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Feininger's career as cartoonist started in 1894.

He was working for several German, French and American magazines.

In February 1906, when a quarter of Chicago's population was of German descent, James Keeley, editor of The Chicago Tribune traveled to Germany to procure the services of the most popular humor artists.

He recruited Feininger to illustrate two comic strips " The Kin-der-Kids " and " Wee Willie Winkie's World " for the Chicago Tribune.

The strips were noted for their fey humor and graphic experimentation.

He also worked as a commercial caricaturist for 20 years for various newspapers and magazines in both the USA and Germany.

Later, Art Spiegelman wrote in The New York Times Book Review, that Feininger's comics have “ achieved a breathtaking formal grace unsurpassed in the history of the medium .”