Below Ambition -- Simon Hanselmann, Paperback

Megg and Werewolf Jones are Horse Mania. Horse Mania is a test of the audience's patience, proudly the "worst band in town," without any ambition to make it. Join the musicians as they battle through shoddy, distracted practice sessions, a squalid house show, and a doomed interstate tour. Watch as they drunkenly flail through their sets amidst toothaches, nervous breakdowns, suicide attempts, mounting hatred, and a galaxy of benzos. This is music and performance in its most primal, multifaceted, and pure form. Feel the tension. See the dirty looks. Taste the pain. Smell the depravity. Hear the veiled beauty. Horse Mania wants you to lose your mind.

Below Ambition is a meditation on youth, performance, and memory as only Simon Hanselmann, the best comedic writer in comics, is capable of. The book will also include a flexidisc single by Horse Mania, Stick It In for the Ambient, which is tipped into the front cover for easy removal and play.

Author: Simon Hanselmann
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 11/08/2022
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.72h x 6.15w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781683965497

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2022
Library Journal 10/01/2022 pg. 138