Book Review: Hip-Hop Family Tree Vols. 1 & 2
I love comics, hip-hop, history and beautiful books. All these things helped form who I am today. As a librarian I still love comics, hip-hop, history, and beautiful books. I feel it is important to cover these aspects in a library collection. Rarely do all these categories come in one work, but this series has it all. I was stoked to receive this collection as a gift, but didn't get around to reading it until now. Amazingly beautiful slipcase! The Hip-Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor Vols. 1 & 2 exceeds the bar of comics, art, hip-hop, history and beautiful books standards. It will make an invaluable addition to your library collection. This comic is published by the amazing Fantagraphics press . Buy it now --your community will appreciate it. Vol. 1 traces the history of Hip-Hop from the 1970's to 1981. It is filled with little vignettes about seminal figures and events in Hip-Hop history. The stories it tells begin in the bronx with kids ro...