COMETBUS #52

Cometbus #52

by Aaron Cometbus

This issue is devoted entirely to one The Spirit of St. Louis, Or, How To Break Your Own Heart, A Tragedy In 24 Parts. "It all starts with the story I've told so many times it's turned stale and tired from overuse. There I was, dropped off in a city far from home. I didn't know a soul or have a hope, and so on...". Cometbus #52 introduces us to a new ragtag cast of punks and weirdos, struggling to build a community amongst their own personal troubles. The citizens of sleepy St. Louis attempt to persevere through love and theft and death. Issue 52 explores the idea of support and how often in punk communities, it can appear to be lacking. In the end, your surrogate family is the only family you have left.

Genres: Music

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Aaron Elliott, better known as Aaron Cometbus, is a drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist" and author of Cometbus, a seminal punk rock zine.

Reviews

[Hokomoko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this finely phrased, nostalgic and moving novella. It has elements of a coming of age story yet it turns constantly on introspective reflection on counterculture and its dreadful cost on those who try to *live together* yet at the same time *outside society.*

I look forward to his upcoming publications and will work my way back through his work as I get the chance.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ends with a climax. Weird story. I felt like the author skipped a lot of background so somethings were confusing.

[Brendan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great sad story.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find all his stuff very readable. Better than the zine medium maybe has any right to be - a pleasantly low-stakes intersection of fiction and journal-entry/memoir earnestness.

[Sylvain Gagné · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 et la version originale en Anglais est certainement meilleure que celle que j'ai (traduite en français)

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and engaging and sad.

[Mikey Reidling · Rating 5 out of 5]

this may be my favorite issue ever, possibly because it's so relatable to anyone that has been in a similar scene.

[Trent Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this