Cartoonist Kayfabe Show and Tell: Yet Another Captain Marvel?
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg unpack the tale of Human Torch creator, Carl Burgos's, bitter attempt to agitate the mainstream comics publishers of the 1960s with his very own Captain Marvel character (and...
View ArticleCartoonist Kayfabe on Wizard Magazine issue 19, March 1993
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue to dissect the turbulent comic book speculator boom on the 1990s while looking through antique copies of Wizard Magazine. Some of this issues contents: * Jack Kirby...
View ArticleAkira Animation Cels! Cartoonist Kayfabe Show and Tell
The boys, Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, and Tom Scioli got hold of a couple animation cels from the classic anime and couldn't help but show them off. A fun glimpse into the analogue way of producing...
View ArticleWizard Magazine issue 21, Cartoonist Kayfabe
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue to dissect the turbulent comic book speculator boom on the 1990s while looking through antique copies of Wizard Magazine. Some of this issues contents: • Jae Lee takes...
View ArticleHardcover Book Binding by Hand, Cartoonist Kayfabe
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg have long mentioned wanting to get their hands on a nice collection of Jamie Hewlett's Fireball comics from Deadline Magazine, so Jim decided to make one on his own. In fact, he...
View ArticleWizard Magazine 22, June 1993, Cartoonist Kayfabe
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue to dissect the turbulent comic book speculator boom on the 1990s while looking through antique copies of Wizard Magazine. What to expect in this issue: * Malibu's...
View ArticleEleanor Davis Comics! Cartoonist Kayfabe Show and Tell
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg discuss a few comics from one of the best cartoonists of their generation! Eleanor Davis' books: • You & A Bike & A Road • Libby's Dad • BDSM (Frontier 11) • How to Be...
View ArticleAkira volume 2, Cartoonist Kayfabe Commentary
What better way to celebrate 2019, the year before the Neo-Tokyo Summer Olympics, than to revisit Katsuhiro Otomo's classic manga in a book club format with the Cartoonist Kayfabe crew, Ed Piskor, Jim...
View ArticleDennis the Menace in Hawaii, Cartoonist Kayfabe Commentary
Dennis in Hawaii by Alan Wiseman and Fred Toole One of the most popular comics in American history gets the Kayfabe book club treatment with Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, and Tom Scioli. In 1958, Pines and...
View ArticleBatman Dark Knight Returns Issue 1, Kayfabe Commentary
No deep dive of this legendary comic exists online from a cartoonist's perspective, let alone 3 cartoonists! The boys, Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, and Tom Scioli unpack the Frank Miller 1986 Batman classic...
View ArticleBatman Dark Knight Returns Issue 2, Kayfabe Commentary
No deep dive of this legendary comic exists online from a cartoonist's perspective, let alone 3 cartoonists! The boys, Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, and Tom Scioli continue to unpack the Frank Miller 1986...
View ArticleBatman Dark Knight Returns Issue 3, Kayfabe Commentary
No deep dive of this legendary comic exists online from a cartoonist's perspective, let alone 3 cartoonists! The boys, Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, and Tom Scioli continue to unpack the Frank Miller 1986...
View ArticleBatman Dark Knight Returns Issue 4, Kayfabe Commentary
No deep dive of this legendary comic exists online from a cartoonist's perspective, let alone 3 cartoonists! The boys, Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, and Tom Scioli continue to unpack the Frank Miller 1986...
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Ed Piskor announces new comic book: Red Room, an "outlaw splatterpunk...
In the latest episode of Cartoonist Kayfabe, Ed Piskor (creator of Hip Hop Family Tree) talks about his forthcoming 12-issue comic book series, Red Room. You can pre-order it from Fantagraphics. From...
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Ed Piskor's Red Room is a splatterpunk masterpiece
The 208-page paperback edition of Boing Boing friend Ed Piskor's Red Room, The Antisocial Network comes out on November 9th. Piskor is the creator of the New York Time's bestsellers Hip Hop Family Tree...
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Looking back at the art and attitude of Jamie Hewlett's Tank Girl
On this installment of Cartoonist Kayfabe, Ed and Jim do a deep dive into Jamie Hewlett's hugely influential 80s/90s comic, Tank Girl. As is always the case on a Kayfabe vid, the dynamic duo of comic...
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