World War 3 Illustrated 1979–2014

by Kuper, Peter; Tobocman, Seth; Ayers, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781604869583
• ISBN10: 1604869585
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-01
• Publisher: PM Press

Summary

Founded in 1979 by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper, World War 3 Illustrated is a collective of first-time and professional artists who use confrontational comics to shine a little reality on the fantasy world of the American kleptocracy. This full-color retrospective exhibition is arranged thematically, and includes topic of housing rights, feminism, the environment, religion, police brutality, globalization, and depictions of conflicts from the Middle East to the Midwest. World War 3 Illustrated also illuminates the war we wage on each other—and sometimes the one taking place in our own minds. Contributors include Sue Coe, Eric Drooker, Fly, Sandy Jimenez, Sabrina Jones, Peter Kuper, Mac McGill, Kevin Pyle, Spain Rodriguez, Nicole Schulman, Seth Tobocman, Susan Willmarth, and dozens more.

Author Biography

Peter Kuper is a cofounder and editorial board member of political graphics magazine World War 3 Illustrated and a teacher who has taught at New York’s School of Visual Arts and Parsons the New School for Design. Best known for drawing Mad magazine’s Spy vs. Spy comic since 1997, he has also illustrated covers for Newsweek and Time magazine. He is the author of the graphic novel Sticks and Stones, which won the New York Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, and Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years in Mexico. Seth Tobocman is the cofounder of World War 3 Illustrated. He is the author and illustrator of five graphic books, including Portraits of Israelis and Palestinians, Understanding the Crash, and You Don’t Have to Fuck People Over to Survive. He has participated in exhibitions at ABC No Rio, Exit Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. His illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, among many other publications. They both live in New York City. Bill Ayers is a professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois–Chicago. He is the founder of the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society and the cofounder of the Weather Underground. He lives in Chicago.