For all of those who missed this the first time around and, especially, those who wanted it but felt that the price of the hardcover was too expensive for their budgets, John Pham’s lyrically ironic ode to consumer youth culture, J & K is back in this very nicely done softcover edition – for half the price (less than half, actually, once you take four years of inflation into account) of the hardcover!  The printing quality on this edition is every bit as good as the hardcover.  The rich and subtle shades of coloration are all vibrantly reproduced on the same heavy uncoated stock, fully evoking the risograph process for which Pham is duly famous.  And all the micro-comics inserts from the hardcover have here been painstakingly reformatted to fit into full-page layouts.  The only thing missing is the 5” vinyl single itself.   In J & K, John Pham provides readers wirth a rare combination:  self-awareness, fun, and a high level of craft.