Herman Belquest by Robert H. Stevenson

Join Herman, if you will, on a mostly silent journey to the lowest place of his existence. The basic premise of this book is “Herman just lost [blank]“. The book goes through a steady progression of Herman losing his wife, job, and house, before things get a bit better before the end. In the meantime Herman deals with a cranky baby, a dishonest hobo, and a severely unsympathetic boss, among many other pitfalls. I loved how the only real dialogue was in Herman’s dream of a land of fudge, and even there he had to fight for his life. It’s a great comic from somebody entirely new to me, and it keeps the track record of the Short Pants books at an even 100% for sheer entertainment value. Well worth seeking out, and I have another of his books to put up here in the next few weeks for an even more informed opinion about the guy…