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Herblock through the Looking Glass, by Herbert Block (Norton, 287 pp., $12.95)

The cartoons of Herblock have always been distinguished by their prolixity. A typical Jeff MacNelly or Steve Kelley cartoon makes use of ten or twenty words; Herblock (actually Herbert Block) shoots for forty or fifty so often that a friend of mine in Washington jokes regularly, “Did you read Herblock today?” My usual reply: “I only had time to skim.” I once counted 87 words in a single frame.

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Herblock through the Looking Glass, by Herbert Block (Norton, 287 pp., $12.95)

The cartoons of Herblock have always been distinguished by their prolixity. A typical Jeff MacNelly or Steve Kelley cartoon makes use of ten or twenty words; Herblock (actually Herbert Block) shoots for forty or fifty so often that a friend of mine in Washington jokes regularly, “Did you read Herblock today?” My usual reply: “I only had time to skim.” I once counted 87 words in a single frame.