X-Men: Grand Design Trilogy - by Ed Piskor (Paperback)

About the Book

"Collects all three volumes of Ed Piskor's Grand Design, taking the reader from Professor X's formation of the original team through the Second Genesis of the All-New, All-Different X-Men and the devastating Dark Phoenix Saga and finally to 1980s epics such as Inferno, which pushed mutantkind to the brink of extinction."--

Book Synopsis

Over six tumultuous decades, the X-Men have carved a singular place in comic-book lore and popular culture. Now, New York Times best-selling author Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig) takes you on a pulse-pounding tour of X-Men history unlike anything you've ever experienced before - an intricate labor of love that stitches together hundreds of classic and obscure stories into one seamless X-Men masterpiece! All three volumes of Piskor's GRAND DESIGN series are collected in a single book - taking you from Professor X's formation of the original team through the Second Genesis of the All-New, All-Different X-Men and the devastating Dark Phoenix Saga to 1980s epics such as Inferno that pushed mutantkind to the brink of X-tinction! Collecting X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN #1-2, X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN - SECOND GENESIS #1-2 and X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN - X-TINCTION #1-2.

About the Author

Ed Piskor is an alternative comics artist operating out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student of The Kubert School and is best known for his artistic collaborations with underground comics pioneers Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame, and Jay Lynch who illustrates Garbage Pail Kids. In 2018, Piskor wrote and illustrated the critically acclaimed X-Men: Grand Design, a mini-series focusing on the history of the X-Men, for Marvel Comics. Two sequels, X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis and X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction followed in 2018 and 2019.