COMIC ARTIST

Jules Feiffer

1929 - 2025

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Jules Ralph Feiffer ( FY-fər; 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. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning and, in 2004, Feiffer 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 Feiffer's "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Feiffer is the 168th most popular comic artist (up from 206th in 2019), the 11,748th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,341st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jules Feiffer ranks 168 out of 226. Before him are Marv Wolfman, Oh! great, Jim Starlin, Alison Bechdel, Peter David, and Tooru Fujisawa. After him are Bill Watterson, Yuu Watase, Harvey Pekar, Jim Lee, R. K. Laxman, and Kōsuke Fujishima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jules Feiffer ranks 515. Before him are Charles Manring, Vivien Merchant, Joseph Mascolo, Ann Robinson, Lyubov Kozyreva, and Keith Gardner. After him are Clyde Lovellette, Michel Knuysen, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Boris Nikolov, Johnny Ace, and Bhanu Athaiya. Among people deceased in 2025, Jules Feiffer ranks 231. Before him are Freddie Aguilar, Jorge Bolaño, Bob Uecker, Gus Williams, Aaron Boupendza, and Peter David. After him are Mike McCallum, Raúl Grijalva, Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Nicky Katt, Daniel Kleppner, and Nora Aunor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jules Feiffer ranks 11,750 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Page (1954), Maya Lin (1959), Horace Grant (1965), Peyton Reed (1964), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), and Marceline Day (1908). After him are Dave Coulier (1959), Jimmy Bryan (1926), Michael Pitt (1981), Perry Farrell (1959), John Shelby Spong (1931), and Ward Kimball (1914).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Jules Feiffer ranks 42. Before him are Mike Mignola (1960), Mort Walker (1923), Marv Wolfman (1946), Jim Starlin (1949), Alison Bechdel (1960), and Peter David (1956). After him are Bill Watterson (1958), Harvey Pekar (1939), Robert Kirkman (1978), Len Wein (1948), Scott McCloud (1960), and Peter Laird (1954).

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