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About Me

Hey, my name's WILL TUPPER. How are you?

I suppose I'm most well-known (?) for writing stories for the comic book, TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. I've also written for METRO TIMES, REAL DETROIT, PUNK PLANET (r.i.p.), MAXIMUMROCKNROOLL, THE KALAMAZOO GAZETTE, and a number of other places I'm sure I'd remember if I had more caffeine in me.

I collect comic books, and love to read pretty much anything you put in front of me (provided it doesn't suck, of course). In addition to doing this hideous MySpace page, I also maintain one for the amazing book, Wisdom from the Batcave, written by my friend and mentor, Rabbi Cary Friedman.

I'm busy working on a lot of things... see?

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

David Blaine, Redhead Walking, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Peter Laird, Steve Murphy, Brian Michael Bendis, Angelina Jolie, Mother Theressa, Jenna Fischer, Johnny Depp, Bruce Lee, Jim Lawson, Jackie Chan, Brandon Lee, Robert Fulghum, Richard Bach, Chuck Palahniuk, Eddie Vedder, Howard Zinn, Daniel Quinn, Abraham Lincoln, Jack Kerouac, Harry Houdini, Brian K. Vaughn, John P. Strelecky, Saul Williams, Scott Pilgrim, Jim Munroe, Jack Johnson, Shawna Kenney, Pleasant Gehman, Kevin Eastman, Woody Allen, Robin Sharma, Clint Catalyst, Paul Dini, Misty Lee, Margaret Cho, Ani Difranco, Gail Simone, Julia Cameron, Cary A. Friedman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Randy Pausch, Judy Davids, Cory Doctorow, Rochelle Davis, MC Chris, and Fred Savage!

My Blog

Will Tupper, "Hung" Driver

Hey Gang,Well, last Wednesday I got to work as an extra for this new HBO comedy, "Hung." It is about a guy who is out of work, but has been endowed with great physical gifts (with a title like "Hung,"...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:08:00 GMT

Teenage Mutant Ninja Interview

Hey Gang,A long time ago, a man I in all seriousness consider one my major creative mentors, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cocreator Peter Laird, agreed to a short interview with me about his body of...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:18:00 GMT

Notes On My Desk

youth is to believe that always means foreverthat never forgetmeans rememberthat the lastmonth ofthe year meansdecemeberand yet we learn with agethat this isnot always thecasethat days canchangeand he...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Lady Gaga vs. The Talking Fish

Hey Gang,Have you heard that song, "Poker Face," by that woman, Lady Gaga? If you haven't, please come to Metro Detroit at your earliest convenience, turn on any radio you happen to be near, and wait ...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:59:00 GMT

Will Tupper vs. Betty Anne Waters

Hey Gang,You know what's the greatest feeling ever? That's right, sexual intercourse. But you know what else is the greatest feeling ever?Totally deciding you're going to do something, putting that de...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:32:00 GMT

Shawna Kenney: I Was A Teenage Dominatrix

(As I mentioned earlier, here's the first of two interviews I've done with the incredible, incomparable writer, Shawna Kenney. I don't remember how I first became familiar w / her work; I think maybe ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:12:00 GMT

Pleasant Gehman Interview

(This is a piece that kind of blew me away. I'd interviewed a wonderful writer named Shawna Kenney - will post both interviews I've done with her a little later - and she recommended I maybe do a piec...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:55:00 GMT

My Secret Weapon

(This was a piece I wrote for a college journalism class. Junior year, if I remember right. I was reading a lot of books on feminism, was very into Gloria Steinem, and I was trying to figure out how t...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:05:00 GMT

"This is the Earth. This is where we live."

(Hey Gang, Looking at my stat counter, buoyed by the increased readership I've picked up on the blog in the last couple days, after putting up that old Utah Phillips piece, I've decided to try out pos...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:12:00 GMT

Ram it down the boss's throat!

(This is a short piece I did about Utah Phillips, cribbed from a taped phone conversation. It originally appeared in the Chicago magazine, Punk Planet)At 68, Anarchist Folksinger And Hobo Philosopher ...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:25:00 GMT