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Jules Feiffer, award-winning political cartoonist and writer, dies at 95

The provocative Pulitzer prize winner was known for his edgy comic strip and his screenplay for Carnal Knowledge

Photograph: Jules FeifferIn 1961, Feiffer illustrated the children’s novel The Phantom Tollbooth, written by his friend Norton Juster. After its released in the UK in 1962, The Times Literary Supplement’s Siriol Hugh-Jones wrote that it was “illustrated by every grown-up’s favourite child-like pictures with the built-in sad sophistication”. As a playwright, Feiffer’s credits included Grown Ups and the dark satire Little Murders, which he later adapted as a film for Alan Arkin’s directorial debut.

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