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'''[[Jeff Chapman]]''' published the zines [[Infiltration]] and [[Yip]] under the aliases '''"Ninjalicious"''' and '''"Milky Puppy"''' respectively. He also compiled the [[one-shot]] [[Now You're Cooking With Food]] and appeared on the radio program ''This American Life''.
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'''[[Cometbus]]''' was a punk [[zine]], started in Berkeley, California in 1983 by Aaron Cometbus, born Aaron Elliot. For the past 20 years Aaron has been self-publishing his usually handwritten zine, including band interviews, diaries and observations on the punk subculture in the San Francisco Bay Area and from his travels, many of which involve long, grueling cross-country rides on Greyhound buses.
  
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He maintained a vocal presence on [[alt.zines]], wrote the last published draft of its FAQ file, and was generally considered its de facto moderator. A lover of subtle, cryptic humor, Chapman kept separate post office boxes for ''Infiltration'' and ''Yip'' and often cracked jokes at his own expense.
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Aaron Cometbus' writing captures a slice of life in Oakland and Berkeley, California from the late 1980s through the 1990s. This includes squatting, collective living, falling in love and other perils of the punk rock lifestyle. His writing is characterized by stories of loneliness and alienation, tempered with episodes of brightness and perennial hope in the ability of humans to connect to one another.
  
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In September 2005, at age 31, Chapman died of a long-term illness. He was widely mourned in the zine community.
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One unique factor with Cometbus was more people bought it directly from the publisher than any other zine.  Aaron's travels led him accross the U.S. where he'd meet zinesters, fans, and make many new fans selling his zine at shows, conventions, punk houses, parties, book stores and on the street to people he'd meet. In the 1990s he became a human connection between zine publishers in different cities and at conventions and on [[alt.zines]] it seemed every other zinester had an a story about meeting Aaron Cometbus.
  
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Cometbus #45

Cometbus was a punk zine, started in Berkeley, California in 1983 by Aaron Cometbus, born Aaron Elliot. For the past 20 years Aaron has been self-publishing his usually handwritten zine, including band interviews, diaries and observations on the punk subculture in the San Francisco Bay Area and from his travels, many of which involve long, grueling cross-country rides on Greyhound buses.

Aaron Cometbus' writing captures a slice of life in Oakland and Berkeley, California from the late 1980s through the 1990s. This includes squatting, collective living, falling in love and other perils of the punk rock lifestyle. His writing is characterized by stories of loneliness and alienation, tempered with episodes of brightness and perennial hope in the ability of humans to connect to one another.

One unique factor with Cometbus was more people bought it directly from the publisher than any other zine. Aaron's travels led him accross the U.S. where he'd meet zinesters, fans, and make many new fans selling his zine at shows, conventions, punk houses, parties, book stores and on the street to people he'd meet. In the 1990s he became a human connection between zine publishers in different cities and at conventions and on alt.zines it seemed every other zinester had an a story about meeting Aaron Cometbus.

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