Complex sentence: He has quickly risen to the top ranks of American cartoonists in both popularity and critical esteem; in mock-jealousy, Eddie Campbell once expressed a temptation to break Thompson's fingers ("The Comics Journal", issue 266).
Split into simpler sentences: He has quickly risen to the top ranks of American cartoonists in both popularity and critical esteem. In mock-jealousy, Eddie Campbell once expressed a temptation to break Thompson's fingers ("The Comics Journal", issue 266).