{"product_id":"beta-testing-the-ongoing-apocalypse-9781683964315","title":"Beta Testing the Ongoing Apocalypse","description":"This groundbreaking collection, originally published in an Eisner-nominated, smaller edition a decade ago, has only proven more prescient and resonant to our contemporary times than ever. For this new edition, Kaczynski created the original stories Billion Dollar Budget and Rediscovery of the Real and annotations. There's also a new foreword by science fiction writer Christopher Brown (\u003cem\u003eTropic of Kansas\u003c\/em\u003e) and an entirely new cover design. Tom Kaczynski's graphic short stories trace a complex space-time trajectory from the smallest corporate cubicle out to farthest fathoms of the multiverse. Occult economics, metaphysical traffic jams, Marxist zombies on Mars, secret architectural societies, designer ghosts from the future, and demographics demons are just a few elements of a new untested future eschatology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaczynski, Tom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTom Kaczynski\u003c\/b\u003e learned to read English by reading American capitalist comics in communist Poland. His comics have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePunk Planet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBackwards City Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Minneapolis with his girlfriend Nikki and two cats.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and finalist for the 2018 Campbell Award for best science fiction novel. He has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMIT Technology Review\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482178294034,"sku":"9781683964315","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_92f6b13d-9ab2-4737-944e-dca467fddc62.jpg?v=1730340361","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beta-testing-the-ongoing-apocalypse-9781683964315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}