‘Hip Hop Family Tree’ Comic To Become Animated TV Show

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Ed Piskor announced on Monday that he sold the rights to his Hip Hop Family Tree comic as part of a development deal for it to become an animated TV series.

No further information was provided, but Piskor promised in a Facebook post that there would be “more on this later.”

I’ve been keeping a secret. I sold the rights for Hip Hop Family Tree to be an animated series. A development deal, not one of those dime-a-dozen “options” you hear about. More on this later.

Posted by Ed Piskor on Monday, August 17, 2015

Published by Fantagraphics Books, Hip Hop Family Tree is an Eisner Award-nominated comic book series that focuses on the early history of hip hop culture. Piskor is both the writer and illustrator. Past volumes have made the New York Times Best Seller List for graphic novels, and was one of The Washington Post‘s Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013. The third volume was released earlier this month.

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