{"product_id":"peter-kuper-conversations-9781496818454","title":"Peter Kuper: Conversations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kent Worcester\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peter Kuper (b. 1958) is one of the country's leading cartoonists. His artwork has graced the pages and covers of numerous newspapers and magazines, including \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a longtime contributor to \u003cem\u003eMad\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, where he has been writing and drawing \u003cem\u003eSpy vs. Spy\u003c\/em\u003e for two decades, and the cofounder and coeditor of \u003cem\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e, the cutting-edge magazine devoted to political graphic art.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Most of the interviews collected here are either previously unpublished or long out of print. They address such varied topics as world travels, teaching at Harvard, Hollywood deal-making, climate change, \u003cem\u003eSpy vs. Spy\u003c\/em\u003e, New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, and \u003cem\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e. Among the works examined are his books \u003cem\u003eThe System\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSticks and Stones\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStop Forgetting to Remember\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiario de Oaxaca\u003c\/em\u003e, and adaptations of Franz Kafka's \u003cem\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/em\u003e and Upton Sinclair's \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e. Kuper also discusses his graphic novel \u003cem\u003eRuins\u003c\/em\u003e, which received the Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Along with two dozen images, this volume features ten lively, informative interviews as well as a quartet of revealing conversations, conducted in collaboration with Kuper's fellow artist Seth Tobocman, with underground comix legends Robert Crumb and Vaughn Bod�, Mad magazine publisher William Gaines, and Jack Kirby.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46484735525015,"sku":"9781496818454","price":3322.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781496818454.jpg?v=1766324178","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/peter-kuper-conversations-9781496818454","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}