Ha! Me too! Actually, I lived 150 miles away in Pennsylvania but loved going to NYC to visit relatives. (I figured I'd live there one day but ended up in San Francisco instead. No regrets there!) MAD was my Bible, so to speak, in those days. I'd wait breathlessly for the new issues to come out. My great-aunt worked for New American Library at the time and frequently gave me MAD paperbacks. She complained about William Gaines--said she didn't like him very much because he apparently had bad manners. As for halvah--well, my dad loved it and ate it all the time. I frankly thought it tasted a bit like sand. Oh well.
Jack, thank you for this. Jules Feiffer astounded me as a young man and as a now-old man. I appreciated your awe ... to have Jules Feiffer - JULES FEIFFER! - know your name. Pretty cool.
This was very nice, Jack, I'm sure where ever Mr.Feiffer is, he's smiling down on you, and I'm happy his legacy lives on in you. Thank You for sharing this evening, and will reStack ASAP 🙏💯👍
Thank you for filling in details of this great artist’s life. Been in awe of him all my life.
Yes, thank you for sharing! As a teen, I liked to imagine I lived in NYC. I thank Mad Magazine for that! Halvah, anyone?
Ha! Me too! Actually, I lived 150 miles away in Pennsylvania but loved going to NYC to visit relatives. (I figured I'd live there one day but ended up in San Francisco instead. No regrets there!) MAD was my Bible, so to speak, in those days. I'd wait breathlessly for the new issues to come out. My great-aunt worked for New American Library at the time and frequently gave me MAD paperbacks. She complained about William Gaines--said she didn't like him very much because he apparently had bad manners. As for halvah--well, my dad loved it and ate it all the time. I frankly thought it tasted a bit like sand. Oh well.
What a lovely tribute and an amazing life. His too.
You're a gift of of history for us all. Thank you so much 🥰
Jack, thank you for this. Jules Feiffer astounded me as a young man and as a now-old man. I appreciated your awe ... to have Jules Feiffer - JULES FEIFFER! - know your name. Pretty cool.
This was very nice, Jack, I'm sure where ever Mr.Feiffer is, he's smiling down on you, and I'm happy his legacy lives on in you. Thank You for sharing this evening, and will reStack ASAP 🙏💯👍
Ate up his toons as a kid in the Sunday Boston Globe ! What a great talent
A great column about a great, great cartoonist.
Wonderful tribute!
He was so different that I concentrated I could probably pull up that day when he came on the scene
I know Jack Ohman, and he’s nice to me. 🩷
I was honored to be your work wife at The Bee. You made me laugh like no other. We’ll always have Space Duck. And reading golf greens.
I was literally addicted to his marvelous style. Thank you for this.
Jules was brilliant. Thank you so much for your tribute.