Peter Kuper is a cofounder and editorial board member of political graphics magazine World War 3 Illustrated and a teacher who has taught at New York's School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design. Best known for drawing Mad magazine's Spy vs. Spy comic since 1997, he has also illustrated covers for Newsweek and Time magazine. He is the author of the graphic novel Ruins, Winner of the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album, as well as Drawn to New York and The System. He lives in New York City. Martin Solares is a Mexican writer and editor. He's the author of the novel The Black Minutes, which has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Korean, and was a finalist for the Romulo Gallegos, the Antonin Artaud, and the Bibliotheque des Litteratures Policieres Prizes. Director Mario Munoz is currently adapting Solares's script for a movie. In 2014, Solares published a book of essays concerned with fiction, How to Draw a Novel.
