
In this profoundly moving graphic novel memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman tries to understand the life and mindset of his once-world-famous father—Joel Kupperman, the Quiz Kid who rose to fame, then public derision—before his father succumbs to dementia. 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 later became the basis of several characters in fiction. Following a childhood spent in the public eye, Joel deliberately spent the remainder of his life removed from popular scrutiny. In All the Answers, his first graphic novel, Michael recounts the struggle to fully understand his distant father and his complex past, even as the onset of Alzheimer’s threatens to take away his present. With wit and heart, Michael presents a fascinating account of mid-century radio and early television history, the pro-Jewish propaganda the Allies used to counteract the Nazis, and the early age of modern celebrity culture. Filled with wisdom and insight, 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. Perfect for fans of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Author

Michael Kupperman is an American cartoonist, illustrator and comedy writer, based in New York City. Kupperman created comics and strips for various magazines and anthologies in the 90's. Many were collected in the book Snake'N'Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret (2000). Since 2005 Kupperman has published his own comic anthological series Tales Designed to Thrizzle through Fantagraphics Books. In particular, the story Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch, first appeared in Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 2 Issue 8, won an Eisner Award in 2013. His longer comic stories include the humorous Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010 (2011) and the graphic novel All The Answers (2018), a bio of Kupperman's father as a child celebrity in the 1940s.