Jules Feiffer, a celebrated cartoonist and playwright, died at 95 from congestive heart failure, as confirmed by his wife. Renowned for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip 'Feiffer', which ran for over four decades, Feiffer's work was characterized by satirical commentary on postwar anxieties and complex human dynamics. His translated insights connected cultural icons from Lenny Bruce to Larry David. Additionally, he contributed significantly in film and theater, winning an Oscar for his animated short 'Munro' and writing notable plays and screenplays, with his autobiography titled 'Backing Into Forward: A Memoir' published in 2010.
"If I do cartoons about men and women, it's usually about what's not working and how it falls apart," Feiffer told the Comics Journal in 2011.
"With his obsession with politics and psychology, his wry wit and stylized drawings, he's the link from Lenny Bruce to Larry David," Michiko Kakutani wrote in 2010.
His winning work was stylistically focused on monologues, in which his characters would drone their way into political ridiculousness.
In her review of the book, Kakutani called both the memoir and Feiffer himself "funny, acerbic, subversive, fiercely attuned to the absurdities in his own life and in the country at large."
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