No, I'd rather be in print. No artist has a show every week. In spite of art school, Katchor's fascination with words dominates his work. He was once well known but has since been forgotten. The serialized story, now a book, ran for a year in the New York Jewish newspaper, The Forward.
All fiction incorporates fact.
Objects purporting to be connected with The Jew of New York are also displayed, including a beaver hat and a jar of pickled herring. Selections from the Philly exhibits of cartoon artist Ben Katchor. I did a lot of research. A continuing theme is the appreciation, even fetishization, of obscure objects and experiences in daily life. Then there's the bus tour drama company, which hires actors to impersonate people on the street, while the driver of the bus is said to comment on the quality of the performances through his driving.