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− | '''Snakepit''' is a [[comic]] [[zine]] by [[Ben Snakepit]], with a three-panel comic about each day of his life | + | '''Snakepit''' is a [[comic]] [[zine]] by [[Ben Snakepit]], with a three-panel comic about each day of his life. |
− | + | ''Snakepit'' has similarlarities to ''Jim's Journal'', which used to be in ''The Onion'': Ben has referenced Jim's Journal in interviews as one of his favourite comics. | |
− | + | Contributors have included [[Janelle Hessig]] of [[Tales Of Blarg]] zine, and [[Aaron Cometbus]], editor of [[Cometbus]]. A number of issues of Snakepit were released as [[split zine]]s with publications such as [[Clutch]], [[Gullible]], [[Amazing Adult Fantasy]] and [[Tight Pants]]. | |
− | + | The zine is put out as a quarterly, and Ben has also produced one-year anthologies. A book version, also called ''Snakepit'', was published in 2004 by [[Gorsky Press]]. With a forward by Aaron Cometbus, it features three years' worth of Ben's comic life. In 2007 a second book was released by Young American Comics, entitled ''My Life In A Jugular Vein: The Second Snakepit Book''. | |
− | [[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Comic Zine]] [[Category:Texas Zines]] | + | [[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Comic Zine]] [[Category:Texas Zines]] [[category:Split Zine]] [[category:Zines from the U.S.A.]] |
Latest revision as of 22:50, 28 April 2013
Snakepit is a comic zine by Ben Snakepit, with a three-panel comic about each day of his life.
Snakepit has similarlarities to Jim's Journal, which used to be in The Onion: Ben has referenced Jim's Journal in interviews as one of his favourite comics.
Contributors have included Janelle Hessig of Tales Of Blarg zine, and Aaron Cometbus, editor of Cometbus. A number of issues of Snakepit were released as split zines with publications such as Clutch, Gullible, Amazing Adult Fantasy and Tight Pants.
The zine is put out as a quarterly, and Ben has also produced one-year anthologies. A book version, also called Snakepit, was published in 2004 by Gorsky Press. With a forward by Aaron Cometbus, it features three years' worth of Ben's comic life. In 2007 a second book was released by Young American Comics, entitled My Life In A Jugular Vein: The Second Snakepit Book.