Despite everything: a Cometbus omnibus. (Zine Thing).I raved about Aaron Cometbus' 'zine tor a long time, just as I have been reading it for the last 13 of its 20-or-so year existence. This is a book--in Cometbus terms a huge book--of collected stories from Cometbus over the years. It doesn't seem to follow a particular order, but that's fine as it does not need (nor is probably meant to be) read cover to cover. It's better to thumb through and find something interesting, read it, and find something else somewhere, and then you'll never really I know if you've read the whole thing although you might recognize something. Aaron is Aaron ben Nisi was a Jewish ruler of the Khazars mentioned in the Khazar Correspondence. He reigned around the year 900 CE. Little is known about his reign. As with other Bulanid rulers, it is unclear whether Aaron was Khagan or Khagan Bek of the Khazars, although the latter is the prose laureate lau·re·ate adj. 1. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction: "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag" James Traub. 2. of punk rock Nobody captures what he captures like he captures it: Dumpster diving dumpster diving - /dump'-ster di:'-ving/ 1. The practice of sifting refuse from an office or technical installation to extract confidential data, especially security-compromising information ("dumpster" is an Americanism for what is elsewhere called a "skip"). , scams, cereal reviews, an essay on "punk rock love" (which Harper's wanted to censor censor (sĕn`sər), title of two magistrates of ancient Rome (from c.443 B.C. to the time of Domitian). They took the census (by which they assessed taxation, voting, and military service) and supervised public behavior. , edit, and print!), scene reviews, aimless wandering, squatting squatting /squat·ting/ (skwaht´ing) a position with hips and knees flexed, the buttocks resting on the heels; sometimes adopted by the parturient at delivery or by children with certain types of cardiac defects. , touring with bands, making out with punk rock girls, comics, photocopy art--the list goes on, seemingly forever. This is seriously one of the best things you are going to read in a very long time, so I suggest you head on down to the local punk rock record store or independent book store and get it; it's only $15 bucks. And if you live in a place where there aren't little punk rock stores or independent bookstores, I recommend this book even more. Look up Last Gasp publisher (www.lastgasp.com) and order it online. |
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