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Peter Kuper (born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative cartoonist 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〔Neil Gaiman, ed., The Best American Comics 2010 (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), 321〕 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''. == Early life== 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.〔Kaltenbach, Chris. ("MICA exhibit, symposium leaping from comics pages" ), ''The Baltimore Sun'', January 29, 2004. Accessed February 20, 2011. "Peter Kuper. Birthplace Summit N.J. moved to Cleveland at age 6."〕 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〔(Biography in HeightsArts: A Nonprofit Arts Organization. ) Retrieved August 4, 2008.〕 (along with Seth Tobocman). For a short period he acted as studio assistant for cartoonist Howard Chaykin.〔Worcester, Kenton. ("Waxing Politick," ) (an interview with Seth Tobocman) ''The Comics Journal'' #233 (May 11, 2001). Retrieved August 4, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Kuper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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