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In September 2017, there was renewed interest in a 1990 comic strip by the artist Peter Kuper, which appeared to preempt current events by featuring the construction of a large, controversial wall by Donald Trump, as well as a populist rise to power by the future United States President. The artist Peter Kuper confirmed to us that the comic strip, titled The Wall, is authentic, and was published in Volume 14 Number 3 of Heavy Metal magazine in July 1990. Its existence has gained new interest because Trump began his 2016 presidential election campaign partially on the basis of a pledge to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. After his election in November 2016, Heavy Metal magazine ran a feature article on the then 26-year-old comic strip, offering this summary: The People's Monument promised by Trump is yet another wall. The final panels of the comic strip show a graffiti artist spraying Dump Trump on the wall - a slogan popular in 2017 among the President's critics. The article goes on: Peter Kuper explained the origins of the comic strip to us: He added: I wish my pen, instead of predicting the future, would be able to change current events.
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