Peter Kuper
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Peter Kuper 2014 NYC 81st Street Subway
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| Born |
September 22, 1958 Summit, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist, writer |
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Notable works
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World War 3 Illustrated Spy vs. Spy The System Give It Up! The Metamorphosis |
| Awards | Society of Illustrators gold medal, 2004, silver medal 2009, gold medal 2010 |
| http://www.peterkuper.com | |
Peter Kuper (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 in 1979 with Seth Tobocman, Kuper is currently best known for taking over Spy vs. Spy for Mad magazine. Kuper has produced numerous graphic novels which have been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Greek, including award-winning adaptations of Franz Kafka's Give It Up! and the Metamorphosis.
Peter Kuper was born in Summit, New Jersey, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was six years old, where he graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1976. He lived in Israel with his parents in 1969–70.
In 1970 Kuper and his childhood friend Seth Tobocman published their first fanzine, Phanzine, and in 1971 they published G.A.S Lite, the official magazine of the Cleveland Graphic Arts Society. In 1972 Kuper traded R. Crumb some old jazz records for the right to publish some artwork from one of Crumb's sketchbooks in a comic titled Melotoons that lasted for two issues.
He attended Kent State University in 1976–1977, then moved to New York City in 1977, where he studied at Art Students League and the Pratt Institute (along with Seth Tobocman). For a short period he acted as studio assistant for cartoonist Howard Chaykin.
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