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Tremendously interesting. Herzog has a lot to say but it's a certain kind of arrogant humility: rising from literal starvation as a child, he puts himself repeatedly into the face of nature and destruction. How he prevailed is a matter of luck—maybe will. He makes himself a sacrifice, almost, to the unfeeling nature of the universe he perceives. Yet, he creates and can't stop himself. Beautiful to read.

Very thorough examination of modern American cartoon strip history in two parts. I agree with some critics that it's a shame this massive volume wasn't updated and stitched together from the two separate books that effectively comprise it—it's more like a reprint of both. But the contents are quite fantastic: a thorough accounting of cartoonists, their influences, and their downstream effects.