first edition Pamphlet
2000 · Berkeley
by Cometbus, Aaron, compiler, editor, lettering
Berkeley: Aaron Cometbus, 2000. 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). (Inventory #: 220702)