Ed Piskor (b. 1982) lives and draws out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student of the Kubert School, has collaborated with Harvey Pekar, and put out the graphic novel Wizzywig. His New York Times Best-Selling series Hip Hop Family Tree, which was originally serialized on Boing Boing, has gone back to print numerous times, and won the 2015 Eisner Award for “Best Reality-Based Work.” His series for Marvel, X-Men Grand Design, was released in 2017 to wide acclaim, and 2019 will see the release of the large-scale, career-spanning artist’s edition of his work, Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition. Photo by Garret Jones.
See him at SPX in the White Oak Room on Saturday, September 14th at 1:00 pm in a panel titled “Cartoonist Kayfabe Live.”