Megg and Werewolf Jones are Horse Mania. Horse Mania is a test of the audience’s patience, proudly the “worst band in town,” existing within and operating far below the status quo of ambition. 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, hobby forms, 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 mediation on youth, performance, and memory as only the best comedic writer in comics is capable. "Hanselmann proves the perfect author to capture American life in late 2020. [ Crisis Zone ] escalates the depravity at a relentless pace and delivers both laugh-out-loud gags and genuine pathos." ― Library Journal, Starred Review "Hanselmann may be the funniest cartoonist working today, writing and illustrating comics that revel in a comedy of cruelty." ― Jacob Brogan, The Washington Post "Astoundingly well-crafted and punishingly heartfelt." ― Vulture "Hanselmann is one of the most gifted cartoonists alive." ― The A.V. Club Simon Hanselmann hails from Tasmania, Australia and now resides with his family in Los Angeles, CA. His bestselling New York Times series Megg, Mogg and Owl has been translated into thirteen languages, won multiple Eisner Awards and won Best Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2018. His work has been displayed internationally including shows at Galerie Martel in Paris and a solo exhibition / installation at the Bellevue Arts Museum.