James Thurber
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"James Grover Thurber" was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his gag cartoon/cartoons and short story/short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular List of humorists/humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. In collaboration with his college friend, Elliott Nugent, he wrote the Broadway comedy, The Male Animal, later adapted into a film, which starred Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland.

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