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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1996
  • Latest Book:
    October 2017
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Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • Julius Knipl, the rumpled antihero of Ben Katchor's cult cartoon strip, comes alive in this all-new collection of strange and strangely absorbing urban adventures. The Knipl stories collected here resurrect a lost metropolis and its residents, summon...



  • In 1825, Mordecai Noah, a New York politician and amateur playwright possessed of a utopian vision, summoned all the lost tribes of Israel to an island near Buffalo in the hope of establishing a Jewish state. His failed plan, a mere footnote in Jewis...



  • Join Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, on a leisurely stroll past The Institute for Soup-Nut Research and The Municipal Birthmark Registry. Savor the smell of a phone booth, circa 1961. Sign up for a guided tour of the oldest continually vacant...



  •  Ben Katchor (“The creator of the last great American comic strip.” -- Michael Chabon) gives us his first book in more than ten years: the story of the fantastical nation of Outer Canthus and the three people who, in some way or another, in­hab...



  • From one of the most original and imaginative American cartoonists at work today comes a collection of graphic narratives on the subjects of urban planning, product design, and architecture -- a surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in th...



  • The classic graphic novel by the landmark cartoonist is back in print for its twenty-fifth anniversaryCheap Novelties is an early testament to Ben Katchor''s extraordinary prescience as both a gifted cartoonist and an astute urban chronicler. Rumple...



  • “Every last page is worth a look.” -- Bustle Ben Katchor, “the most poetic, deeply layered artist ever to draw a comic strip” (New York Times Book Review), selects the best graphic pieces of the year. The Best American Comics 2017 showcases ...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ben Katchor has published 7 books.

Ben Katchor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Best American Comics 2017, was published in October 2017.

The first book by Ben Katchor, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories, was published in September 1996.

No. Ben Katchor does not write books in series.