Mind's Eye: An Eye of the Beholder Collection: A Collection of Visual Puzzles

by Peter Kuper

Book Overview

Breaks Kuper's newspaper strips into small frames, each from a different viewpoint, revealing the artist's observation of the hidden anxities, rare pleasures of everyday life, and heightening of senses brought about by crises.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561632597
• ISBN13: 9781561632596
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

A Clever Storytelling Angle with INSPIRED Artwork

Kuper's sketches are some of the best and most appealing I've ever seen, be sure to see what he's doing with the black and white MAD Magazine 'SPY VS. SPY', which he gave fresh life to. This book has a clever angle and mystery to every book which doesn't come across as a cheap gimmick suprise, all while telling a good/meaningful story.

Great Coffee Table Book

The formula works like this--there are four panels on the front of the page which give you a visual clue.Turn the page and on the back is the fifth panel, which "concludes" or solves the puzzle of the first four.Extremely simple, but extremely entertaining. The fifth panel usually takes a left turn to some quirky conclusion (which makes it that much more fun to figure out).I leave this out on my coffee table, and people are constantly hooked after just one or two "puzzles."This is the second copy of this I've owned--the softcover version wasn't bound all that well and fell apart quickly. However, I had so many people over who asked me what happened to "that really neat comic book" that I bought this hardcover version--which holds up well.Great for your guests or a few hours of fun.

These visual puzzles provide much food for thought

Mind's Eye is the second 'Eye of the Beholder' collection, which began as the first comic strip to run in the New York Times, and provides a fine set of black and white strips which presents a particular viewpoint. These visual puzzles provide much food for thought: there are panels of scenes, then turn the page for the unifying concept linking them.