Out of Line

A celebration of Jules Feiffer and the extraordinary body of work he has produced from comics, to plays, to children's books, to films.; Jules Feiffer (born 1929) is an award winning writer, illustrator, screenwriter, playwright, children's book author and cartoonist. Among his many awards are a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, an Obie, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American National Cartoonists Society and the Writers Guild of America. He was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.; This is the first illustrated biography about Jules Feiffer. There have been other collections of his work and he has written a memoir, but this is the first book to combine both his art and personal story.; Jules Feiffer has provided exclusive access to his personal archives all images in the book are reproduced from the original art.

The first illustrated celebration of acclaimed artist and writer Jules FeifferEveryone knows a Feiffer illustration when they see one: His characters leap across the page, each line belying humour and psychological insight. Over Feiffer’s prolific 70-year career, his nimble and singular imagination has given us new perspectives as well as biting satires on politics, love, marriage and religion—alternating with stories imbued with the playful anarchy of a child. Feiffer’s varied output includes children’s books (The Phantom Tollbooth and Bark, George), plays (Little Murders), movies (Carnal Knowledge and Popeye), and comic strips (most notably in his Pulitzer Prize–winning Village Voice comic strip of 42 years). Out of Line: The Art of Jules Feiffer is the long-awaited illustrated retrospective of Feiffer’s celebrated career, providing a revealing glimpse into his creative process and his role as America’s foremost Renaissance man of the arts.