Giuseppe Castellano talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Jules Feiffer, about the early years of his life and career; how Maurice Sendak and William Steig changed his approach to illustration; why failure is not to be feared; and more.

Find Feiffer’s latest book, Amazing Grapes, at you favorite bookstore or library.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Theodor Seuss Geisel, P.D. Eastman, John Held Jr., Charles Addams, William Steig, Saul Steinberg, Milt Gross, Milton Caniff, Noel Sickles, George Cruikshank, Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, Aubrey Beardsley, Richard Doyle, and Edward Ardizzone

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