Outsider art about punk, dogs, and aging parents
Endorsement
"I've been reading Snakepit comics for seventeen years, and though the comic itself is largely funny and cute, it's also a testament to Ben's ability to render himself vulnerable. It's an honest account of millennial life, a true act of endurance art at its finest."
—Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females, Noun, Merriment)
Endorsement
"Ben Snakepit's diaries are the GenX-punk comfort food of comics."
—MariNaomi, GenX punk
In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he's drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane. This collection starts off in San Francisco, but aging parents and a major family emergency cause Ben to move back in Richmond, VA. After 23 years away, Snakepit returns to the place where it all started.
SUBJECT: Memoir / Comics / Punk / Humor / Microcosm Published / Adulting
PUBLICATION: Jun 3, 2025
PRICE: $19.99
ISBN: 9781648415623
FORMAT: paperback, 8x6", 288 pages
WHOLESALE: $11.99
CARTON QTY: 24
ART: b&w illustrations throughout
Marketing Notes
- Microcosm has sold 12,000 copies of authors’ previous books (not counting a handful of collections put out by other publishers)
- Author won an ALA award for My Life in a Jugular Vein (9780978866556)
- Author was recently featured in the documentary about Fugazi titled Instrument
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.
A small, innovative publishing house, Microcosm Publishing specializes in work designed to make the reader feel good about being alive, take an active role in bettering their life, and impact the world around them. Microcosm has developed a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, politics, and art. Our books are printed in the USA.
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