O glücklich, wer noch hoffen kann, aus diesem Meer des Irrtums aufzutauchen!

In a single, incisive 1987 comic from German publisher dtv, celebrated caricaturist Marie Marcks turns her sharp, satirical eye on hope and error in the human condition. The title, drawn from Goethe’s Faust, sets the tone for a wry, philosophical one-shot that distills Marcks’s decades-long career of social and political commentary into a single, memorable statement. This slim volume stands as a potent artifact of late-20th-century German graphic satire, showcasing a master observer at her most concise.