Kerry D. Soper is director of the American studies program and associate professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature at Brigham Young University. He is author of ...view moreKerry D. Soper is director of the American studies program and associate professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature at Brigham Young University. He is author of We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire; Gary Larson and "The Far Side"; and Garry Trudeau: "Doonesbury" and the Aesthetics of Satire, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has appeared in the Journal of American Studies, International Journal of Comic Art, INKS: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other periodicals.view less