Congratulations to cartoonist Peter Kuper (World War III Illustrated, Spy Vs. Spy, Ruins) on his Pulitzer nomination, announced today by Fantagraphics in the press release below.
PETER KUPER IS A 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST IN ILLUSTRATED REPORTING AND COMMENTARY
We are pleased to announce that Peter Kuper is a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for his portfolio of vibrant and wordless political cartoons on the climate crisis, politics and emerging technology, work which can be found online and in our bestselling collection, Wish We Weren’t Here, which contains some of the nominated cartoons.
From Fantagraphics publisher and Wish We Weren’t Here Editor Gary Groth:
Fantagraphics is proud to have published Peter Kuper for nearly 40 years — beginning with his 1987 comics collection, New York, New York. Peter’s cartooning has always ranged widely from intensely personal memoir to Mad’s Spy Vs. Spy, but his commitment to political cartooning has been a constant throughout his career — from co-founding the increasingly presciently-titled World War III Illustrated in 1979 to our latest collection of his sly and savage and witty silent political cartoons, Wish You Weren’t Here. Our heartfelt congratulations to Peter for his well-deserved nomination.
Congratulations to Peter Kuper, whose “fresh perspective and a unique approach to visual storytelling” made him a Finalist for The Pulitzer Prize!
Wish We Weren’t Here is available wherever books are sold as a paperback graphic novel (ISBN: 979-8-8750-0145-1) as well as a digital edition for a list price of $19.99. For more information, please visit the Fantagraphics web site.
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.
