(May 2015)

Fantagraphics, 2015 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
60
On-sale Date
2015-05-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
Barcode
609224368721 00111
Editing
Eric Reynolds (editor)
Color
Color
Dimensions
6 3/4" w x 10 1/4" h
Paper Stock
Bond
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Promotional One-Shot

Issue Notes

A free giveaway comic for Free Comic Book Day 2015.
"Hip Hop Family Tree Three-in-One: Featuring Cosplayers" is the indicia title. The cover title is "Free Comic Book Day: Hip Hop Family Tree Three-in-One".
As of this date, the Comics Code Authority no longer existed. Use of the seal was by lease from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and did not indicate any review or rating.
Numbered 02458 on cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hip Hop Family Tree / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ed Piskor
Inks
Ed Piskor
Colors
Ed Piskor

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Queen Latifah; Fab Five Freddy; Big Daddy Kane; Kool Keith; Scarface; Blowfly; Willie D; Schoolly D; Play; Kid; Afrika Bambaataa; Bushwick Bill; Heavy D; Mf. Doom; Prince Markie D; Buffy; Chuck D; Terminator X; Ecstasy; Kanye West; Kool Rock Ski; Mac Daddy; Daddy Mac; Flavor Flav; Rick Rubin; Darlene; Ice T; Ice Cube; DJ Yella; Dr. Dre; MC Ren; Snoop Dogg; Shock G.; Pepa; Salt; Eazy E; Eric B.; Rakim; MC Hammer; Notorious B.I.G.; Slick Rick; Adrock; Mike D; MCA; Run; Jam Master Jay; DMC; Russell Simmons; LL Cool J; Kool Moe Dee; KRS One; Tupac Shakur

HHFT Character Key (Table of Contents: 1)

character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ed Piskor
Inks
Ed Piskor
Letters
Ed Piskor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hip Hop Family Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Hip Hop Family Tree / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Piskor
Pencils
Ed Piskor
Inks
Ed Piskor
Colors
Ed Piskor
Letters
Ed Piskor

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Battles and competitions seem to be Harlem World's main showcase these days. The jams are mostly promoted by Kool DJ AJ, and usually won by Busy Bee Starski.
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Busy Bee Starski; Kool Moe Dee; DJ Easy Lee
Synopsis
How Kool Moe Dee set the template for microphone challenges.

Indexer Notes

Pages numbered 85 to 88.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hip Hop Family Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Hip Hop Family Tree / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Piskor
Pencils
Ed Piskor
Inks
Ed Piskor
Colors
Ed Piskor
Letters
Ed Piskor

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What we're gonna do right here is go back... way back... back into time... a little before 1979... in the city... city of Compton...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Alonzo Williams; Andre Manuel [Unknown DJ]; Mr. Williams; Antoine Carraby [DJ Yella]; Andre Young [Dr. Dre]; Eric Wright; Russell Simmons; Run; DMC
Synopsis
Alonzo Williams goes from setting up parties to opening a night club.

Indexer Notes

Pages numbered 49-50, 53-54, 95-96.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hip Hop Family Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hip Hop Family Tree / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Piskor
Pencils
Ed Piskor
Inks
Ed Piskor
Colors
Ed Piskor
Letters
Ed Piskor

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, is that the Treacherous Three?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Rick Rubin; Kool Moe Dee; Special K; T LA Rock; Beastie Boys [Adam Horovitz [Adrock]; Michael Diamond [Mike D]; Adam Yauch [MCA]]; Louie Lou; Jazzy Jay; Mr. Leroy; Russell Simmons; LL Kool James; Lyor; Chucky D; Run; DMC; Dr. Jeckyll; Mr. Hyde
Synopsis
The birth of Def Jam Records.

Indexer Notes

Pages 35-36, 45-46, 61-62, 67-68, 75-78.

Humpty (Table of Contents: 8)

Hip Hop Family Tree / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Skottie Young
Pencils
Skottie Young
Inks
Skottie Young
Colors
Skottie Young
Letters
Skottie Young

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Hip Hop Family Tree / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb
Pencils
Robert Crumb
Inks
Robert Crumb
Letters
Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jack Kirby (super-hero comic artist)
Characters
Chunky A; Kool Chip

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Hip Hop Family Tree / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Benjamin Marra
Inks
Benjamin Marra
Colors
Benjamin Marra

Still D.R.E. (Table of Contents: 11)

Hip Hop Family Tree / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Andre Young [Dr. Dre]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Hip Hop Family Tree / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Rugg
Inks
Jim Rugg

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Hip Hop Family Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Hip Hop Family Tree / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Piskor
Pencils
Ed Piskor
Inks
Ed Piskor
Colors
Ed Piskor
Letters
Ed Piskor

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So how long have you been drawing comic books?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Rob Liefeld; Spike Lee

Indexer Notes

The Levi 501 Jeans commercial in comic form drawn in Rob Liefeld's style of drawing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

The Cosplayers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dash Shaw
Inks
Dash Shaw
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Some people at a convention with stormtroopers. Serves as an interior cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dash Shaw
Inks
Dash Shaw
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Girl in a uniform against a wall of graffiti.

Escape From Nostalgia World (Table of Contents: 18)

The Cosplayers / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Dash Shaw
Pencils
Dash Shaw
Inks
Dash Shaw
Colors
Dash Shaw
Letters
Dash Shaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! I found a box of comics by the side of the road!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Some cosplayers go to a comic shop.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes art drawn by Jack Kirby in collage pages.

[2001: A Space Odyssey Collage] (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dash Shaw
Inks
Dash Shaw
Colors
Dash Shaw

Reprints

It's 3am and I'm Wide Awake and Looking at Cosplay Pics Online. (Table of Contents: 20)

The Cosplayers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dash Shaw
Pencils
Dash Shaw
Inks
Dash Shaw
Colors
Dash Shaw
Letters
Dash Shaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ugh. Some nights I hate cosplay. I hate it how they glam themselves up in Photoshop to make themselves look more like their characters...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A gal thinks that nobody gets cosplay like her.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

The Cosplayers / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dash Shaw
Pencils
Dash Shaw
Inks
Dash Shaw
Colors
?
Letters
Dash Shaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We were into cosplay since before it was uncool.
Genre
humor
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  2. 1. HHFT Character Key
  3. 2. ["Volume 1 in stores now!"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  4. 3. ["Battles and competitions seem to be Harlem World's main showcase these days. The jams are mostly promoted by Kool DJ AJ, and usually won by Busy Bee Starski."]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  5. 4. ["Volume 2 in stores now!"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  6. 5. ["What we're gonna do right here is go back... way back... back into time... a little before 1979... in the city... city of Compton..."]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  7. 6. ["Volume 3 coming in August!"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  8. 7. ["Hey, is that the Treacherous Three?"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  9. 8. Humpty
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  10. 9. ["Jack Kirby (super-hero comic artist)"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  12. 11. Still D.R.E.
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  14. 13. ["A special slipcover and exclusive comic are included in the smash hit's gift set"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  15. 14. ["So how long have you been drawing comic books?"]
    Hip Hop Family Tree
  16. 15. ["Yo, ya jive muh fuggas need to know about another bad-ass Fantagraphics series, ya dig?"]
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    The Cosplayers
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
  19. 18. Escape From Nostalgia World
    The Cosplayers
  20. 19. [2001: A Space Odyssey Collage]
  21. 20. It's 3am and I'm Wide Awake and Looking at Cosplay Pics Online.
    The Cosplayers
  22. 21. ["We were into cosplay since before it was uncool."]
    The Cosplayers
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