Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, Russell Simmons and Kurtis Blow Tour The World

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• [SedanChair]

  This series is as good as Joe Sacco’s Palestine.

  • [Charles Lenchner]

    Whoa that’s heavy. But yes, a worthy comparison. 

  • [benher]

    Fan of Palestine, but gotta say, I’m enjoy this!! … My only “wish” were that if it were eventually graphic novel-ified, that the pace could be slowed down a bit.. of course, it’s difficult to write about non-fictional characters in that way I suppose.

• [Wild Rumpus]

  Thank you Boing boing for turning me onto this musical history comic and thank you Ed Piskor for creating such an awesome historical narrative.  As a fan of music history, I constantly am cross referencing all of the music and people that are explained in this comic.  This is just so many levels of awesome.  Thank You.

• [Ed Piskor]

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j69j4Mnyryg

• [franko]

  i’ve been reading these for awhile, but i missed the beginning and the explanation. i’m blown away by the look and style — it’s so authentic. this is all just so very very well done.

• [benher]

  Yes! I think it’s almost time for Marshall Mathers!

  • [noah django]

     almost time?  In 1979, Em is a seven-year-old.

• [chris jimson]

  Invisibl Skratch Piklz vs “Theeth clamth ith def!”

  • [noah django]

     nice one!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4alEtaiSw5M&feature=relmfu

• [blueelm]

  I just want to know when it will be available in a book form. 

  • [Ed Piskor]

     I have commitment issues, but, I’ll probably decide on a publisher pretty soon. It’s going to take a while for the book to come out though. There are 50 pages finished so far, and we’re just barely hitting 1980.

• [Martin Jackson]

   I love this comic but I would guess you really don’t like Russel Simmons the way you draw him and have him speak.

  • [Ed Piskor]

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bww0bNNipNI
    1:45
    No prob at all with Russell Rush…

• [yoshua]

  FYI, these comics don’t look too hot on a retina iPad.FYI, these comics don’t look so hot on a retina iPad.

  • [noah django]

     FYI, your ability to post from your retina iPad isn’t so hot.FYI, your ability to post from your retina iPad isn’t so hot.

• [Alex Guenther]

  Why is Russell Simmons made to be such an egregiously lisping, crazy-eyed Satanic clown? Is he really that evil? Kurtis Blow seems to be just as wall-eyed, ill-spoken and ripe for ridicule in interviews I’ve seen with him. I have no interest in Simmons as a person at all, and have a low opinion of his talents, but I still think this must be an unfair portrait of him.