Each year, the Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America, West presents something they call the Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement. They've given out eight of these in the past and have just announced that the ninth will be presented to Jules Feiffer. Mr. Feiffer is a cartoonist, a novelist, a screenwriter, a playwright, a former writer of comic books…and he has occasionally dabbled in writing animated cartoons. Anyone here remember Tom Terrific? That was one of his efforts in the medium.
This press release will tell you more about him. Or you can pick up the next issue of the Guild's official magazine, Written By, and read a profile of Feiffer by me.