Adult story about adult crisis, from the author of "Bark, George". ( )

A great cartoon novel by Feiffer in which a middle-aged man, drowning under the pressures of adulthood and family life, reverts back to the last stage he was truly happy, secure and all needs met - infancy. One of Feiffer's better, more sustained creations. ( )

The premise is simple but brilliant: a middle-aged man turns himself back into a two-year-old through sheer force of will. The changes Feiffer rings are surprising and convincing, and the artwork is amazingly intense, as if drawn by a prodigious (and furious) toddler.

This reprints the 1979 original, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman. He remarks that he read it when it first came out and that it keeps getting better for him as the years go by. I have had the same experience.