{"product_id":"9781770462632","title":"Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay","description":"\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059112722672,"sku":"9781770462632","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770462632_p0.jpg?v=1763706654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770462632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}