B. Radtz
Alternative writer/artist Ed Piskor, creator of American Splendor and X-Men: Grand Design, and co-host of the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with Jim Rugg has come into the spotlight recently over yesterday’s allegations of disturbing behavior, which could look like potential grooming of a young, up and coming artist Molly Dwyer, sending her troubling direct messages while she was 17, and he was 40 years old. 
Piskor rose to fame after his Eisner winning work Hip Hop Family Tree in 2013. He’d catch Marvel Comics attention, and be tasked to headline the retrospective series X-Men: Grand Design in 2017. He began his YouTube channel 5 years ago with Jim Rugg,
The posts began yesterday as Dwyer began posting screenshots between Piskor and herself, showing some very disturbing behavior from the comics pro, asking if she were 17 or 18, inviting her to his house several times, and other worrying statements. The pattern has sparked outrage from both Piskor’s supporters and detractors, but nothing yet from the comics pro. Piskor has disabled comments on both of his Instagram and YouTube accounts, as well as deleted several posts from his Instagram account.
Neither parties have answered to requests to respond to questions or comment since the conversations were made public.
You might want to correct the first name in the first sentence of the article…Ed, not Joe
Did you seriously write that “Joe” Piskor was the creator of American Splendor??? Wow. Harvey Pekar is spinning in his grave right now.
If Piskor is the “creator” of American Splendor, what would you call Harvey Pekar? The book is Harvey’s autobiography and it was drawn by many different artists over the decades. It is simply wrong to refer to it as Piskor’s creation because he did the art on a story or two.
Ed was 38 at the time of the DMs.
Talk about losing your comics credibility in one sentence – the FIRST one in this article! Mr. Piskor is NOT the creator of American Splendor. Correct this nonsense and stop sullying the name of the late, great Harvey Pekar (THE creator of American Splendor).
I’m a Pittsburgh cartoonist as well. I know Ed.
I’ve also been hearing stories of his grooming for years, both firsthand and secondhand. Two of those women are close friends of mine.
It’s no surprise so few women have come forward, considering his fame and influence, or that it took this many years for someone to make it public.
I personally find him to be a bully and a creep who has hurt a lot of people.
Talking to women is NOT grooming, ESPECIALLY when THEY initiate the “grooming”. Ed was NEVER a creep or a bully- you just didn’t undeerstand what a real man is. NOw go finish painting your nails, sir.
17 yr old girls aren’t women. And Ed was a grown ass 38 yr old man trying (& failing thankfully) to get a girl to sleep over at his house.
Only small-dicked losers think that’s okay. Since you’re defending it, we all know what that makes you, Scott.
When men like you have terrible social skills, the only options are to pick teenagers and leverage power over them. “Good boy” “you say the right things” imagine Ed’s voice saying that to you …. My
Gawd. This is a perverted. Grooming is a man who leveraged his position to lure women to his side (he literally even shows them a ROOM, he has for them) inappropriate behavior to say the least
I went to school with Ed myself, he was a great guy. If the allegations were true and you are their friend why not take action? Ed isn’t an omnipotent person in the industry… Sounds like you are a $#i*! artist jealous of his success.
And these texts are not even bad without even the context, you must be a %$&* to think otherwise. You sound like a succubus just like her. I hope his spirit haunts you and you remain a $#!% unknown ‘cartoonist’.
Follow your loser hero, dipshit.
Congratulations to everyone that helped kill Ed Piskor. The truth will come out, but it will be too late because you went ahead and published lies from Molly that were cherry picked and manipulated. I hope EVERYONE that helped push him to the edge is held accountable.
GFY, Scott.
Wow. Show Your true colors
Congratulations to ENABLERS who did nothing and waited till it boiled over. All these predators are always surrounded by fans, friends and family who recognize inappropriate behavior and DO NOTHING till his guilty conscience can’t deal with repercussions and they depart earth. Good boy! You say the RIGHT things …. Daddy trying to seek highschool kid . How about stop romanticizing and idolizing Talented people and differentiate when it’s time to hold them accountable vs being on online incel
4Q U 2, Dick.
Well chosen user name btw.
-You clearly are very invested in this, with a guilty conscience “Michael”.
Newsflash, the world loves Ed, and always will.
On the other hand, you are the toxic cancer that caused this situation to play out the way it did. There is a special place in hell for people like you. Next time you get behind a campaign to assassinate someone’s character, be sure to put the conversations used in context, so when it all falls apart, you’re not forced to rely on comment section insults at everyone coming to show support. Your existence is pathetic and transparent to everyone here. Don’t bother trying to reply, I won’t be back, I said what I said and I know the words got through perfectly.
Mr. Ewok One
QQ, loser.
I wonder how this woman sleeps at night. A man says something inappropriate (cherry-picked from a conversation) 4 years earlier and she decides to burn his career for fuel for her own notoriety. I truly hope she never has another moment’s peace.
GFY, you limpdicked loser.