Overview
In a sense, despite turning the big 3-0, Ben Snakepit captures the same spirit in the comics he draws to summarise each and every day of nearly the last decade of his life. In his second collection condensing the last three years we see our hero move to and from Canada, tour the world with J Church, hang out with the Sainte Catherines, meet Mike Watt, get caught in the throes of whirlwind romances and we're there to watch helplessly as he gets his heart broken. There's also more pants-shitting, Adderall tripping and days of doing absolutely nothing to keep the old school fans happy. Also keeping with tradition there's a song allocated to each day and this collection comes with a mix cd of some of those songs for the maximum Snakepit life experience. Voted Best Minicomic - Wizard March 2006! Voted Best local comic Austin Statesman 2006!
Full Product Details
Author: Ben Snakepit
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.369kg
ISBN: 9780978866556
ISBN 10: 097886655
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 June 2007
Recommended Age: From 15 years
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
.. .new book out, My Life in a Jugular Vein. It's three more years of daily DIY punk life, three comic panels for every day of the year. It comes with a CD, too. We didn't put this book out, (we put out the first) I know Ben really well, and we decided just to talk instead of writing a review that'd make us both feel real uncomfortable and weird. -- Razorcake
Also paving his path in the autobiographical comic genre is local punk rocker/comic artist/ramblin' man Ben Snakepit who documents every day of his life -- warts and all -- in his comic book, Snakepit. While many of his three-panel-per-day strips are of the typical went to work, got drunk and/or stoned, and passed out variety, the majority chronicles life on the road with his bands (including J Church), his many video- and record-store jobs, the anxieties and thrills associated with the life of a modern-day punk rock vagabond, and his escapades with the ladies (falling in and out of love with a Suicide Girl, getting engaged and then breaking up with a girl from Canada he met online, etc.). My Life in a Jugular Vein spans Ben's life from 2004 to 2007 and features his crude yet capable scribble-style, hastily rendered artwork. Comparisons to the artistry of Dave Cooper, Adrian Tomine, and Chris Ware are a long way off, but like the raw, DIY music he loves and champions in his comics, the art conveys his message effectively. -- Austin Chronicle
Author Information
Ben Snakepit is a freelance artist and author of the zinesGoing to California, Pills, and Snakepit. He lives in Austin, Texas.
