Give It Up! and Other Short Stories

Peter Kuper adapts Franz Kafka’s short fiction—including the title story and other darkly surreal tales—into stark, expressive comics. Published by NBM in 1995 as a single issue, this collection showcases Kuper’s signature woodcut-inspired art, capturing Kafka’s bleak humor and existential dread in a visual language that feels both timeless and immediate. It stands as a powerful example of literary adaptation in comics, bringing one of the 20th century’s most influential writers to a new medium.