Thursday, August 10, 2017

Jules Ralph Feiffer (born January 26, 1929)

An award winning cartoonist and writer, Jules Feiffer became famous for his Feiffer, a satirical comic strip notable for its emphasis on very literal captions. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004, he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has has recognized his "remarkable legacy" from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children book author, illustrator and art instructor. He has written more than thirty-five books, plays, and screenplays.

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