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Speechless Hardcover – October 1, 2000

by Peter Kuper (Author), Gahan Wilson (Introduction)
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by Peter Kuper
Speechless: Tales From The System is a coffee-table art book of one of the most significant activist artists of our generation. Spanning three decades, Speechless covers the career of artist Peter Kuper from his co-founding days of World War 3, to Rolling Stone's "Comic Artist of the Year, to major magazine cover illustrator and beyond. This hardcover collection includes dozens of unpublished illustrations and wordless comics, rendered in Kuper's unique stencil-style, the same style that helped to revamp the look and feel of the world renowned Spy vs. Spy. Speechless will also include essays and anecdotes on his experiences as a comic art expert in a landmark obscenity trial; a step-by-step discussion of the process of illustrating covers for magazines; commentary on creating the very first comic strip to appear in the hallowed New York Times; and tales of harrowing travels spanning the globe.
    HC, 9x12, 112pg, FC
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    112 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Top Shelf Productions
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 2000
  5. Reading age
    16 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    9.5 x 12.5 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1891830147
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1891830143
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This retrospective volume collects the comics, illustrations, cover art and life story of Kuper, a prolific and politically aware comics artist and illustrator. He is best known for dynamic, multilayered stencil drawings and cover illustrations for Time, Newsweek, Mother Jones and the Nation. Although he earned acclaim in a decade in which autobiographical comics dominated the alternative comix scene, his sensibility clearly descends from the subject matter (politics, satire and adult themes) of the 1960s underground cartoonists. The book underscores Kuper's concerns about homelessness, censorship and the environment, as well as his sense of humor, eye for detail and a vividly graphic imagination, and suggest why his work is not only instantly recognizable but also highly marketable. In the story "Jungleland," for example, the images morph from an urban police scene into the window of an artist at work at his desk, into the paradisiacal jungle of his psyche and back again. The book also collects Kuper's various projects, including autobiographical comics, World War 3 (a periodical he cofounded that is devoted to political comics) and a selection of travel comics compiled from his many trips around the world. Best of all, the book presents work commissioned but never published, pieces that do double duty, exhibiting previously unseen art while commenting on the squeamishness of commercial publishers. Finally, there's a time line of Kuper's career (at four he decides to be an artist; at five an entomologist) that puts the collection into the context of a thoughtful and creative life in graphic arts.

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Kuper maintains an impressively diverse career. His politically driven work appears seemingly everywhere, from the covers of Time and Newsweek to local alternative weeklies. He has illustrated books, he cofounded the hard-hitting political comics journal World War II Illustrated, and recently he took over the Spy vs. Spy feature in Mad. He is so prolific that it would be easy to think there must be several of him if it weren't for his distinctive spray-paint-and-stencil technique, the results of which resemble full-color woodcuts. In alternative comics, in which he has done everything from Kafka adaptations to autobiographical stories, he is best known for wordless stories that communicate entirely visually, hence the title of this generous sampling of a decade's work. Kuper provides lively commentary throughout, most notably a chilling account of his testimony for an underground cartoonist on trial for obscenity. The collection attests Kuper's successful commercial career and his heartfelt leftist political convictions. As befits the latter, the volume--an oversize, hardcover, full-color art book--is, at 20 bucks, bargain priced. Gordon Flagg
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Top Shelf Productions (October 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1891830147
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1891830143
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 12.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Peter Kuper’s illustrations and comics have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation and MAD magazine where he has written and illustrated SPY vs. SPY every issue since 1997.

He is the co-founder and editor of World War 3 Illustrated a political graphics magazine that has given a forum to political artists for 40 years. He is also co-art director of Opp-Art a political arts website sponsored by The Nation Magazine that posts daily commentary on current events by artists from around the world. He has produced over two dozen books including Sticks and Stones (winner of The Society of Illustrators gold medal), The System, Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins (winner of the 2016 Eisner Award) and adaptations of many of Franz Kafka's works into comics including The Metamorphosis and Kafkaesque, (winner of the 2018 National Cartoonists Society Award for best graphic novel.)

His latest book is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

He has lectured around the world and has been teaching comics courses at The School of Visual Arts in NYC and Harvard University. More of his work can be seen at peterkuper.com

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DE Burke
5.0 out of 5 stars Kuper is a genius.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2009
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This guy is one of a kind. And that is hard to say in world of copycats. Kuper is a talented guy and handles both line and color.
His color work, and graphic storytelling style, are very well done and on the verge of genius at times. He is the real deal.
I don't know what his art background is..but his comics are deceptively simple, undernieth the surface is keen art talent. He looks like a trained artist.
This guy's work is often unique, and very cool to look at. This is a compliation of his work in large format.
This is a large format book, very pretty, and fun to page through. As a fan, I enjoyed it. Well done.
Kuper is a modern master of cartooning, doing some really unique things.
He is the "new" Spy vs Spy guy for MAD, but that is the least of his resume. His ability to tell wordless stories in a highly stylized and totally cool graphic format is brilliant.
Kuper is working in the art form of comics and cutting some very interesting ground. As a fan and historian it's cool to see this guy at work during my time.
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N. Martins
3.0 out of 5 stars Speechless: Tales From The System
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2014
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I was expecting a comic book, instead this is a sort of biography, although not entirely, about the work of Peter Kuper (Spy vs Spy fame). Nevertheless it has a lot of stories in comics form, wordless one's mainly, all very good, in color and interesting. Maybe not the best book to start checking Kuper's work.
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