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Sleight of hand

Jules Feiffer describes cartooning as a kind of visual magic act.

Family stories

The Daddy Mountain and There’s a Zoo in My Room were inspired by Jules Feiffer’s granddaughter and daughter.

Playing favorites

 Jules Feiffer shares his fondness for By the Side of the Road, a picture book with a not-so-happy ending.

Comics

Jules Feiffer fell in love with American comic strips as a young kid in the 1930s and 1940s.

Bark, George

Jules Feiffer’s story Bark, George started out as a bedtime story (a “radio story”) for his two-year old daughter.

Imagining Milo

Have you ever wondered why Milo wore a plain black tee-shirt, or how Jules Feiffer imagined what Humbug and Tock should look like?

Life's Work

Jules Feiffer says he feels lucky that he’s doing work that is still challenging and that he loves.

Counterpoint

For Jules Feiffer, the great fun in creating a book is in the counterpoint between what the text says and how the illustrations react.

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