Malice's excoriation of Goldman – and other unappealing work environments – has new relevance in the wake of the current recession and general anti-corporate sentiment.
So while Ego & Hubris is rather aimless, and ends abruptly, there's added subtext about the nature of the human ego – not just Malice's – to keep it interesting.
I also found it a bit odd that artist Gary Dumm, one of Pekar's longtime collaborators on American Splendor, barely gets credit for his work on the comic. (Contrast this with Pekar's more famous artist friends, like Robert Crumb, whose contributions are a selling point right from American Splendor #1.)
Ego indeed!