Ed Piskor, the gifted comic book writer and artist most known for his work on X-Men: Grand Design and Hip Hop Family Tree, died suddenly at the age of 41. His distinctive style struck a chord with fans and made a substantial contribution to the comic book industry.
Ed Piskor DeathÂ
On April 1, 2024, Ed Piskor, a well-known writer and artist of comics including Wizzywig, Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design, and Red Room, reportedly died. His family members posted the news on social media.Â
A note including a suicide note was delivered at around 8:00 AM EST via Piskor’s email address. The message is linked to a Google Document page. Since March 23, some artists have accused Piskor of inappropriate sexual behavior.Â
Piskor lived in Munhall, Pennsylvania; later that day, on April 1, a notice of death was placed on the website of the Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home. The obituary said that Piskor had “left away impulsively,” and it included information about a viewing and funeral service scheduled for 4 April.
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Allegation of the cause of his death?
A female cartoonist accused Piskor in March 2024 of miscommunicating with her on social media when she was still a child, and another cartoonist accused him of attempting to exchange a sexual favor in return for an industry contact.Â
After that, Piskor’s and Cartoonist Kayfabe’s X accounts were removed. For a short while, the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel was pulled downward, however, it was later removed along with the comments.Â
Jim Rugg, co-host of Cartoonist Kayfabe with Piskor, declared on March 30 that he has chosen to sever his business ties with Piskor due to the accusations made by the developers of The Hip-Hop Family Tree.
According to a note by Piskor that has been making headlines online which indicate suicide was the alleged reason for death. He stated unequivocally in his note that he was innocent of all the accusations.Â
In addition to his four nieces and nephews, Piskor leaves behind his parents and three siblings. Our prayers are with them, his friends, and his purported victims, for everyone this is a trying and emotionally taxing time.
Ed Piskor Early Life & Education
On July 28, 1982, in Homestead, Pennsylvania, Edward Piskor was born. Comics had always captivated him as a child.Â
Although he was an avid reader of conventional comics like The Amazing Spider-Man, his curiosity in unconventional comics took off after he watched a documentary at the age of nine in which Harvey Pekar read one of his stories from American Splendor.
Piskor spent a year at The Kubert School following high school, where he became acquainted with comic book artists such as Rick Veitch, John Totleben, Thomas Yeates, and Stephen R. Bissette.
He got in touch with writer Harvey Pekar of “American Splendor” in 2003, and Pekar recruited him to illustrate many pieces in the autobiographical comic.
They collaborated once more on the 2007 book “Macedonia,” which Heather Roberson co-wrote on the instability of the Balkans, and on the 2009 book “The Beats,” which is an examination of the movement known as the counterculture.
Ed Piskor Career
Piskor began working with Jay Lynch in 2003 and then Pekar not too long after. The first significant project Piskor worked on with Pekar was creating illustrations for American Splendor: Our Movie Year, a book that describes Pekar’s experiences following the premiere of the American Splendor film.Â
Piskor further provided the illustrations for Pekar’s graphic novel Macedonia, published by Villard Books in 2007. Piskor authored and created his series, “Wizzywig,” which had a hacking theme and was launched by Top Shelf in 2012, following Pekar’s death in 2010.Â
In the same year, he started “Hip Hop Family Tree,” a weekly chronicle of the genre that was first published in print by Fantagraphics in 2013 and subsequently on Boing Boing until 2015. He won the 2015 Eisner Award for Top Reality-Based Performance for the series, which praised him.Â
He began publishing a history of the X-Men in 2017 with “X-Men: Grand Design,” which lasted at Marvel for a total of three books until 2019 and gave rise to the “Grand Design” series for the Hulk (by Rugg) and the Fantastic Four (by Tom Scioli).