{"product_id":"ben-katchor-benjamin-fraser-9781496848529","title":"Ben Katchor","description":"The recipient of a 2000 MacArthur fellowship, Ben Katchor (b. 1951) is a beloved comics artist with a career spanning four decades. Published in indie weeklies across the United States, his comics are known for evoking the sensorium of the modern metropolis. As part of the Biographix series edited by Frederick Luis Aldama, \u003ci\u003eBen Katchor\u003c\/i\u003e offers scholars and fans a thorough overview of the artist's career from 1988 to 2020. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In some of his early strips published in the 1980s in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Press \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eForward\u003c\/i\u003e, Katchor introduced one of his quintessential characters, Julius Knipl, a real estate photographer. By crafting Knipl as an urban fl穗eur prone to wandering, Katchor was able to variously demonstrate his absurd humor and linguistic whimsy alongside narratives packed with social critique. Three volumes collecting the Julius Knipl strips, \u003ci\u003eJulius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty Supply District\u003c\/i\u003e, helped cement Katchor as a distinguished comics artist and social commentator. Later works, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Cardboard Valise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHand-Drying in America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dairy Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e, have diversified his comics legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rooted in close analyses of the artist's numerous series and collections, each chapter in \u003ci\u003eBen Katchor\u003c\/i\u003e is dedicated to a distinct aspect of the urban experience. Individual pages from Katchor's work depict not only the visual, but also the auditory, tactile, and olfactory dimensions of life in the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496848527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496848529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Benjamin Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478584877311,"sku":"9781496848529","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f34a6fb4-06fa-413e-9f23-3b59261ebc98.jpg?v=1715935398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ben-katchor-benjamin-fraser-9781496848529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}