James Thurber (1894-1961) has been called "the greatest
American humorist since Mark Twain."

He is best known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
a short story about a timid, henpecked man who often
escapes into heroic fantasies.

Thurber's writing and cartoons are edgy and absurdist:
he places odd people in strange situations; highlighting
the stresses and frustrations of modern life - as in the
video below, based on Thurber's A Box To Hide In.