Very very entertaining  read!

Reviews..

If you don't know his work, you really should. - S. A. Bennett, Comics Buyer's Guide, 7 February 2003

One of the premiere cartoonist-satirists of the 20th century, just at the top of his game.  -  Phil Mateer, Comics Buyer's Guide, 7 February 2003

One of the seminal and influential artists of our time... sharp and incisive wit...Grade: A+. - Jeremy Shorr, Comics Buyer's Guide, 7 February 2003

One of the sharpest political commentators there has ever been in that [comics] form. - Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods

Reminiscent of Will Eisner's [work]...his humor stands up as well today as it did when it first appeared. Grade: A. - Robert Scott, Comics Buyer's Guide, 7 February 2003

The modern, non-editorial-page cartoon of social and political commentary was pretty much invented by Jules Feiffer. - Booklist

Today's cartoonists owe huge debts of gratitude to Jules Feiffer. - Los Angeles Reader

One of—if not the first of—the early writer/artists to emerge from the comic book ghetto into the literary/art world. - Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit

Today's cartoonists owe huge debts of gratitude to Jules Feiffer. - Los Angeles Reader

Feiffer………I bought this book because I'm a Feiffer fan.

The book basically illustrates the more recent Feiffer work, which is a George Bernard Shaw type of satirical work, and throws in some older cartoons as well.

I did not like the play writing or the illustrated fable.
I much prefer the old Feiffer stuff in the book, and his cartoon features like Boom.

Even though I enjoy the cartoons much more than the play writing, I will admit that there is some excellent and funny satire writing, for example, " Superman ".
All about vulnerable male egos and action heroes.
The fable also has great comments on the human condition.

It really is an essential book for philosophy or Drama/art students, because no one can handle satire in this unique and funny way.

I am not sure that old Feiffer cartoon fans will be getting their money's worth though.

Jules Feiffer has had one of the most varied and illustrious careers of any 20th century cartoonist. For over 40 years he contributed strips to The Village Voice, and has long been a regular contributor to the London Observer and Playboy. Passionella and Other Stories collects Feiffer's finest extended graphic narratives of the late '50s and early '60s. It opens in full-color with "Excalibur and Rose," the fable of a village comedian who embarks on a crusade in search of his serious side, which he finds in spades when he encounters his true love, the pathologically depressed Rose. The volume's centerpiece, "Passionella," a retelling of Cinderella set in modern Hollywood, concerns a chimney sweep whose fairy godmother transforms her into the "mysterious exotic bewitching temptress" and movie star Passionella. Other stories include "The Lonely Machine," an account of one man's attempt to find the perfect relationship through robot love, and "Harold Swerg," the predicament of the world's greatest athlete who'd rather stay at his mundane job than compete against others, despite his country's desperate pleas to enter the Olympics. Three more classic graphic tales and several entertaining one-act plays round out this handsomely designed hardcover edition.

"Jules Feiffer was one of (if not) the first of the early writer/artists to emerge from the comic book ghetto into the literary/art world." – Will Eisner

"The modern, non-editorial-page cartoon of social and political commentary was pretty much invented by Jules Feiffer." – Booklist

"One of the sharpest political commentators there has ever been in the comics form." – Neil Gaiman