Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 20, 2009: Interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin; Review of “The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics.”

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(1.) ANDREW ROSS SORKIN is assistant editor of financial news for the New York Times, as well as chief mergers and acquisitions reporter and a financial columnist. He's the author of the new book, 'Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System – and Themselves.' (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Critic MILO MILES considers the boom years for comics, before superheroes took over the genre. He reviews 'The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics' (published by Abrams Comicarts) selected and edited by Art Spielgelman and Francoise Mouly.