The First 25 Years Are the Hardest: A 25 Year Retrospective of Ziggy
After a significant quarter-century in our hearts and minds, it's safe to  say that Ziggy has appeared in far more places than the nearly 600 newspapers that enthusiastically  carry his visage. The lovable loser is taped to computers, pinned on office bulletin boards, and  magnetized to refrigerator doors. We carry him in our wallets, send him to our friends and  relatives, and stick him to our bathroom mirrors. In a word, Ziggy is everywhere! Such is the  appeal of one of America's favorite pop icons. And now Ziggy fans worldwide have the chance  to cherish our old friend through the pages of The First 25 Years Are The Hardest! a  retrospective of some of Ziggy's best moments. There's the confused little guy talking with his  psychiatrist, ruminating at the bathroom mirror, and commiserating with his talking parrot. There's  Ziggy at Mom's Diner, Ziggy addressing the heavens, and (very often) Ziggy looking straight at us,  while dispensing such wisdom as, "Today is a gift. . . That's why it's called 'The Present. '"  Cartoonist Tom Wilson's cartoon character speaks to everyone who's suffered a bad day, slipped up  now and then, or spent time slogging through the rain showers of life. The First 25 Years Are The  Hardest! is filled with Wilson's hand-picked favorite frames, those "you-can-say-that-again"  triggers that always bring Ziggy fans back for more!  --Midwest Book Review