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Peter Kuper

Peter Kuper wrote the Eisner Award–winning Ruins and critically acclaimed adaptations of Alice in Wonderland, Heart of Darkness, and Metamorphosis. He founded the political anthology World War 3 Illustrated, writes and draws Mad magazine’s Spy vs. Spy, and taught Harvard University’s first class dedicated to graphic novels and comics.

 

Peter Kuper

Peter Kuper wrote the Eisner Award–winning Ruins and critically acclaimed adaptations of Alice in Wonderland, Heart of Darkness, and Metamorphosis. He founded the political anthology World War 3 Illustrated, writes and draws Mad magazine’s Spy vs. Spy, and taught Harvard University’s first class dedicated to graphic novels and comics.

 

Books by Peter Kuper

  • Insectopolis: A Natural History

    Peter Kuper

    Hardback, 2025

    Award-winning cartoonist Peter Kuper transports readers through the 400-million-year history of insects and the remarkable entomologists who have studied them
  • Insectopolis: A Natural History

    Peter Kuper

    E Book

    Award-winning cartoonist Peter Kuper transports readers through the 400-million-year history of insects and the remarkable entomologists who have studied them.
  • Coloring Insectopolis

    Peter Kuper

    Paperback, 2025

    The illustrations from Peter Kuper’s highly anticipated Insectopolis in their original pen and ink, ready to spring to life.
  • Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

    Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper, Peter Kuper

    Hardback, 2018

    Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerising interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories.
  • Heart of Darkness

    Joseph Conrad, Peter Kuper, Maya Jasanoff

    Hardback, 2019

    Acclaimed illustrator Peter Kuper delivers a shocking graphic interpretation of this controversial classic.
  • Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

    Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper, Peter Kuper

    Paperback, 2020

    Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerising interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories.
  • Heart of Darkness

    Joseph Conrad, Peter Kuper, Maya Jasanoff

    Paperback, 2020

    “[A] triumph of graphic art [and] a compelling work of literary interpretation.”—Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University, from the Foreword
  • Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

    Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper, Peter Kuper

    E Book, 2018

    Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerising interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories.
  • Heart of Darkness

    Joseph Conrad, Peter Kuper, Maya Jasanoff

    E Book, 2019

    “[A] triumph of graphic art [and] a compelling work of literary interpretation.”—Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University, from the Foreword