Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories #[nn]

This collection brings together the earliest installments of Ben Katchor's acclaimed comic strip, originally serialized in the weekly New York Press. The book follows the titular Julius Knipl, a melancholic real estate photographer navigating a surreal, decaying urban landscape of forgotten businesses and architectural oddities. Katchor's detailed, crosshatched artwork and poetic narratives capture a vanished New York City, blending mundane observation with absurdist humor and a deep sense of place.