Peter Kuper is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations.
11 Facts About Peter Kuper
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Peter Kuper has travelled extensively through Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, much of which he documented in his 1992 book, ComicsTrips: A Journal of Travels Through Africa and Southeast Asia.
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Spy vs Spy had passed through various hands after its creator Antonio Prohias retired, but Peter Kuper's version has appeared without interruption since 1997.
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Peter Kuper has taught comics and illustration courses at the Parsons School of Design, and The School of Visual Arts and Harvard University's first class dedicated to graphic novels.
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Peter Kuper has done hundreds of illustrations for newspapers including The New York Times and for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and The New Yorker.
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Peter Kuper has been co-art director of the political illustration group INX International Ink Company since 1988.
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Peter Kuper won a journalism award from The Society of Newspaper Designers in 2001.
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Peter Kuper won another gold medal in the sequential arts category from the Society of Illustrators in 2010.