"Boingthump" Phenicle, Jr. a young prodigy who becomes fascinated with social engineering, phone phreaking, and eventually computer hacking.
The project developed when Piskor was working on the nonfiction graphic novel Macedonia (co-written by Heather Roberson and Harvey Pekar).
He decided to navigate dual audiences, tech-savvy and newbies, by structuring the story from various perspectives around Phenicle's life, drawing inspiration from cartoonists like Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware.
[4] Piskor meticulously documents his research in Wizzywig, offering a "director's commentary" in Volume 1, where he annotates references and sources.
Piskor's thorough approach ensures accuracy and authenticity in depicting hacking culture, drawing from a wide array of credible sources.
[7][8] Piskor originally planned to release a printed edition of Volume 4: Inmate,[9] but instead continued the story as a webcomic, Boingthump!, made up of seven chapters, from June 2010 to September 2011.
[16] The Comics Journal in a mixed review, said that "Wizzywig was crazy in its ambition as a first major solo work by a young artist, and one can sense that Piskor learned a lot from the experience.