Jules Feiffer, the extremely embellished cartoonist, illustrator, writer, playwright and screenwriter, left New York Metropolis 27 years in the past. However to Mr. Feiffer and those that know him, it’s a transfer that also feels as seemingly an incidence because the pigeons departing St. Mark’s Sq..
Being a New Yorker was a key a part of his identification. “I by no means thought I might stay out of the town or for that matter out of the Higher West Facet,” mentioned Mr. Feiffer whose e-book “Wonderful Grapes,” a graphic novel for younger readers was revealed final month. “I walked all over the place. If I had an appointment downtown, I would depart an hour early so I might stroll there. I adored all of it.”