# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-piskor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:04:02.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-piskor"
name: "Ed Piskor"
slug: "ed-piskor"
description: "Edward R. Piskor Jr. was an American alternative comics cartoonist. Piskor was known primarily for his work on Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design, and the Red Room trilogy. Piskor also co-hosted the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with fellow Pittsburgh native cartoonist Jim Rugg. In March 2024, Piskor was accused via social media of sexual misconduct. Piskor died on April 1, 2024, at the age of 41, hours after posting a suicide note via social media, defending himself against the allegations leveled against him."
tagline: "American alternative comics artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FIBD2017EdPiskor2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1982-07-28"
deathDate: "2024-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.66
  momentum:             6.540166688872111
  historical:           6.243673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/EdPiskor"
    handle:    "EdPiskor"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12261604/"
    handle:    "nm12261604"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.edpiskor.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Piskor"
    title: "Ed Piskor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Piskor"
    title: "Ed Piskor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Piskor"
    title: "Ed Piskor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Piskor"
    title: "Ed Piskor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Piskor"
    title: "Ed Piskor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Ед Пискор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5335285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4223945"
    title: "Ed Piskor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump