It was good to come on the show on such a tough day. Thanks for having me on

Ed is in cartoonist Valhalla now, making comics and laughing at us jobbers still stuck on this lame Earth. Rest in power Ed🤘

I could see how difficult it was to talk about the news at the end, but I think you did an exceptional job honing in on what was important. You set a good example for the community and it helped to give me some closure. Please send Jim Rugg some extra hugs from all of us in upstate NY.

Chris I appreciate the words on Ed Very somber stuff

Chris you’re a class act. Thank you for speaking about the what transpired yesterday. I’m still at a lost for words. This hit me hard because Cartoonist Kayfabe got me through some tough times. It was always a joy to watch or listen to those videos. To say my comic book collection grew because of Ed and Jim is an understatement hahaha I lost a friend due to “self deletion” so it opened up old wounds again today. Ed thank you for sharing your love of comics with the world. I wish you got to really know how many people your videos really touched. Remember everyone, you’re never truly alone. If you’re going through something please reach out to someone, anyone. You matter! And remember the marching orders everyone, READ MORE COMICS!

Chris, I don't comment often but I watch the replay religiously. I hope you're holding up alright. You did an excellent job commenting on the news that transpired today. I am sure there will be a handful that come into the comment section with malice, disregard them. You were even handed last week and this week. As a fan and albeit quiet member of the community, I want to second what you said about taking care of one another and supporting one another. No one has to be alone if they're going through something. While they'll likely be in a very different situation than what transpired with Ed, we will all have lows at some point in life and we will all need a hand. The world, and the Internet, can be both an incredibly dark and callous place. We can also make it better with our voice and choices.

you, unlike SO many other youtubers (looking at AKAPad and John Del Arroz - who wallowed in the misery and scandal gleefully celebrating grooming allegations) reported the initial news unbiased and frankly. when I heard the initial allegations it broke my heart, CK got me back into comics and like so many of us opened our eyes to so much great art and history about the medium - Ed was a huge contributor to the medium (unlike those gossip vultures who tried to ride their coat tails, who just talked smack and did not contribute anything of worth). RIP Ed

Chris, Comic Tropes and Cartoonist Kayfabe were the two channels that inspired me to start my own fledgling channel on movie analysis right after Covid (Though I've been following your channel since the era where you would get drunk counting tropes lol). I love the heart, care, and passion that you always bring to the hobby, and creating a positive space for everybody to interact in is the thing that always puts your channel at the top in my opinion. Ed and Jim were also insanely inspiring with the love and passion they put into their daily videos- an insane feat as anyone making content online knows. The passion to keep creating their own comics while interviewing their peers, breaking down comic history, and selflessly giving all of their time to fellow comics nerds was some magic I think we all took for granted. I want to thank you for your kind words here, your kind words always- making a video last night couldn't have been easy with all of this going on. I don't know you personally, (same as with Jim and Ed) but I think of you as a comic loving friend, and want you to know I appreciate and don't take you for granted! Lots of love Chris! Keep up the great work, the comic community needs you now more than ever.

Thanks for the vod as always and for your hard work every week.

Greatly admire your words at the end. "If you don't like someone, you can just walk away" and "take care of each other".

Hey Chris! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on the passing of Ed Piskor. It's just so heartbreaking. So many things to think about now...=(

I think you handled the news with tact and sensitivity, Chris. It’s a terrible story on all ends, but we know you want the best for people. I hope this incident can inspire forgiveness and understanding, even if we’re let down by our peers. Don’t let the culture war weirdos get to you Chris.

Hey thanks, Chris! Glad you dug Feral.

Let’s be clear nobody should have to do go this far. It would be swell however if people wouldn’t rewrite history or politicise that person’s passing. (I am referring to the live comments (and the future comments) Chris had once again a perfectly balanced take)

The last part of this video needs to be remembered, not forgotten. It's too important.

Roy getting credit for Co-Creating Wolverine because he was the editor isn’t normal, but Stan gets credited for Co-Creating all of Kirby’s characters, so it’s not surprising. Especially because Roy Thomas was Stan Lee’s right hand man.

