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• 8.0

  Comics Bulletin - Jason Sacks

  Jun 16, 2010

  No, Kurtzman delivered a deeply skeptical view of the world in this book. While he may have identified with both the beatnik Grasshopper and hardworking Ant, neither character represents the real Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzmans emotional life was too complex to fit the narrow borders of a simple parable. Its a shame that this story is so short; with just a few more pages, Kurtzman might have delivered a work that delivered on all the vast potential of The Grasshopper and the Ant. Read Full Review