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Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer-Prize and Oscar-winning cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter, was born on 1929 in the New York City borough The Bronx. During the 1940s, the young Jules apprenticed with comic strip artist Will Eisner on his "The Spirit" strip at the Quality Comics Group. The strip had floundered during the war, after Eisner had been drafted in 1942, but upon his return, Eisner -- with the aid of assistants such as Feiffer -- reinvigorated the strip. Under Eisner, Feiffer learned how to tell a story in illustrations and words. Feiffer is most famous for his cartoons for The Village Voice, which was opened for business in a Greenwich Village in October 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher and Norman Mailer. Feiffer's cartoons, which ran in The Voice for 42 years, were syndicated to a wide variety of Sunday papers. He also has the distinction of being the first opinion-editorial page cartoonist employed by The New York Times, a post he held from 1997 through the year 2000.

In addition to his cartoons, Feiffer wrote the 1967 play Little Murders (1971), which wa

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Jules Feiffer

American cartoonist and author (1929–2025)

"Feiffer" redirects here. For his daughter, the actress and playwright, see Halley Feiffer.

Jules Ralph Feiffer (January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country.^[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning, 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 recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.^[2]

When Feiffer was 17 (in the mid-1940s) he became assistant to cartoonist Will Eisner. There he helped Eisner write and illustrate his comic strips, including The Spirit. In 1956, he became a staff cartoonist at The Village Voice, where he produced the weekly comic strip titled Feiffer until 1997. His cartoons

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Feiffer, Jules 1929-

(Jules Ralph Feiffer)

PERSONAL:

Born January 26, 1929, in Bronx, NY; son of David (held a variety of positions, including dental technician and sales representative) and Rhoda (a fashion designer) Feiffer; married Judith Sheftel (a film production and publishing executive), September 17, 1961 (divorced, 1983); married Jennifer Allen (a journalist and stand-up comic), September 11, 1983; children: (first marriage) Kate; (second marriage) Halley, Julie. Education: Attended Art Students League, New York, NY, 1946, and Pratt Institute, 1947-48 and 1949-51.

ADDRESSES:

Home—New York, NY. Agent—Royce Carlton Incorporated, 866 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer, cartoonist, playwright, editorial cartoonist, illustrator, novelist, screenwriter, and commentator. Assistant to cartoonist Will Eisner, 1946-51, and ghostwriter for Eisner's comic book The Spirit, 1949-51; author of syndicated cartoon strip, Clifford, 1949-51; held a variety of positions in the art field, 1953-56, including producer of