Snakepit Book, The : Daily Diary Comics 2001-2003 (Comix Journalism) - Softcover

Ben Snakepit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621067149 ISBN 13: 9781621067146

Publisher: MICROCOSM PUBLISHING, 2014

Synopsis

Everyday Ben White draws his life in three comic panels. There are punk shows, drinking binges, rotating girlfriends, some outstanding days and some where little happens. But each is chronicled by Ben into comic art. Jimmi Payne's Punk Zine summarises his work saying """"Taken individually, each strip resembles what a friend would say if you asked what they had done that day. Ben sifts through the minutiae of life as well as the full experience of time in a day... years of common actions load into a highly concentrated snapshot that wkaes you up.

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About the Author

Ben Snakepit has drawn a three-panel comic strip about his day, every single day since 2001. His comics have been collected in nine books over the past two decades. His books have received glowing reviews in publications like Vice, Maximum Rocknroll, Wizard magazine, USA Today and GQ. Born along bold, black-and-white lines in Berkeley, CA in 1968, Aaron Cometbus began publishing Cometbus at age 13, months before Maximum Rocknroll got off the ground in 1981. A few years later, Aaron participated in the Gilman Street Project and started his band Crimpshrine. By 1989, Crimpshrine had broken up and Aaron steadfastly focused on Cometbus, which he honed to focus on "punk anthropology," partly to create a legacy bigger than his broken-up band. He was involved with many more part time and project bands over the next twenty five years, such as Pinhead Gunpowder, Thorns of Life, Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, Redmond Shooting Stars, The Blank Fight, and filling in for Green Day and This Bike is a Pipe Bomb. Cometbus became a consistent and determined force to be reckoned with predating trends and inspiring legions of imitators. After over thirty years of steadfast involvement in the scene, virtually everyone you meet has an anecdote about meeting Aaron. Cometbus, when at its best, which is most of the time these days, is a perennial reminder that if we just apply hundreds of thousands of hours to one solitary task across 40 years, we too could become a Great American Classic.

Edition details

• Publisher: MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1621067149
• ISBN 13: 9781621067146
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288