Published by Aaron Cometbus, Berkeley, 2000
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
Pamphlet. [78]p., text neatly hand-lettered with a wraparound cover drawn by Nate Powell (crowd scene at the Dead End Cafe, a collective eatery and caterers), professional-quality layout and trimming, an 8.5x5.5 inch zine. Nice clean copy. Interviews conducted and transcribed by the editor establish the seductions of living co-operatively and drinking a lot of beer. Foreword claims it as part of the series "case studies in cultural anthropology," but this appears to be photocopied from another, more serious, anthropology book as a joke. Published shortly before the zine's 2004-2006 hiatus (the last issue before the hiatus was No. 49).
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Cometbus is 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. [Zinewiki]. No date shown; circa 1990's. Price written on front blank page. Keywords: Hand written, Punk Zine, Aaron Cometbus, San Francisco, Bay Area, Travels, Zine.