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A NPR BEST BOOK OF 2018 A VULTURE BEST COMIC OF 2018 A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018 A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018 A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018 WINNER OF THE PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 2018 GRAPHIC NOVEL CRITICS POLL In this moving graphic memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father - the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia - seems to embrace it, really - means that the past he would never talk about might be erased forever.Joel Kupperman became one of the most famous children in America during World War II as one of the young geniuses on the series Quiz Kids. With the uncanny ability to perform complex math problems in his head, Joel endeared himself to audiences across the country and became a national obsession. Following a childhood spent in the public eye, only to then fall victim to the same public's derision, Joel deliberately spent the remainder of his life removed from the world at large. With wit and heart, Michael Kupperman presents a fascinating account of mid-century radio and early television history, the pro-Jewish propaganda entertainment used to counteract anti-Semitism, and the early age of modern celebrity culture. All the Answers is both a powerful father-son story and an engaging portrayal of what identity came to mean at this turning point in American history, and shows how the biggest stages in the world can overcome even the greatest of players.
About the Author
Michael Kupperman lives and works in Brooklyn with his wife Muire and son Ulysses. His comics, drawings and writing have appeared in or on The New Yorker, Fortune, The New York Times, Nickelodeon Magazine, Forbes, Playboy, Heavy Metal, The Wall Street Journal, McSweeney's, comics published by DC and Marvel, Vice, Saturday Night Live, Adult Swim, TV Funhouse, and Comedy Central. His first book, Snake'N'Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret, was published by Harper Collins in 2018. His latest, All the Answers, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2018. It's his first serious book, a graphic autonoir about investigating his father's past.He can currently be found on Twitter, where his user name is MKupperman.
