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Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 4: 1984-1985 Kindle & comiXology

by Ed Piskor (Author, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Ed Piskor, Fantagraphics, hip hop music, rap music

From bestselling author and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree is the entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture. Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, each volume is cleverly presented and packaged in a style mimicking the Marvel comics of the same era. Piskor’s exuberant yet controlled cartooning takes you from the parks and rec rooms of the South Bronx to the night clubs, recording studios, and radio stations where the scene started to boom, capturing the flavor of late-1970s New York City in panels bursting with obsessively authentic detail. With a vigorous and engaging Ken Burns meets Stan Lee approach, the battles and rivalries, the technical innovations, the triumphs and failures are all thoroughly researched and lovingly depicted. Like the acclaimed hip hop documentaries Style Wars and Scratch, Hip Hop Family Tree is an essential cultural chronicle and a must for hip hop fans, pop-culture addicts, and anyone who wants to know how it went down back in the day.

Editorial Reviews

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"Educational, entertaining, and unmissable."
― WIRED

"He’s not just doin’ a comic book, he’s doin' a piece of history."
― Darryl “DMC” McDaniels

"For the uninitiated, this is not some dry distillation of facts and dates via narrative. Mr. Piskor’s storytelling uses the same engaging, pointillist method seen in the prior three volumes: Connecting the many, very human dots that put a relatively small group of street and club DJs and MCs at the forefront of the creation of one of the most important musical forms of the past century. If he were merely a historian writing about such a vital period, it would be enticing enough. Scouring books, blogs, podcasts, Youtube and anything else to pinpoint hundreds of moments of time for each volume, the legwork Mr. Piskor puts into accurately presenting this history is legendary. But at his core, Mr. Piskor is a powerful visual artist. The style he established in the very first volume continues to grab the viewer. He exaggerates just the right parts of his chosen characters with a technique that intentionally celebrates both the Marvel Comics’ artists of the 1970s, as well as one of Mr.Piskor’s idols, underground comic artist R. Crumb."
― Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Piskor’s ongoing series of oversize albums detailing the history of hip-hop is one of the very best things about contemporary comics-making."
― Austin 360

"In the fourth helping of Piskor's chronology of his passion, covering 1984-85, Philadelphia is the scene as often a NYC and LA, and the impact on pop culture of Philly's explosive suppression of the African American MOVE commune is explained via flashback."
― Ray Olson, Booklist

"Piskor's innovative use of color makes things crackle and sputter. He sampled old comic-book pages for most of his color fills, but when he draws an event that took place after 1984-85, he dumps in flat color and bright inks. These panels seem to bounce off the page and emphasize the hazy nostalgia of the rest of the art. If his ingenuity here is any indication, the twists ― and the hits ― will just keep coming."
― NPR

About the Author

Ed Piskor is the New York Times bestselling creator of Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design as well as the co-conspirator behind the YouTube channel sensation, Cartoonist Kayfabe. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01D5HXZ7O
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fantagraphics; Illustrated edition (July 13, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 13, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 736117 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Not enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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