Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.
I'm trying to get a thicker skin. I like to be aware of people's perceptions of me, but when you put it as a priority, as a means to judging your worth, that's when it can be dangerous.
It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football, before there were face guards.