Snake Pit Gets Old

Daily Diary Comics 2010-2012

By: Ben Snakepit

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Paperback | 31 July 2015 | Edition Number 2

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Paperback
288 Pages

Age
14 - 70

Dimensions(cm)
20.4 x 15.3

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Ben Snakepit returns with an all-new book of daily diary comics, continuing to draw years of his life day by day in three-panel comic format. No matter how mundane the events of each day appear at the time, and without being able to know what the future will hold from one panel to the next, a narrative always begins to emerge in Ben's life as characters re-appear and interact with him at 'Some Shitty Job,' at the local taqueria, out socializing, or at home. As the title implies, Ben transitions from the pants-pooping idiocy of youth to the dark, sobering responsibilities of adulthood. Read along in amazement as he quits his bands, gets a real job, has a kidney stone removed and much much more. A truly existential text that can be (uh, 18+) fun for the whole family!Read an interview with Ben on our blog!

Industry Reviews

"Somehow, even in the overwhelming face of the modern world's overpowering doldrums, Snakepit continues to be one of the most entertaining diary strips around." - Brian Heater, Boing Boing

"Ben's shitty comics have created a book that's impossible to put down, with lessons usually reserved for more pretentious art." --Vice Magazine

"Snakepit stands out for the foolishness of the protagonist's life. The endless punk rock shows,
drinking binges, and rotating girlfriends makes life seem both utterly meaningless and yet still there's a power there...or at least an energy of some kind. A little crudely lived, but with gusto, and crudely recorded as little comic strips." --James Kochalka

"Perhaps Snakepit's life is in a rut, but he's basically happy, especially when he has a girlfriend, and what he records simultaneously with his own adventures is a bohemian, or lumpen bohemian, scene healthier and miles less pretentious than, say, Verlaine and Rimbaud's Parisian niche or the Beats' conclaves in Paris and San Francisco." --Booklist

" ... Empathic, generous, and all-around good time of a journal-cum-comic-strip-collection."
-Austin Chronicle

"One of the most amazing graphic novels I've ever shamefully sped through in a half-hour." -Sleaze Grinder

"Ben's comic is the visual embodiment of what I really enjoy about DIY punk. " --Razorcake

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