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In "The Customer Is Always Wrong," Mimi Pond extends the memoir of her formative years working at the Imperial Café, a hotspot for hippies, punks, and drug users. The book blends a vivid time capsule of California's late 1970s scene—deadheads, disco, casual sex, and widespread drug use—with a coming‑of‑age narrative that follows Pond’s transformation from a naïve, sexually inexperienced art‑school dropout into a self‑aware, self‑confident artist. Her witty, observant anecdotes paint a compelling portrait of a distinct cultural moment while charting her personal evolution.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Memoir
Authors: Mimi Pond
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