Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories

A single, substantial volume from Pantheon, Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories collects Ben Katchor's decades of urban-absurdist comic strips. Through meticulously detailed, melancholic drawings, the book observes the overlooked rituals and bizarre infrastructures of city life—from the titular hand-drying to the economics of obsolete signage. Katchor's singular vision, honed since the 1980s, makes this a definitive archive of his work, revealing the strange poetry hidden in everyday commerce and architecture.