Wish We Weren't Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse
Wish We Weren't Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse
Wish We Weren't Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse
Description
Description
45 years after his first political cartoons focused on capitalism's impact, Peter Kuper takes stock of the state of the world... and isn't optimistic about what he sees. Across 100 pages of vivid, colorful, silent four-panel comics, Kuper traces as many aspects of how business and politics have accelerated the climate crisis, and looks at how, if things keep going in the direction they are, our oligarchic lives will be further transformed. Witty and angry in equal measure, Kuper deploys bold figures, clever metaphors, despairing howls, and some of the best drawings of his career to get his message across.
Originally serialized in the legendary French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, each page is a single blackly funny gag strip, but themes flow, recur and build across sequences to create a true hybrid of political cartoon and graphic novel. Since co-founding the influential political comics magazine World War III Illustrated in 1979, Kuper has maintained his deeply humanist / anti-capitalist perspective, while developing and broadening his graphic and story-telling skills across a range of topics and styles. In this book, he brings all of that experience, study and passion together into a powerful work that stands as a culmination of his career. See the future now, and laugh hollowly while you still can.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
There can never be too many reminders of the imminent black hole humankind is creating for itself.-- "PRINT"
The editor of World War 3 Illustrated reflects on the current fractured state of world politics in single-page gag comics that originally ran in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Time and again Kuper's imagination heads in directions no other cartoonist would take in interpreting how humanity is collectively running headlong and blindfolded toward the cliff edge by continuing to downplay the impact of climate change.-- "Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide"
Each one-page, four-panel strip starts with an image that slowly morphs into something more sinister and revelatory -- like a drawing of an oil rig that becomes a dying junkie's used needle. If that sounds confrontational and bleak, it is, but the book also turns the table a few times, transforming images of destruction into reasons for hope.-- "The Revelator"
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub date:
2025-10-28
Length:
144 pages
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