''Give It Up!'' is a comics adaptation of nine short stories by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

drawn by

Peter Kuper Peter Kuper (; born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations. Besides his contributions to the political anthology '' World War 3 Illust ...

. In the introduction, by

Jules Feiffer Jules Ralph Feiffer ( ; January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Pulitzer Prize for Editori ...

, Kuper's adaptations are described as "riffs, visual improvisations."

The Stories

* A Little Fable * The Bridge * Give It Up! *

A Hunger Artist "A Hunger Artist" (German: "Ein Hungerkünstler") is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in ''Neue Rundschau, Die neue Rundschau'' in 1922. The story was also included in the collection ''A Hunger Artist (collection), A Hunger Artist'' ...

* A Fratricide * The Helmsman * The Trees * The Top * The Vulture

References

Kafka, Franz (Writer) and Peter Kuper (Illustrator). ''Give It Up! And Other Short Stories''. Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. 1995. Adaptations of works by Franz Kafka {{comics-stub