Ed Piskor (born July 28, 1982 in Homestead, Pennsylvania) is an alternative comics artist operating out of Pittsburgh, Pa. He is a former student of the Joe Kubert School and is best known for his artistic collaborations with underground comics pioneers Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame, and Jay Lynch who illustrates Garbage Pail Kids . He has a cult following amongst minicomic fans with his series Deviant Funnies, and Isolation chamber. July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Homestead is a borough located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. ... The term alternative comics is one of several labels applied to a range of comics that have appeared since about 1980, in the wake of the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. ... The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year technical school that teaches the principles of sequential art and the particular craft of the comics industry as well as commercial illustration, and also offers a major in... The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ... Harvey Pekar on the cover of American Splendor: Portrait of the Artist in his Declining Years Harvey Pekar (born October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American underground comic book writer. ... American Splendor film poster American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books and graphic novels written by Harvey Pekar. ... Jay Lynch, born January 7, 1945 in Orange, New Jersey, is an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies and other titles. ... Garbage Pail Kids is a series of humorous trading cards produced by the Topps Company. ... A minicomic is a small, creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. ...

Piskor has been fascinated by comics throughout his childhood. He was a great fan of mainstream comics such as Spiderman, but his interest in the alternative comics developed rapidly when, at the age of 9, he saw a documentary that had Harvey Pekar reading one of his American Splendor stories. Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Harvey Pekar on the cover of American Splendor: Portrait of the Artist in his Declining Years Harvey Pekar (born October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American underground comic book writer. ... American Splendor film poster American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books and graphic novels written by Harvey Pekar. ...

After finishing high school, he attended the renowned Joe Kubert School for a year. He met some notable comic artist there such as Steve Bissette, Tom Yeates, John Totleben, and Rick Veitch. The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year technical school that teaches the principles of sequential art and the particular craft of the comics industry as well as commercial illustration, and also offers a major in... Stephen R. Bissette (also known as Steve Bissette) is a comics artist and publisher best known for working with writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben on the DC comic Swamp Thing in the 1980s. ... Thomas Yeates is an American comic book and comic strip artist especially known for his work on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and on the Zorro comic strip. ... John Totleben (born February 16, 1958 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American illustrator working mostly in comics. ... Rick Veitch is an American comic book artist and writer who has worked in mainstream, underground, and alternative comics. ...

His first major comics Deviant Funnies and the autobiographical Isolation chamber are generally marked with dark humour. In 2003 he started his collaboration with Jay Lynch, and shorly after that with Harvey Pekar. Piskor's first major with Pekar task was illustrating stories of American Splendor:Our Movie Year, which ellaborates Pekar's experience after the release of the movie American Splendor. Piskor is also illustrating Pekar's upcoming graphic novel Macedonia. Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire where topics and events normally treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, etc. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jay Lynch, born January 7, 1945 in Orange, New Jersey, is an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies and other titles. ... Harvey Pekar on the cover of American Splendor: Portrait of the Artist in his Declining Years Harvey Pekar (born October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American underground comic book writer. ... Sabre (1978), one of the first graphic novels. ...

Piskor's drawing has been influenced by 60s and 70s underground comix scene, and he also points Robert Crumb as a major infulence, but comic critics have praised Piskor for developing his own artistic style. Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Note: Sometimes the 60s is used as shorthand for the 1960s, the 1860s, or other such decades in various centuries... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 Note: Sometimes the 70s is used as shorthand for the 1970s, the 1870s, or other such decades in other centuries... Mr. ... Self-portrait. ...

External links

• www.edpiskor.com Piskor's homepage
• interview with Rob clough
• Profile at ninthart.com
• Interview about Macedonia Graphic novel written by Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson