{"product_id":"cheap-novelties-hardcover-by-ben-katchor","title":"Cheap Novelties Hardcover by Ben Katchor","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDrawn and Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2016-09-27)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781770462632\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e799.47\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.15 x 27.86 x 1.75\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Twenty-five years on, [\u003ci\u003eCheap Novelties\u003c\/i\u003e'] observations of what is lost as cityscapes evolve and shift due to gentrification and changing demographics are still fresh and relevant.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCheap Novelties\u003c\/i\u003e is an early testament to Ben Katchor's extraordinary prescience as both a gifted cartoonist and an astute urban chronicler. Rumpled, middle-aged Julius Knipl photographs a vanishing city--an urban landscape of low-rent apartment buildings, obsolete industries, monuments to forgotten people and events, and countless sources of inexpensive food. In Katchor's signature pen and ink wash style, \u003ci\u003eCheap Novelties\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of what we have lost to gentrification, globalization, and the malling of America that is as moving today as it was twenty-five years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1991, the original \u003ci\u003eCheap Novelties\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in an unassuming paperback from the RAW contributor; it would become one of the first books of the contemporary graphic novel golden age, and it set the stage for Katchor to become regarded as a modern-day cartooning genius. Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly's twenty-fifth anniversary edition is a deluxe hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Katchor\u003c\/b\u003e is the cartoonist of \u003ci\u003eHand-Drying in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jew of New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty Supply District\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cardboard Valise\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and was a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Katchor has created comics for \u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Katchor has collaborated on works of musical theater with the composer Mark Mulcahy and he is the only cartoonist to have won an Obie. His TED Talk is titled \"Comics of Bygone New York.\" Katchor lives in New York, where he is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46959905636513,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781770462632","price":25.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781770462632.jpg?v=1788336477","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/cheap-novelties-hardcover-by-ben-katchor","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}