Well said Chris. Hang in there.

Thanks for your words on Ed. They help. This really hurts.

Merci beaucoup from France. I'm so so sad... Reste en paix Ed

Love you, too Chris.

Micheal Avon Oeming is probably the most eclectic creator in comics. He's been working steadily for decades and while his work is recognizable you can't really pin down a specific genre or type if story he does

Hey, next time can the cat host the video and you stay off camera making distracting noises? I for one would like to hear the kitty comics news of the week! 🐱

I think I've seen every Cartoonist Kayfabe video over the years. When the allegations came out, i was hoping for a simple statement apologizing, so that I could go back to enjoying Piskor's work. Instead this whole thing escalated into a complete disaster. I really hope there will be no further attacks on anyone.

I thought that Liefeld royalties/title changes was widely known and Brevoort just confirmed it. Denny O'Neil as Batman editor has character creation credit.

Crazy to see me local comic shop on the show. It's kind of close to the "bad part of town", but I think this is the first time anyone had broke into it, at least in the last 10-15 years. It's also like a block away from the police department, so it seems pretty dumb to attempt robbing them.

Chris thank you for being so real with your thoughts on ed, this was shocking, but as you said, pointing fingers is not going to change anything, i love you so much Chris, hope we can somehow get something to learn out of this situation.

Jamie Hewlett’s Phoo Action was turned in to a live action BBC show with Jamie Winstone. I’m not sure if it got past a pilot episode. I think it’s on KZfaq somewhere.

It's obvious by your words and actions that you are a caring decent person Chris. Your coverage about the news coverage about Ed Piskor was fair and impartial by reporting the facts. Your talk about Ed's unfortunate passing was gentle and full of empathy and care for all your viewers. I have just finished reading Batman: Dark Age. An intriguing take on Batman with some canny references to 1960's Batman tv series other aspects of the Batman mythos and uncredited cameos of comedian Lenny Bruce and a blink if you miss it appearance of Bob Dylan.

love you too.

I just cant believe it. Its so surreal and painful at the same time. I'm mad. I'm mad at the mob. I'm even mad at Ed for ehat he did-- although I know I shouldn't be. He's the real vicitim. But ultimately he chose not to choose life. Guys, always choose life. God gave you a life for a reason. And even in the darkest moments, know that life *is* worth living and has meaning. It's never too late to turn this around.

I loved Powers (the comic) and was excited to pick up the first season on DVD but could not get into. Oh well. The comics fit me better.

I never really understood the jump to assume things about Ed. Some of those texts, out of context of both why they were initiated and how Ed spoke in general, might have seemed bad. But having watched a lot of CK, most of them just seemed like Ed's way of speaking in general. This situation reminded me of when MeToo was at its height and they tried to go after Aziz Ansari for what seemed like just an awkward date with a woman. Luckily, that blew over and nothing irreversible happened. I'm really sad about what happened with Ed. And I'm also sad about the comments from people who immediately rushed to say how they'd never really liked Ed and distorted a lot of what he said on CK. You don't have to agree with him on everything; I certainly didn't. But there was nothing he said that was meant to be damaging to anyone in the industry and his harshest criticisms were always punching up, not punching down.

Chris, your sincerity comes through, I think this is an appropriate way discuss something difficult. RIP Ed.

Years ago a guy stole a statue from my LCS, but he got caught because just before grabbing the statue and running out he had purchased comics with a credit card! 🤔

Those people that made those allegations need to be sued

This is what comics has been for six years. It’s wild that people are just now seeing it.

The irony/hypocrisy of people being sanctimonious about the “internet mob” showing up to attack you because someone unalived themselves is something else. Everyone-look inward and stop pointing fingers. It’s not helping.

The thumbnail last week was a bit much. Also anyone that even hinted in the comments that maybe we should wait and not jump to judgement was told all the evidence was in. Context is important and the order of what things are replies to are important. And everyone seemed to be saying no he’s guilty. I was worried in my soul that he might do this. I hate this cancel culture and guilty until proven innocent world. The worse thing to come from social media. He apologized for being stupid not for doing anything wrong. He said maybe his full dm’s and text can be shown to proven things were twisted or flat out lies.

