- Michael Kupperman
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Michael Kupperman Nationality American Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Artist Pseudonym(s) P. Revess Notable works Tales Designed to Thrizzle
Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon CabaretOfficial website Michael Kupperman, also known by the pseudonym P. Revess,[1] is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He created the comic strips Up All Night and Found in the Street, and has written scripts for DC Comics. His work often dwells in surrealism and absurdity "played as seriously as possible."[2]
His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, LA Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, Screw, Fortune, The Independent on Sunday, Libération, Nickelodeon Magazine, The Believer, and Heavy Metal, as well as in comics anthologies such as Hotwire, Snake Eyes, Zero Zero, Hyena, Hodags and Hodaddies, Blood Orange, Rosetta, 106U, and Legal Action Comics. He has also worked on many books and projects for McSweeney's.
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Biography
Kupperman spent part of his childhood in England. Later on, back in the United States, his parents became professors at the University of Connecticut.[1] His father is Joel J. Kupperman, the most famous of the original 1940s Quiz Kids.[3] When Michael was young, between ages ten and twelve, he was fascinated with editorial cartoons, particularly the work of Pat Oliphant. As a young man, Kupperman did a political strip for the Washington City Paper.[1]
HarperCollins published Kupperman's book, Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret, in 2000. Parts of his work were animated later that year for the Comedy Central show TV Funhouse, produced by Robert Smigel and Dino Stamatopoulos.[1] In 2005, he started a comic book series called Tales Designed To Thrizzle, published by Fantagraphics. Currently Kupperman is writing sketches for a new comedy series starring Peter Serafinowicz,[4] and he created a one-off pilot called Snake 'N' Bacon for the Adult Swim network.[5]
Recurring characters, objects, and comics
- Snake 'n' Bacon — A film duo composed of a snake and a strip of bacon. Snake only hisses and Bacon only makes comments about bacon, such as "Pat me with a paper towel to remove excess grease". Aired as a pilot on Cartoon Network May 10, 2009.
- Underpants-On-His-Head Man — A costumed crimefighter who wears underpants on his head
- Hercules — "the public domain superhero" who often smashes things.
- Wonder Book Junior, Boy Detective
- The Mannister — A man who can transform himself into the shape of a banister
- Cousin Grandpa
- Mister Bossman
- Pagus — Jesus's half-brother
- Long John Silver
- Mark Twain and Albert Einstein (as a duo)
- Sex Blimps, and their logical inverse, Sex Holes
- Remembering the Thirties
- Citobor — An invisible and silent robot ("robotic" spelled backwards)
Bibliography
- Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret (ISBN 0-380-80790-4) (2000)
- Who Moved My Soap?: The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison (illustrator) (2003)
- Stepmother (illustrator) (ISBN 1-932416-09-9) (2004)
- Giraffes? Giraffes! (cover) (2004)
- Your Disgusting Head: The Darkest, Most Offensive and Moist Secrets of Your Ears, Mouth and Nose (cover) (2004)
- The Future Dictionary of America (art, art direction, writing) (ISBN 1-932416-42-0) (2004)
- McSweeneys #16, #19 (art & design) (2004, 2006)
- Nick Mag Presents: Best of Comics (contributor) (2005)
- A Child Again (illustrator) (ISBN 1-932416-22-6) (2005)
- Tales Designed To Thrizzle #1-6 (2005–present)
- Tales Designed To Thrizzle Vol. 1 (Collects issues 1-4) (ISBN 9781606991640) (2009)
- Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid (cover) (2006)
- All Select Comics #1 Marvel (2009)
- Strange Tales #1-3 Marvel (2009)
References
- ^ a b c d Spurgeon, Tom. "A Short Interview With Michael Kupperman," The Comics Reporter (August 7, 2005).
- ^ Michael Kupperman Interviewed by Jesse Fuchs, The Comics Journal #244 (June 2002).
- ^ Ivy, Benjamin [1] Are You Thrizzled? (June 15, 2010).
- ^ King Oblivion, Ph.D. "ISS Interview: Michael Kupperman," International Society of Super-Villains (June 4, 2009).
- ^ Michael Kupperman interviewed by Sam Adams, The Onion A.V. Club (July 21, 2009).
External links
- Official website
- Fantagraphics author page
- Michael Kupperman on Twitter
- Entry at This Might Be A Wiki
Interviews
- The Comics Journal excerpt
- The Onion A.V. Club
- The Daily Cross Hatch, part 1, part 2, part 3
Categories:- American cartoonists
- American comics artists
- American comics writers
- Alternative cartoonists
- Living people
- The New Yorker cartoonists
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