The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

An experimental, formally playful reconstruction of a fragmented life across 20th-century upheaval, told through surreal vignettes and multimedia collage rather than conventional narrative.

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer in Mormon Utah; and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism.