Subversive, funny, and effortlessly droll, Jules Feiffer's
cartoons were all over New York in the 1960s and '70s--featured in
the "Village Voice," but also cut out and pinned to bulletin boards
in offices and on refrigerators at home. Feiffer describes himself
as "lucking into the zeitgeist," and there's some truth to the
sentiment; Feiffer's brand of satire reflected Americans'
ambivalence about the Vietnam War, changing social mores, and much
more.
Feiffer's memoir, "Backing into Forward," like his cartoons, is
sharply perceptive with a distinctive bite of mordant humor.
Beginning with his childhood in Brooklyn, Feiffer paints a picture
of a troubled kid with an overbearing mother and a host of
crippling anxieties. From there, he discusses his apprenticeship
with his hero, Will Eisner, and his time serving in the military
during the Korean War, which saw him both feigning a breakdown and
penning a cartoon narrative called "Munro" that solidified his
distinctive aesthetic as an artist. While Feiffer's voice grounds
the book, the sheer scope of his artistic accomplishment, from his
cartoons turning up in the "New Yorker," "Playboy," and the
"Nation" to his plays and film scripts, is remarkable and keeps the
narrative bouncing along at a speedy clip. A compelling combination
of a natural sense of humor and a ruthless dedication to
authenticity, "Backing into Forward" is full of wit and verve,
often moving but never sentimental.
"Jules Feiffer's original and neurotic voice. . . . reinvented
comics in the 1950s and made possible what's now called the
'graphic novel.' His engaging new memoir is told in that same witty
and perceptive New York cadence, mellowed and laced with wisdom.
He's an inspiration."--Art Spiegelman
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