Ben Snakepit returns with an all-new book of daily diary comics, continuing to draw years of his life, day-by-day in three panel comic format. Not knowing what the future will hold and no matter how mundane each appears at the time, an apparent narrative always begins to emerge in Ben's life as characters re-appear and interact with him at "Some Shitty Job," at the local tacqueria, or at home. As the title implies, Ben transitions from the pants-pooping idiocy of youth to the dark, sobering responsibilites of adulthood. Read along in amazement as he quits his bands, gets a real job, has a kidney stone removed and much much more. A truly existential text that can be 18+ fun for the whole family!
About the Author :
Tom Neely is a painter and cartoonist best known for the cult-hit indie comic bookHenry & Glenn Forever, which he created with his artist collective the Igloo Tornado. His art has been featured in galleries in California and New York, in dozens of magazines and literary journals, and on album covers. His debut graphic novel,The Blot, earned him an Ignatz Award and made it onto several of the industry’s “Best of 2007” lists as well as theComics Journal’s “Best Graphic Novels of the Decade 2000–2010.” He authored the Melvins comic book,Your Disease Spread Quick, a collection of comic strip poems called Brilliantly Ham-fisted, and the painted novel,The Wolf. He lives in Los Angeles. Rob Halford is the openly gay singer of Judas Priest.
Ben Snakepit: Ben Snakepit is a freelance artist, video store employee, and bass player for the popular punk band J-Church. He has also played in The Sword. He’s publishied Snake Pit since the summer of 2000.
Review :
Somehow, even in the overwhelming face of the modern world's overpowering doldrums, Snakepit continues to be one of the most entertaining diary strips around. - Brian Heater, Boing Boing "Ben's shitty comics have created a book that's impossible to put down, with lessons usually reserved for more pretentious art." --Vice Magazine
"Snakepit stands out for the foolishness of the protagonist's life. The endless punk rock shows,
drinking binges, and rotating girlfriends makes life seem both utterly meaningless and yet still there's a power there...or at least an energy of some kind. A little crudely lived, but with gusto, and crudely recorded as little comic strips." --James Kochalka
"Perhaps Snakepit's life is in a rut, but he's basically happy, especially when he has a girlfriend, and what he records simultaneously with his own adventures is a bohemian, or lumpen bohemian, scene healthier and miles less pretentious than, say, Verlaine and Rimbaud's Parisian niche or the Beats' conclaves in Paris and San Francisco." --Booklist
" ... Empathic, generous, and all-around good time of a journal-cum-comic-strip-collection."
-Austin Chronicle
"One of the most amazing graphic novels I've ever shamefully sped through in a half-hour." -Sleaze Grinder
"Ben's comic is the visual embodiment of what I really enjoy about DIY punk. " --Razorcake
