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The graphic online words that drove cult comic book creator Ed Piskor to apparently take his own life can be revealed by DailyMail.com.
Award-winning Piskor, 41 – who worked for Marvel Comics and enjoyed a massive following for his graphic novels – died on April 1 after publicly posting an apparent suicide note on Facebook condemning internet trolls and cancel culture.
His death came a week after allegations first swept the web that the Pennsylvania native had tried to groom a 17-year-old girl, which saw him lose a $75,000 webcomic deal and have his upcoming art exhibition at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust postponed.
Defiant Piskor denied anything sinister had happened, slammed his internet accusers – and wrote: 'I was murdered by internet bullies. Massive amounts of them.'
Now DailyMail.com can reveal the alleged victims' graphic Instagram posts that drew out another accuser and sparked an online campaign against the cartoonist.
The young woman, a fellow illustrator who says she was groomed by Piskor during Covid, used the screen name 'sydgoblin' to write: 'OK Ed Piskor is a f***ing CREEP he likes little high school girls and slid in my dms when I was 17 years old. I didn't know him and he found me simply by liking one of my pictures.'
Comic book artist Ed Piskor, 41, died on April 1 of an apparent suicide, a week after he was accused of 'grooming' a 17-year-old girl
DailyMail.com can reveal the alleged victims' graphic Instagram posts that drew out another accuser and sparked an online campaign against the cartoonist
Piskor was known for his historical comics, Hip Hop Family Tree, and his work on X-Men: Grand Design
Hours before his family confirmed his passing, Piskor shared an anguished letter on Facebook bidding farewell and blaming Internet bullies for his death (SEE BELOW FOR THE FULL POST)
'Sending me a postcard of myself in school uniform calling me a cute nerdy girl and saying to come out to Pittsburgh and stay with him he'd take me out to lunch to meet other pg cartoonists.
'Overall f***ing weird with no gray area for what he was trying to do over the course of a year (obvious to anyone on this planet).
'Calling me a good girl, and a naughty girl all the time. Sending me unfinished pages of his as a 'secret' and gassing me up constantly basically trying to groom me into whatever the f***.' sydgoblin continued.
She also wrote: 'I don't like f***ing sex pests. I don't like creepy old men who think they have the ability to play around with malliable (sic) girls with no real grasp on the situation because their predator have a successful career in COMICS?!
'If anyone would like to see further evidence of this just dm (direct message) I don't have a problem posting the rest of the screenshots…
'I find nothing normal or friendly about a 40-year-old man asking a high school girl about her classes, calling her a good girl/naughty girl etc etc. Asking her to come visit him. Saying we'll be 'partners in crime' and asking if I snitch or not. Like what the f***?'
The woman claimed her words were 'not a 'cancellation' of Ed Piskor. I'm just telling you the truth about this person.
'The truth that a lot of cartoonists are AWARE OF! That Ed Piskor likes YOUNG GIRLS. And he will try to use his 'fame' to get them to facetime him, give him attention, or make them come and stay with him… this behavior is disgusting.
'This is me saying what happened in 2020-2021 and if this happened to you you're not alone unfortunately.
'I need a t shirt that says ED PISKOR TRIED TO GROOM ME AND I DIDN'T EVEN GET A FREE COPY OF X MEN GRAND DESIGN. To this day Ed Piskor slides into my dms calling me 'kiddo', further confirming our inappropriate age gap.'
Piskor's family confirmed his death in a Facebook post shared hours after he published his heartbreaking letter but did not reveal how he died
Piskor's obituary is shown above. His distraught younger brother Bobby, 38, reacted to his sibling's death with his own Facebook
