{"product_id":"gesticulating-gentrification-9781772621099","title":"Gesticulating Gentrification","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA graphic memoir about housing insecurity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCartoonist and musician Rick Trembles grew up in the suburbs of Montreal, in the house his father, Canadian Golden Age Cartoonist Jack Tremblay (\u003ci\u003eCrash Carson\u003c\/i\u003e), paid for as a commercial illustrator. Encouraged by his father's cartooning, inspired by underground comic artists like Robert Crumb, and propelled by the DIY ethos of the burgeoning punk scene, Rick gave in to his own natural drive to create and built a life full of art and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the comics industry had changed since Jack Tremblay found success, and Rick followed his heart into alt-comics. Mainstream cartoonists were already making less money, and alt-comic artists were making even less from their art--if anything at all. When Rick first moved out, he couch-hopped from one messy band rehearsal space to another, finally settling on a small apartment above a pool hall, where he worked on zines and wrote music--until he wasn't able to make rent. This is just the first stop in a series of insecure housing situations made worse by gentrification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGesticulating Gentrification\u003c\/i\u003e, Trembles provides a close and honest look at the challenges faced by people living in precarious housing, the constant threat of being forced out by gentrification, and the social and health problems that result from all of it. But this graphic memoir isn't only about social issues--it also provides a rare glimpse at a bygone version of Montreal and the DIY culture that thrived there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Trembles\u003c\/b\u003e is a Montreal-based illustrator, post-underground cartoonist, writer, filmmaker, and musician. Two books of his Motion Picture Purgatory comix have been published by the UK's Fab Press. His comix have been published in internationally distributed books, periodicals, and anthologies, including Robert Crumb's \u003ci\u003eWeirdo\u003c\/i\u003e, and Fantagraphics Books' \u003ci\u003ePictopia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree of his books, \u003ci\u003eRepresented Immobilized\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weakly Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGesticulating Gentrification\u003c\/i\u003e, have been published by Conundrum Press. He frequently archives his work at his website www.snubdom.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Conundrum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298505556242,"sku":"9781772621099","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6504879-bd7e-4fd5-ab39-707b9b62bffa.jpg?v=1747824374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gesticulating-gentrification-9781772621099","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}