{"product_id":"the-customer-is-always-wrong-9781770462823","title":"The Customer Is Always Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman's art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Customer is Always Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e is the saga of a young naïve artist named Madge working in a restaurant of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps. Oakland in the late seventies is a cheap and quirky haven for eccentrics and Mimi Pond folds the tales of the fascinating sleaze-ball characters that surround young Madge into her workaday waitressing life. Outrageous and loving tributes and takedowns of her co-workers and satellites of the Imperial Cafe create a snapshot of a time in Madge's life where she encounters who she is, and who she is not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in the same brash yet earnest style as her previous memoir \u003ci\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/i\u003e, Pond's storytelling gifts have never been stronger than in this epic, comedic, standalone graphic novel. Madge is right back at the Imperial with its great coffee and depraved cast, where things only get worse for her adopted greasy spoon family while her career as a cartoonist starts to take off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMimi Pond\u003c\/b\u003e is an American cartoonist, humorist, and writer. She wrote the pilot episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\" . She is the winner of the PEN Center USA award for Graphic Literature Outstanding Body of Work. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the artist Wayne White.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648815890706,"sku":"9781770462823","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9017457e-a847-4231-8734-42933062d6fb.jpg?v=1759834565","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-customer-is-always-wrong-9781770462823","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}