Joel Kupperman was arguably the most famous kid in America in the WWII era. So why does the former Quiz Kid seem to remember almost nothing of his years in the spotlight -- and is unwilling to talk about what he does remember? This graphic memoir documents a son's quest to figure out what kind of person his father was, and by extension, to know himself better, too.

I received a copy of this ebook from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

An intense, bleak memoir of Kupperman's father's time as a child star on a radio/tv trivia gameshow, and the toll that childhood celebrity took on his father (and, in turn, himself). Honest, raw, heartbroken, but completely compelling.

Did not care about this book at all. I did not care about the narrator or the fact his father wasn't as emotionally available as the narrator would have liked. And while I learned a lot about the Quiz Kid, I didn't care that much.

This is kind of a strange book-- on the one hand, it is definitely Kupperberg, in the chilly style of the writing; the desire that animates his funny strips to make you stop and stare is on display here, too, only it doesn't completely suit the subject matter.... the book needs for K to go deeper, to really dig into what we are seeing, and this book doesn't quite do that. I read that he was doing a memoir and I thought, wow, that will require a different set of skills, and I don't think those different skills are on display here.

On the other hand, for all of Kupperman's idiosyncratic voice, technique, and visual style, this book doesn't ever move out of the shadow of Maus and Fun Home, two other books interested in the artist's relationship to the trauma of their parents lives. This reads, at times, like it was those books more than anything in Kupperman's own life that drives him on this narrative, that other people have made a success in the form with this kind of story, and he has one, too. It's not like the Quiz Kid story isn't a fascinating one, and one that affected his father the way the Holocaust affects Speigelman's dad. It is a wild story-- but Kupperman, for me, didn't crack that story open the way it needed to be, either visually through a potent metaphor like the cats and dogs, or as a story that can dwell in that ambiguity.

I follow Kupperman on twitter. I know he put his heart into this and I know he's genuinely disappointed this book wasn't a bigger success. I want that for him, too. But this book is good but not better than that.

A concise telling of a sweeping story and a how-to manual for ways to make meaning and peace with gaps in family history (and reticent history-keepers). Beautiful and poignant.

Ever since I've read this, on the odd occasion when the Quiz Kids or Joel Kupperman come up in pop culture in derisive terms, I think "hey! That's Michael Kupperman's father you're talking about, you bastards!"

I received a complimentary copy of All The Answers at MoCCA. All The Answers is a memoir of a son trying to connect with his father's past, which in this case is the story of child celebrity, radio gameshows, show mothers, WW2, the gameshow scandal, and combating 1930s/40s anti-semitism.

A wide reaching tale involving history, media, propaganda, anti-Semitism, ethics and much more. Author/artist Michael Kupperman delves into his father's childhood as a Quiz Kids genius and how it shaped his father and by extension himself. By turns informative, meditative and poignant, I was engrossed in the story beginning to end. The minimalist illustrations help the stripped down nature of the prose.

4.5 stars rounded to 5.

This is a powerful and really interesting read. I knew of the "quiz kids" vaguely - mostly from references to them in vague ways in Salinger and then later inspiring Wes Andersen. The history and context for the Jewish 'propaganda" was really fascinating and also sad. Realizing how deeply impacted and traumatized his father was and then trying to write about it all before it slipped away... a powerful story of family relationships, things left unsaid and the results of it all.

Short and sweet. I admire the author’s desire here to unearth the story at the root of his father’s life, andto work at unpacking that. I liked the lines he drew to things like antisemitism, rigged game shows, stage moms, child progidies…. I enjoyed this a lot and it was a quick read.