{"product_id":"cheap-novelties-ben-katchor-9781770462632","title":"Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-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\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Katchor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 10.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Ben Katchor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984254304511,"sku":"9781770462632","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_483d5352-a083-4abb-8d33-ef3b8cc07d1d.jpg?v=1683271331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cheap-novelties-ben-katchor-9781770462632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}