Jules Feiffer

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cartoonist person playwright screenwriter

Jules Feiffer is an American cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his long-running Village Voice comic strip and his satirical takes on politics and modern life.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jules Feiffer canonical	11
Feiffer	1
Feiffer (Village Voice comic strip)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7604977 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jules Feiffer
Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln High School, alumni, Jules Feiffer]

A. Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American humorist and political satirist best known for his witty newspaper columns lampooning Washington politics and American life.
B. Larry Eigner
Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
C. Mel Horowitz
Mel Horowitz is a character from the film and TV series "Clueless," known as Cher's overprotective but caring father and a successful lawyer.
D. Murray Seldeen
Murray Seldeen was an American film editor active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on major productions in the 1930s and 1940s.
E. Samson Raphaelson
Samson Raphaelson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with director Ernst Lubitsch on classic Hollywood comedies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jules Feiffer
Target entity description: Jules Feiffer is an American cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his long-running Village Voice comic strip and his satirical takes on politics and modern life.

A. Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American humorist and political satirist best known for his witty newspaper columns lampooning Washington politics and American life.
B. Larry Eigner
Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
C. Mel Horowitz
Mel Horowitz is a character from the film and TV series "Clueless," known as Cher's overprotective but caring father and a successful lawyer.
D. Murray Seldeen
Murray Seldeen was an American film editor active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on major productions in the 1930s and 1940s.
E. Samson Raphaelson
Samson Raphaelson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with director Ernst Lubitsch on classic Hollywood comedies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cartoonist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons National Cartoonists Society Award ⓘ linked to: National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards Obie Award ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-01-26 ⓘ
educatedAt	Art Students League of New York ⓘ
employer	The Village Voice ⓘ
familyName	Feiffer ⓘ linked to: Jules Feiffer
fieldOfWork	cartooning ⓘ children's literature ⓘ film ⓘ theatre ⓘ
genre	political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ social commentary ⓘ
givenName	Jules ⓘ
hasChild	Kate Feiffer ⓘ
influencedBy	Will Eisner ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Jules Feiffer ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	long-running comic strip in The Village Voice ⓘ satirical takes on modern life ⓘ satirical takes on politics ⓘ
notableWork	Carnal Knowledge ⓘ Feiffer (Village Voice comic strip) ⓘ linked to: Jules Feiffer Little Murders ⓘ Munro ⓘ The Phantom Tollbooth (screenplay) ⓘ linked to: The Phantom Tollbooth
occupation	cartoonist ⓘ children's book author ⓘ graphic novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
residence	New York City, New York, United States ⓘ linked to: New York City
spouse	Jenny Allen ⓘ
workedWith	Will Eisner ⓘ
wrote	children's book "The Man in the Ceiling" ⓘ play "Little Murders" ⓘ linked to: Little Murders screenplay "Carnal Knowledge" ⓘ screenplay for "Popeye" (1980 film) ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abraham Lincoln High School → alumni → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Popeye (1980 film) → screenwriter → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

subject linked to: Popeye

Carnal Knowledge → screenwriter → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Halley Feiffer → parent → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Norton Juster → coAuthor → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Norton Juster → collaboratedWith → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Norton Juster → hasIllustrator → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Oh! Calcutta! → contributor → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

subject linked to: theatrical production Oh! Calcutta!

Jules Feiffer → name → Jules Feiffer ⓘ

Jules Feiffer → familyName → Feiffer ⓘ

linked to: Jules Feiffer

Jules Feiffer → notableWork → Feiffer (Village Voice comic strip) ⓘ