Aaron Cometbus es un baterista, letrista y autor del influyente fanzine de punk rock, Cometbus. Se describe a sí mismo como un "antropólogo punk", que profundiza en las entrañas de la subcultura punk a través de su escritura. Su obra se centra en representaciones auténticas de las vidas y pensamientos de aquellos en los márgenes de la sociedad. Su escritura es cruda, honesta y perspicaz, ofreciendo una ventana única a un mundo a menudo pasado por alto.
Told in personal interviews, this is the collective story of a punk community in an unlikely town and region, a hub of radical counterculture that drew artists and musicians from throughout the conservative South and earned national renown. číst celé
A collection of the classic, out-of-print issues of Cometbus magazine, the follow-up to Despite Everything (Last Gasp, 2003), the best-of collection from the first two decades of the magazine. Add Toner includes 'Lanky', a novella, 'Back to the Land', an oral history of the children of hippie homesteaders, plus 60 more short stories and interviews. The text is lovingly handwritten, interspersed with bold graphics and illustrations.