- Jules Feiffer
Jules Ralph Feiffer (born birth date and age|1929|01|26) is an American syndicated comic-strip
cartoonist andauthor [http://www.julesfeiffer.com/bio2.html] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270547/bio] . In 1986 he won thePulitzer Prize for his editorial cartooning in "The Village Voice ", and in 2004 was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame.Feiffer was born in
New York City , in the borough of theBronx , and attended the former James Monroe High School. Feiffer served as an assistant forWill Eisner in the 1940s, learning to tell stories with words and pictures while working on Eisner's acclaimed "The Spirit " comic strip. Feiffer also wrote the stage play "Little Murders ", the screenplay forMike Nichols 's 1971 film "Carnal Knowledge ", illustrated the children's book classic "The Phantom Tollbooth ", wrote the book "The Great Comic Book Heroes " (an extract of whichQuentin Tarantino adapted for a speech in his film "Kill Bill "), and won an Oscar in 1961 for his short animation "Munro". In addition, Feiffer has written the screenplay forRobert Altman 's "Popeye" film, a movie version of "Little Murders", and the screenplay forAlain Resnais 's film "I Want to Go Home ".Feiffer's cartoons ran for 42 years in the "
The Village Voice " and have been collected into 19 books. They have also appeared in "The Los Angeles Times ", "The New Yorker ", "Esquire", "Playboy ", and "The Nation". He was commissioned in 1997 by "The New York Times " to create its first op-ed page comic strip which ran monthly until 2000. Feiffer has most recently written several award-winning children's books including "The Man in the Ceiling ", which he has partnered withDisney and musical-theater writerAndrew Lippa to turn into amusical , and "A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears ".Feiffer is an adjunct professor at
Southampton College . Previously he taught at theYale School of Drama andNorthwestern University . He has been a Senior Fellow at theColumbia University National Arts Journalism Program. Feiffer is a member of theDramatists Guild Council and has been elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters . He received theNational Cartoonist Society Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 [http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/01/30/jules-feiffer-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award/] and theCreativity Foundation 's 2006 Laureate [http://www.creativity-found.org/our_laureates.html Creativity Foundation Laureates] . He was in residence at theArizona State University Barrett Honors College fromNovember 27 toDecember 2 ,2006 ."Passionella" is a graphic narrative initially anthologized in "Passionella and Other Stories", and based on the story of
Cinderella . The protagonist is Ella, a chimney sweep who is transformed into a Hollywood movie star.References
External links
* [http://www.julesfeiffer.com Jules Feiffer's website]
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* [http://www.jeanalbano-artgallery.com/feiffer/ A gallery of Feiffer's work]
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/jules_feiffer/1 An Interview of Jules Feiffer by the AV Club]
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