{"id":6201,"date":"2025-04-08T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2025-04-07T21:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T21:39:32","slug":"return-to-the-snake-pit-daily-diary-comics-2022-2024-san-francisco-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/return-to-the-snake-pit-daily-diary-comics-2022-2024-san-francisco-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Snake Pit: Daily Diary Comics 2022-2024, San Francisco\u2013Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outsider art about punk, dogs, and aging parents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he&#8217;s drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6202\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This collection starts off in San Francisco, but&nbsp;aging parents and a&nbsp;major family emergency cause Ben&nbsp;to move&nbsp;back in Richmond, VA. After 23 years away, Snakepit returns to the place where it all started. His band breaks up, he turns 50, and the world and his life change dramatically, but Ben keeps bringing us a comic\u2014and a song\u2014every day throughout it all.&nbsp;Grown-up punks, fans of outsider art and diary comics, and anyone with aging parents will get it\u2014and once you get it, much like growing older, there&#8217;s no going back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Read on for a sneak peek at \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\">Return to the Snake Pit: Daily Diary Comics 2022-2024, San Francisco-Richmond<\/a><em> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/caroline-moore\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/ben-snakepit\">Ben Snakepit<\/a>, available for preorder from our site (shipping starts 5\/6\/25!) or your local bookseller (officially hitting shelves 6\/3\/25)!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-842x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-842x1024.png 842w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-768x934.png 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-1264x1536.png 1264w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-1685x2048.png 1685w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro-1320x1605.png 1320w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snakepit-intro.png 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-749x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-749x1024.png 749w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-768x1050.png 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-1124x1536.png 1124w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-1499x2048.png 1499w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt-1320x1804.png 1320w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snake-pit-excerpt.png 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Want to keep reading? Check out <\/strong><\/em><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\">Return to the Snake Pit: Daily Diary Comics 2022-2024, San Francisco-Richmond<\/a><em> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/caroline-moore\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/ben-snakepit\">Ben Snakepit<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><em><strong>available for preorder from our site or through an independent bookstore near you.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outsider art about punk, dogs, and aging parents In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he&#8217;s drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/return-to-the-snake-pit-daily-diary-comics-2022-2024-san-francisco-richmond\/\" title=\"Read Return to the Snake Pit: Daily Diary Comics 2022-2024, San Francisco\u2013Richmond\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,35,248],"class_list":["post-6201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-comics","tag-excerpt"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outsider art about punk, dogs, and aging parents<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he's drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"lightbox\":{\"enabled\":false},\"id\":6202,\"width\":\"547px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\"><img src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6202\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This collection starts off in San Francisco, but&nbsp;aging parents and a&nbsp;major family emergency cause Ben&nbsp;to move&nbsp;back in Richmond, VA. After 23 years away, Snakepit returns to the place where it all started. His band breaks up, he turns 50, and the world and his life change dramatically, but Ben keeps bringing us a comic\u2014and a song\u2014every day throughout it all.&nbsp;Grown-up punks, fans of outsider art and diary comics, and anyone with aging parents will get it\u2014and once you get it, much like growing older, there's no going back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Read on for a sneak peek at \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\">Return to the Snake Pit: Daily Diary Comics 2022-2024, San Francisco-Richmond<\/a><em> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/caroline-moore\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/ben-snakepit\">Ben Snakepit<\/a>, available for preorder from our site (shipping starts 5\/6\/25!) or your local bookseller (officially hitting shelves 6\/3\/25)!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:more -->\n","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outsider art about punk, dogs, and aging parents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he&#8217;s drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6202\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1034_blowup.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This collection starts off in San Francisco, but&nbsp;aging parents and a&nbsp;major family emergency cause Ben&nbsp;to move&nbsp;back in Richmond, VA. After 23 years away, Snakepit returns to the place where it all started. His band breaks up, he turns 50, and the world and his life change dramatically, but Ben keeps bringing us a comic\u2014and a song\u2014every day throughout it all.&nbsp;Grown-up punks, fans of outsider art and diary comics, and anyone with aging parents will get it\u2014and once you get it, much like growing older, there&#8217;s no going back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Read on for a sneak peek at \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/64635\">Return to the Snake Pit: Daily Diary Comics 2022-2024, San Francisco-Richmond<\/a><em> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/caroline-moore\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/artist\/ben-snakepit\">Ben Snakepit<\/a>, available for preorder from our site (shipping starts 5\/6\/25!) or your local bookseller (officially hitting shelves 6\/3\/25)!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6206,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201\/revisions\/6206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}