The Shopping Mall Book

A single-issue comic from 1979 by cartoonist Rick Geary, The Shopping Mall Book is a meticulously observed, deadpan exploration of the suburban mall as a modern social and architectural phenomenon. Geary's signature crosshatched linework and wry, encyclopedic captions catalog the mall's rituals, shops, and human zoo, turning a banal landscape into a quirky, anthropological artifact. While it stands alone as a one-shot, this early work showcases the observational humor and precise draftsmanship that would define Geary's acclaimed career in graphic non-fiction.