He was in a no win situation, unfortunately. If he had not gone through with what he said he was going to do due to people writing him and trying to talk him out of it the same media that pushed him to do it would have said he was weaponizing it. It would be a whole second round of shaming.

People are very quick to completely dismiss the victims and call them liars. Things haven’t changed a lot in 7 years, have they ? There are multiple tragedies in this story we don’t have to choose one over the others

Look, your coverage on the Piskor thing, while brief, was better than a lot of channels. But you did say this was grooming and harassment. 'This is grooming and harassment.' - your exact words. You also said there needed to be apologies made by Piskor. Keep in mind, this 'harassment' is still completely unverified - it's one stranger saying things about another stranger and using edited DMs from 4 years ago as their 'proof'. Man, this ain't about politics. This is about an entire community having a knee-jerk reaction to a story, while not knowing all the details and context.

Suicide is never the answer. The lawyer said he didn't do anything illegal. He just had that vulgar way of speaking, I think this was blown out of proportion and ended the worst way it could have. Sucks. RIP.

On your video, you put the cartoonist kayfabe logo on a tombstone. What the fuck were you thinking?

Ed doing what he did was tragic. I read the note. The man clearly had some severe, most likely untreated mental issues and was certainly a narcissistic control freak. He could have road the storm and bounced back, as so many do, but chose to end it as a pure “f@ck you all” and to that I say “f@ck you, too”. Victim blaming throughout the note and hurting those closest to him by offing himself. Anyone blaming the people who were warning others of his transgressions should really check themselves. Ed deserved a 2nd chance and I believe he could have got it, but he chose the cowards way out. This is coming from someone with severe depression and s@icidal ideation btw. Maybe there’s more to him, more transgressions that weren’t brought to light. Maybe not. Won’t matter now I guess. Sorry for your lose Chris, but DO NOT blame yourself in any way!

Jim Rugg abandoned Ed. Shitty friend. Didn't consider the consequences of ending his partnership with Piskor

Chris, I hate to say it because I think you're a super nice guy and I have enjoyed both your cannels for many years, but I did not agree with your reporting of the "facts" when you covered the Ed Piskor situation in your previous video. I'm sure you meant well, but you did what so many others always do, you just assumed that Ed was guilty of everything he had been accused of. You spoke about him possibly redeeming himself and apologizing (which assumes his guilt), without even considering that he had a side of the story that he had not even remotely been allowed to tell. You immediately defended the accusers, saying they were allowed to speak "their truth", but of course, nobody bothered to extend that courtesy to Ed. You said the accusers automatically had to be believed, because why would they never willingly bring negative attention onto themselves, but literally every day we see mentally and emotionally unhealthy people causing strife and misery to others AND to themselves on social media just for some misguided bid for attention, even if it's incredibly negative attention. Nobody had the guts to stick up for Ed and at least let him tell his side of things. The only chance he got was in his farewell note. So many people threw fuel on this fire, and then acted devastated when it played out the way it did. I DON'T think you were one of those vultures, by any means. Comic Tropes and Pros and Cons have always been a shining light on youtube, and I'm grateful for all the great work that you've done, but when I saw this video and heard you say that you felt you covered things fairly last week, I couldn't let that slide because I don't think you did. We need to stand up and question things. We can't be afraid to give someone the benefit of the doubt. We can't just give into "Guilty until proven innocent". We all deserve better and Ed definitely deserved better.

With all compassion.. pointing out what was objectively true.. vs. self motivated, easy conjecture.. discerning the smart read from the shortsighted dim take of what was going on.. might have made a real difference in the aggregate... not pointing the finger at any individual or this channel.. just stating reality as I see it.

Eh, I'm out. You've turned me off with all that 'Guys, I'd never do what Ed Piskor did, I'm a real-life superhero' bit.

Really upset about Ed piskor. I'm not OK. This is all so fucked up. Thanks Chris for talking about this. ❤