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Virtual Memories Show #191: Ben Katchor<\/a><\/p>\n

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“How can you keep experimenting within your own work? When they say people reinvent themselves, they just mean they put on new clothes or something.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ben Katchor<\/a> rejoins the show to talk about the 25th anniversary edition of Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay<\/a>\"\" (Drawn & Quarterly)! We talk about those aforementioned pleasures, the boredom of the modern flaneur, his evolution from genre fandom to “literary comics” (my awful term, not his), the danger in comics becoming over-academic, the challenges of writing a world history, and more!\u00a0Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Cheap Novelties<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“You spend the first 20 years of your life figuring out how the culture works, another 20 years figuring out how to make a living in that culture, and maybe the last part you’re in oblivion, saying, ‘What did I do?'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We also get into the tedium of the latest iteration of New York City, the experience of capitalism’s end-game, why his comics are a product of a unique moment, his discovery of Undergrounds, the challenges of making anything new, how he found a readership that isn’t interested in comics, and more! Now go listen to the show!<\/a><\/p>\n

“All these people who weren’t born or were babies when Cheap Novelties came out, now they’re going to look at it and say, ‘What does this mean? How does this even relate to us?'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n