Jules Ralph Feiffer (born January 26, 1929) is an award-winning American
syndicated cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read
satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the
Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short,
Munro, which won an
Academy Award for
Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The
Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy," from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children’s book author, illustrator and art instructor.