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The award-winning cartoonist, playwright, and author delivers a witty, illustrated rendition of his life, from his childhood as a wimpy kid in the Bronx to his legendary career in the arts. A gifted storyteller who has delighted readers and theater audiences for decades, Jules Feiffer now... read more
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- Mimi
- Doris
- Mike Nichols
- Jules
- Harry
- Alice
- Danny
- Alfred
- Joe
- Judy
- Dave
- Julie
- Altman
- Munro
- Sonny Boy
- Elaine
- Terry
- Emil
- Frances
- Odets
- Hefner
- Norton
- Rhoda
- Evans
- Woody
- Yaddo
- Celia
- Abe
- Kate
- Kennedy
- Sam
- Rose
- George
- David
- Feiffer
- Jean
- Katzenbach
- Dustin
- Green
- Sick
- Ted Riley
- Mr. Hoover
- Hemingway
- Norman
- Paula
- Alan
- James Monroe
Quotes edit
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“Hemingway's way with words, or rather his way of eliminating words, made sense to a cartoonist's imagination: 'Less is more.' Less was, in fact, plenty. The air between words was like the silent panel in an adventure strip: it told the story by not telling, by giving over to the reader the job of filling in the writer's gaps. The reader imagines and thus becomes a collaborator with the writer in telling the story.”
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It allowed me the freedom to treat my career as a series of mood swings, shuttling back and forth from relationship cartoons to political cartoons to writing plays, novels,
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screenplays, dancer watercolors, children’s books, and this memoir.
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These true believers of the Right are trying to simplify us back into the Stone Age.
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the argument that stirs us awake and keeps us alive. It’s reaction versus hope, freedom for some versus freedom for all. It’s a continuation of the oldest game in town, the contest for the American soul.
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Setting & Locations edit
- New Yorker
- America
- Chicago
- Hollywood
- Vietnam
- Jack London
- New Jersey
- Bronx
- Brooklyn
- California
- Fort Monmouth
- Manhattan
- San Francisco
- Korea
- Berkeley
- Boston
- Second City
- Stratford
- United States
- Washington
- Bear Mountain
- Windsor
- Atlantic
- Queens
- Passionella
- Columbia
- Midwest
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jules Feiffer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Nan A Talese
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0385531583
Page Count: 464
Publisher: Nan A Talese
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0385531583
Page Count: 464
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- Dewey: 818.5409
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