Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984: 0 (Fantagraphics treasury edition, 3) - Softcover

Richly detailed and thoroughly researched.--Abel Charrow

Marvel at hip-hop greatness.--Andres Tardio

Extraordinary effort. Even if you are not a hip-hop fan, you need to read this.--Jatin Varma

These are dookie-gold-chain d-o-p-e.--Darcy MacDonald

Ed Piskor's stylish, funny, assiduously researched history of hip-hop is hugely engaging and enlightening.--Glen Weldon

If you love hip-hop culture or comics, you have to get these books immediately. If you hate hip-hip culture or comics, then these books will convert you into a lover of both.--Nick Gazin

Pittsburgh cartoonist Piskor continues his authoritative and highly entertaining graphic history of hip-hop, with tales of the early days of Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, and the Fat Boys.--Dan DeLuca

The third gathering of Piskor's smash webcomic... affords as much amusement and well-researched history as its two predecessors. ... Piskor's art style, somewhere between Jack Kirby and R. Crumb, looks as good as, maybe better than, ever.--Ray Olson

The amount of research he's done sets a rather terrifying new standard for anyone else inclined to study the birth of hip-hop.... No less brilliant than Piskor's journalism is his graphical skill.--Etelka Lehoczky

He's not just doin' a comic book, he's doin' a piece of history.--Darryl "DMC" McDaniels

Ed Piskor’s acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Book 3 highlights Run DMC’s rise to fame and introduces unassailable acts like Whodini, The Fat Boys, Slick Rick, and Doug E Fresh. The Beastie Boys become a rap group. Rick Rubin meets Russell Simmons to form Def Jam. The famous TV pilot to the dance show Graffiti Rock and the documentaries Style Wars and Breakin’ and Enterin’ are all highlighted in this comprehensive volume spanning 1983-1984. Ed Piskor continues to deliver the goods in this comprehensive history of hip hop.