Ed Piskor

This encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop captures the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars like DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, plus the charismatic players behind the scenes like Russell Simmons; Debbie Harry, Keith Haring and other luminaries make cameos. The lore of the early days of hip hop has b...

It's ALL-NEW and ALL-DIFFERENT! Witness Wolverine, Thunderbird, Colossus, Storm and Sunfire suit up as X-Men for the very first time all over again! All through the lens of comics auteur ED PISKOR, who lovingly researches, writes, pencils, inks, colors and letters every page just for you! The second act of X-MEN GRAND DESIGN begins now!

?Editor Paul Buhle's graphic history The Beats--with riffs from cats such as Harvey Pekar and Trina Robbins--burns like a Roman candle.? ?Vanity Fair ?The Beats is as fresh and pertinent as the latest scholarly history, only far more entertaining.? ?Studs Terkel ?A new angle on a familiar story . . . [The Beats] gives the hipsters back their body language. In a book that is largely abou...