Switchblade Shorties
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The final work of cartoonist Ed Piskor is now available for pre-order
Earlier this year, the comics world lost a singular unique voice with the untimely passing of Ed Piskor. To celebrate the life and legacy of Ed Piskor and his work, his family are picking up where he left off. They have united together to release his final unpublished work, Switchblade Shorties, which launches today exclusively on the Zoop crowdfunding platform.
The landscape formatted 12×9 hardcover book contains over 176 pages of Ed Piskor at his best. The book is written, drawn, colored and lettered by Piskor alone. His family has taken great measures to ensure that the book is being presented exactly as Ed had originally intended, and that his work remains unaltered from when he last put pen to paper. This is what readers can expect from Switchblade Shorties:
Before hover parents, children ran wild. The wildest of these feral children were the Switchblade Shorties! When their friend disappears, the Switchblade Shorties turn off their video games and try to find him. Instead, they encounter aliens, Bigfoot, werewolves, and more in this twisted ode to the 1990s – an era before the internet destroyed our imaginations.
There are a number of items available for fans to pledge for. This includes the book itself, an upgraded dust jacket, limited edition prints, pins, stickers and more.
Piskor’s family has been instrumental in ensuring the legacy of Ed Piskor remains a vibrant one in the world of comics, and that his contributions will be remembered for a long time to come. They have truly pulled together to honor Ed and make this release as special as possible.
Ed’s brother, Bobby shares “Our family is pleased and honored to release Switchblade Shorties. Eddie’s passion for comics is really something to celebrate in this story. You can see the fun he had designing this book. I love you my brother.”
Ed’s sister Brianna says “Eddie was a mentor, friend, son and brother. He embraced his passion of drawing and brought his ideas to life! Ed Piskor Forever!!!” Ed’s sister Justine shares “Eddie devoted his life to the comic book world. The best way we can honor him is to keep his legacy alive. ED PISKOR FOREVER.” And last but certainly not least, matriarch, “Momma P” Diane exclaims “Eddie was a master of his craft. You have your marching orders: Read more comics! Make more comics! Be kind! And say his name!”
Zoop CEO, Jordan Plosky states “It has been an honor to be entrusted by Ed’s family to work on such a personal project like this, and bring it to life. We take this responsibility very seriously, and couldn’t be more proud to support such a loving family.”
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ABOUT ED PISKOR
Ed Piskor is an Eisner Award Winning comic book creator who began his professional work in comics working for Havery Pekar of American Splendor fame. From there, he had his first self published title, Wizzy Wig in 2012.
Perhaps best known for his 4 volume series, Hip Hop Family Tree, Piskor would go onto design many projects for icons in the hip hop industry as well as co-host his insanely popular youtube channel, “Cartoonist Kayfabe”. This led to creating X-Men Grand Design for Marvel, and Ed being the first creator to ever handle all duties on an X-book.
Piskor then returned to his creator owned roots with Red Room, and was finalizing Switchblade Shorties before he passed away.