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The book also includes Piskor's exclusive 'Director's Commentary' for virtually every page, tons of process art, sketchbook material, and other surprises exclusive to this collection.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204947345586,"sku":"9781683965602","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781683965602_01567f29-30e2-4d87-b5f6-40697e58a875.jpg?v=1786024969"},{"product_id":"9781683968894","title":"Hip Hop Family Tree","description":"Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree has been a global phenomenon and perennial bestseller since the first (of four) volumes was published in 2013, spawning multiple printings, fourteen comic books, and the author's wildly popular YouTube comics channel, Cartoonist Kayfabe (with fellow cartoonist Jim Rugg). Yet the series has never been collected under one cover. Until now. This omnibus collection includes the original 360-page series with over 140 pages of extra material: a cover gallery of every HHFT book and comic book cover and back cover Piskor ever created, pages from the HHFT comic book series that have never been collected, new annotations of the entire series by Piskor, and much more. Plus a foreword by Charlie Ahearn and an afterword by Bill Adler. Hip Hop Family Tree is the entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture. Piskor's cartooning crackles like Kirby and 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 flavour 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.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205007802546,"sku":"9781683968894","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781683968894.jpg?v=1786024154"},{"product_id":"9781683969303","title":"Red Room: Crypto Killaz!","description":"Mistress Pentagram and the Red Room Players return as Crypto Killaz! careens to its boldest - and bloodiest - crescendo! In this final arc of the hit Red Room series, the arrest of the Steel City Cannibal forces his daughter into the media spotlight and under scrutiny of even more sinister forces... Then, meet... the Cryptocurrency Keeper, a rising YouTube star in the world of Bitcoin and dark web entrepreneurs, coming to you from the Dorm Room of Doom! That is, until Bitcoin crashes and bankrupts many of his followers, who hold him responsible... Meanwhile, Piskor turns back the clock with the secret history of Thomas Edison's role in the invention of modern day red rooms, and in rumoured footage of Jack the Ripper's final act! Crypto Killaz! wraps up the Red Room series with a secret origin, documenting in lurid detail every step that goes into creating the most famous Red Room persona in history - and it isn't pretty! With over a quarter-million copies sold of the series to date, Red Room has been a smash hit since its debut in 2020. Crypto Killaz! escalates the stakes, with Piskor pushing his masterpiece of modern horror in new directions and delivering the cyberpunk, outlaw, splatterpunk goods like no one else can. Crypto Killaz! also includes Piskor's exclusive 'Director's Commentary' for virtually every page, tons of process art, sketchbook material, and other surprises exclusive to this collection.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43717770903730,"sku":"9781683969303","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781683969303_c5d4977b-72cd-43bb-b310-2cce5573615e.jpg?v=1786024172"},{"product_id":"9781606999417","title":"Hip Hop Family Tree 1983-1985 Gift Box Set","description":"Fantagraphics proudly announce a box set of the third and fourth instalments of Hip Hop Family Tree. Alongside the two volumes packaged in a slipcase, Piskor's crash-course comic, Understanding Hip Hop and Comics - which documents how the two have intersected over the past 40 years via graffiti, album covers and collaborations between cartoonists and rappers - is exclusive to this set.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304520135029,"sku":"9781606999417","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781606999417_71427ff9-23ac-4f4d-b9d4-2cec000cad84.jpg?v=1786023607"},{"product_id":"9781606998489","title":"Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984","description":"Ed Piskor's acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Volume 3 highlights RUN-DMC's rise to fame and introduces unassailable acts like Whodini, The Fat Boys, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh. The Beastie Boys became a rap group and Rick Rubin meets Russell Simmons to form Def Jam. The famous TV pilot to the dance show Graffiti Rock and the documentaries Style Wars and Breakin' and Enterin' are all highlighted in this volume spanning 1983 - 1984. Piskor continues to deliver the goods in this comprehensive history of hip-hop!","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305208787317,"sku":"9781606998489","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781606998489_0f0ca126-e907-43a5-bec6-64cc58fec491.jpg?v=1786023601"},{"product_id":"9781606999400","title":"Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4","description":"Ed Piskor's acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4 charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam records, and introduces new branches on the 'tree': Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim and Biz Markie. This volume is also jam-packed with films Hollywood released in an attempt to cash in on the phenomenon, like Breakin', Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, Krush Groove and more.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305209082229,"sku":"9781606999400","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781606999400_f84e05bf-e156-4fea-be7c-e8890e7f4d59.jpg?v=1786023607"},{"product_id":"red-room-the-antisocial-network","title":"Red Room: The Antisocial Network","description":"Aided by the anonymous dark web and nearly untraceable cryptocurrency, a criminal subculture has emerged. It livestreams murders as entertainment. Who are the killers? Who are the victims? Who is paying to watch? How to stop it? Red Room is constructed as a series of interconnected stories, shining a light on the characters who exist in the ugliest of corners in cyberspace. Piskor cuts the graphic horror with his sharp sense of humour, gorgeous cartooning, and dynamic storytelling. Red Room peels back the curtain on the side of humanity few of us knew existed, let alone understood.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487889990005,"sku":"9781683964681","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781683964681.jpg?v=1786355113"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-ed-piskor.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}