Alan Kupperberg is a comic artist known for working in both comic books and newspaper strips. Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

Also occasionally working as a writer, he created the successful one-shot comic, Obnoxio the Clown vs. The X-Men as a one-man band handling everything from writing and illustrating to lettering, unusual for the comic industry at that time. The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Obnoxio the Clown was the mascot of the Marvel Comics humor magazine Crazy (magazine). ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ...

Known for a more "cartoony" style than many other superhero artists employed, he seemed to specialize in nasty clowns for a while, illustrating not only Marvel's "Obnoxio" pieces but also National Lampoon's "The Evil Clown". Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... A clown participating in a Memorial Day parade A clown today is one of various types of comedic performers, on stage, television, in the circus and rodeo. ... National Lampoon is a humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... The image of the evil clown is a recent development in American popular culture in which the playful trope of the clown is rendered as disturbing through the use of horror elements and dark humor. ...

His newspaper work includes The Incredible Hulk, Howard the Duck and Annie. The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Howard the Duck #8 (January 1977), art by Gene Colan Howard the Duck is a comic book fictional character created by Steve Gerber for Marvel Comics and featured in several comic book series of the same name. ... Little Orphan Annie is a full page (later half page or tab) comic strip created by Harold Gray which first appeared on August 5, 1924. ...

Kupperberg has recently produced some nostalgic pieces drawn from his own life and experiences in the comics industry, which have been acclaimed by insiders as accurate and affecting.

Kupperberg's brother, Paul Kupperberg, also works in the comic book field as a writer, editor and executive. Interestingly, Paul Kupperberg has worked primarily at DC Comics, while Alan's comic book work has been primarily for rival Marvel Comics. Paul Kupperberg is an editor for DC Comics, and a prolific writer of comic books and newspaper strips. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... DC Comics (originally called National Periodical Publications or National Periodicals) is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ...

Kupperberg also has an extensive video archive and is known as an expert on TV history, particularly the history of TV comedy. Look up Video in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses of the word Archive, see Archive (disambiguation) Archives refers to a collection of records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ...

External links

• Kupperberg Bio
• Kupperberg's Spider-Man Credits