Thurber
James Thurber (1894–1961) was an American humorist, cartoonist, and writer best known for his work in *The New Yorker*.
His prose combined gentle absurdism with sharp observation of middle-class American life.
His sketchy, deceptively simple cartoons depicted anxious men, domineering women, and enigmatic dogs. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" remains his most famous story.
Thurber's style—wry, whimsical, slightly melancholic—influenced generations of American humor writing.
One who creates comedy
- New YorkerResident of a major metropolis
- cartoonistArtist creating comic illustrations
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- fablesDidactic animal stories
short stories · Walter Mitty · drawings · satire · whimsy · American literature · Columbus · prose
Domesticated barking mammals
- menAdult male humans
- womenFemale adults collectively
- drawingsImages rendered by hand
- New YorkerResident of a major metropolis
line drawings · shaggy · befuddled · domestic · simple lines · wobbly · sketch · caption
Midwestern state, major river
- Ohio StateMajor Columbus public university
- universityHigher education institution
- BuckeyeOhio resident or athlete
- hometownOne's place of origin
childhood · autobiography · family · grandfather · relatives · boyhood · memoir · nostalgia
Habitual reverie indulger
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- henpeckedControlled through persistent nagging
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
domestic comedy · anthology · play · Broadway
humorist
One who creates comedy
- New YorkerResident of a major metropolis
- cartoonistArtist creating comic illustrations
- essayistAuthor of short prose
fables · short stories · Walter Mitty · drawings · satire · whimsy · American literature · Columbus · prose · wit
dogs
Domesticated barking mammals
New Yorker · line drawings · shaggy · befuddled · domestic · simple lines · wobbly · sketch · caption · magazine covers
Ohio
Midwestern state, major river
- Ohio StateMajor Columbus public university
- universityHigher education institution
- BuckeyeOhio resident or athlete
hometown · childhood · autobiography · family · grandfather · relatives · boyhood · memoir · nostalgia
daydreamer
Habitual reverie indulger
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- henpeckedControlled through persistent nagging
imagination · domestic comedy · anthology · play · Broadway
ThurberLenny Bruce
George Carlin · Richard Pryor · Jonathan Swift · Hunter S. Thompson · Bill Hicks
ThurberWilliam Faulkner
Thomas Pynchon · Henry James · David Foster Wallace · Cormac McCarthy · Herman Melville