On The Underground.

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