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  • Hoping to further increase his irrelevance to the esteemed world ofgraphic novels and thus cement his status as former cartoonist, thesaturnine Ivan Brunetti (author of the acclaimed Misery Loves Comedy and editor of Yale Press s two essential Anthologies of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories) has compiled HO!, which collects the vast majority of his morally questionable, aesthetically confused and absolutely gut-busting gag cartoons.Culled mostly from out-of-print work (Hee! and Haw!)and other anthologies, the contents are discreetly presented in anuninviting, funereal package of unglamorous black and white. Hopefully, this will keep the impressionable, young, and faint-of-heartunintrigued and at a distance, while those who appreciate a touch ofthe gallows in their humor can enjoy an uncomfortable chuckle or twobefore the merciless thumb of oblivion grinds us all into less thandust.HO! further cements Brunetti s reputation as thecontemporary king of the gag cartoon, a sentiment echoed by notedcomedian Patton Oswalt (The King of Queens, Comedians of Comedy) in his introduction.