Peter Kuper

Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper in 2014
Born (1958-09-22) September 22, 1958 (age 66)
Summit, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Artist, writer
Notable works
World War 3 Illustrated
Spy vs. Spy
The System
Give It Up!
The Metamorphosis
AwardsSociety of Illustrators gold medal, 2004, silver medal 2009, gold medal 2010
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Peter Kuper (/ˈkpər/;[1] born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations.

Besides his contributions to the political anthology World War 3 Illustrated, which he co-founded[2] in 1979 with Seth Tobocman, Kuper is best known for taking over Spy vs. Spy for Mad magazine, which he both wrote and drew from 1997 to 2022. Kuper has produced numerous graphic novels which have been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovenian and Greek, including award-winning adaptations of Franz Kafka's Give It Up! and the Metamorphosis.

  1. ^ "Interview with Peter Kuper - The Comics Alternative"
  2. ^ Neil Gaiman, ed., The Best American Comics 2010 (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), 321