The great Jules Feiffer‘s pen has finally stopped moving. The Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning cartoonist, author and playwright died last Friday at age 95. Considered one of the best editorial cartoonists (and children’s book writer!) of the 20th Century, Feiffer got his start working for Will Eisner, literally invented the alt-weekly cartoon at The Village Voice in the 1950s, won an Academy Award for an animated short in the 1960s, and influenced generations of cartoonists, including Doonesbury’s Garry Trudeau, WW3‘s Peter Kuper, and graphic novelist Derf Backderf.

Feiffer’s syndicated comic strips ran for over 40 years, all the while as he wrote stage and screen plays, including 1971’s “Carnal Knowledge” and 1980’s “Popeye.” Even after he was forced into “retirement” in 2000 by The Village Voice, Jules continued to draw and write, publishing several best-selling books. He was also a long-time member of the AAEC, and based on the remembrances flooding social media, beloved of cartoonists around the world.

RIP to a singular talent and great guy.

Here are just a few of the obits from media outlets:
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/21/jules-feiffer-rip/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/01/22/jules-feiffer-cartoonist-military-cartoons/

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-jules-feiffer-dies-but-his-wit-and-satire-will-long-be-remembered/

https://www.cbr.com/jules-feiffer-legendary-cartoonist-obituary/

https://www.avclub.com/rip-jules-feiffer-cartoonist

https://www.wunc.org/2025-01-22/pulitzer-prize-winning-cartoonist-and-playwright-jules-feiffer-has-died-at-95

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jules-feiffer-changed-american-comics-154516171.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/jules-feiffer-dead.html