Dick Kulpa Unveils Pro-Trump Parody Posters

THIS JUST IN: Interview with Dick Kulpa. What would you expect from the publisher of the humor/satire CRACKED Magazine during Continue reading →

New Star Trek Book Features Kulpa Star Trek Newspaper Strips From 1983

It was inevitable! Somebody finally emerged with the will, interest, energy and considerable luck who would cut through years and Continue reading →

“Kulpa Halts Flaming Runaway Car!”

I’d ended “Part 5” of my history on a cliffhanger: A driverless car, enveloped in flame, was moving under its Continue reading →

Part 2: Why Cracked Cracked

One of the country’s most successful magazine publishers once said “Give me great racks and I can sell sh–!”  He Continue reading →

Part 1: So What REALLY Happened With Dick Kulpa’s Cracked?

Dick Kulpa published CRACKED Magazine, longtime competitor to MAD Magazine since 1958, back in 2000-2004. He’d get a unique window Continue reading →

Part 5: Dick Kulpa’s Greatest Cartoon

…was never published. In fact, it was destroyed. The issue? A Rockford, Ill. police officer made headlines when he’d been Continue reading →

Part 3: Cartoonist VS The Cops!

Scoring an upset win, Dick Kulpa defeated a shell-shocked incumbent to score his first elected office in 1977. Within weeks, Continue reading →

Part 2: Cartoonist Runs for Mayor

Dick Kulpa’s cartoons and illustrations have appeared in a variety of newspapers, magazines and websites, locally, nationally and around the Continue reading →