{"product_id":"9781734108781","title":"Forty Hour Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs it a career, or a series of lame jobs? Stephen Beaupre and Steve Lafler pose this timeless question inForty Hour Man, a hilarious saga of one working stiff's journey into the minimum wage heart of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Lafler wields a most appealing, cartoony style, half The Simpsons , half Peter Bagge's Bradleys , and Beaupre is the lower-middle-class working-stiff spokesman par excellence. An awful lotta guys will identify.\" - Ray Olson, Booklist Publisher Marketing : Is it a career, or a series of really lame jobs? Stephen Beaupre (author) and Steve Lafler (cartoonist) pose this timeless question in Forty Hour Man , a hilarious saga of one working stiff's three-decade journey into the minimum wage heart of the American Dream. It's all here - from scrubbing a steakhouse floor with a toothbrush to going bust in the Internet boom. Every bad boss. Every crazy co-worker. All the more shocking because it's true! Stephen Beaupre is a writer, editor, and unrepentant amateur musician. He is best known to comic aficionados as the former co-publisher of the Cat-Head Comics imprint and editor of Buzzard , the 90's preeminent comic anthology. Post-comic pursuits include Beyond the Fringe , a long-running humor column featured in Worcester Magazine , and hard time in the Internet trench as writer\/editor for popular online destinations such as Angelfire , Tripod , and Monster . He is inordinately fond of pancakes. Contributor Bio: Beaupre, Stephen Stephen Beaupre is a writer, editor, and unrepentant amateur musician. He is best known to comic aficionados as the former co-publisher of the Cat-Head Comics imprint and editor of Buzzard, the 90's preeminent comic anthology. Post-comic pursuits include Beyond the Fringe, a long-running humor column featured in Worcester Magazine, and hard time in the Internet trench as writer\/editor for popular online destinations such as Angelfire, Tripod, and Monster. He is inordinately fond of pancakes. Contributor Bio: Lafler, Steve Graphic novelist, creator of BugHouse and 1956 Book One: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021-09-01\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cat-Head Comics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46477393821827,"sku":"9781734108781","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781734108781.jpg?v=1770291294","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9781734108781","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}