• When Bees Discover the Scientists Who Dedicated Their Lives to Studying Them

    From Peter Kuper’s Illustrated Natural History, “Insectopolis”

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    Excerpted from Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper. Copyright © 2025 by Peter Kuper. Used with permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.

    Peter Kuper
    Peter Kuper
    Peter Kuper wrote the Eisner Award–winning Ruins and critically acclaimed adaptations of Alice in Wonderland, Heart of Darkness, and Metamorphosis. He founded the political anthology World War 3 Illustrated, writes and draws Mad magazine’s Spy vs. Spy, and taught Harvard University’s first class dedicated to graphic novels and comics.
    https://www.peterkuper.com







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