"Counterculture auteur David Lynch He directed off-kilter cinematic classics in the 1980s and 1990s, including Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and he co-created the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks. David Lynch's surreal, sinister vision, he said, came from a happy 1950s childhood in Boise, Idaho, that was punctuated by startling glimpses of violence. An eye-catching figure known for his messy pompadour, Lynch was also a longtime devotee of transcendental meditation. Read Kyle Norris' remembrance."
"Jules Feiffer's gloriously loopy visual style and satirical sensibility helped define The Village Voice for four decades; his editorial cartoons won a Pulitzer Prize in 1986. His numerous other awards included an Oscar for a 1961 animated short film inspired by his Army service. Feiffer's illustrations for the children's classic The Phantom Tollbooth are inked into the memories of generations of young people. Besides contributing cartoons to Vanity Fair and The New York Times, Feiffer was also a graphic novelist, novelist, playwright and screenwriter."
David Lynch directed off-kilter cinematic classics such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive and co-created the TV series Twin Peaks. His surreal, sinister vision traced to a happy 1950s childhood in Boise punctuated by startling glimpses of violence. Lynch was known for his messy pompadour and long practice of transcendental meditation. Jules Feiffer developed a loopy visual style and satirical sensibility that helped define The Village Voice; his editorial cartoons won a Pulitzer and he earned an Oscar for a 1961 animated short. Feiffer illustrated The Phantom Tollbooth and worked across cartoons, novels, plays and screenwriting. Roberta Flack grew up in Washington, D.C., earned a scholarship to Howard University at 15, trained classically, rose to prominence after a Bill Cosby TV special, and accumulated eight Grammy nominations with four wins.
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