Backing Into Forward by Jules Feiffer

Plagued by learning problems, a controlling mother, and a debilitating sense of fear, Feiffer embarked on his first cartoon apprenticeship at the age of seventeen, emboldened only by a passion for success and an aptitude for failure. Backing into Forward also traces his love life, from a doomed hitchhiking trip to reclaim his high-school sweetheart, to his road to marriage and fatherhood. At the center of Feiffer’s journey is his prolific creativity. He recounts the birth of his subversive novel, Munro, his entrée into New York’s literary salons, and collaborations with film greats Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, and Jack Nicholson. This book charts Feiffer’s rise as an unlikely and incisive provocateur.

(2010, Hardcover, 464 pages)