Procure Living Situations (As You Were #4) Fabricated By Mitch Clem Displayed In Manuscript

volume of this delightful anthology of punk comics focuses on housing, so there's all kinds of desperate living depicted, including plenty of bad roommate stories, and presented in a generally lighthearted, entertaining fashion.
The relatively swanky paperback format is unexpected with such a zinelike project in a good way, Overall, this brought back lots of fond and notsofond memories of all the trouble I used to get into in my younger days,outta. The horrid cover art proves the old maxim as there are many awesome pieces inside, If you liked the first three, then this is recommended, As it is not as solid as the earlier ones, if this is the first you've heard of the title, check out the first one, "silver"

I am so glad to be done with the three of these that I had bought,

These authors are simply dorks that listen to punk music and their storytelling and art are Junior Varsity and Fresh/Soph, I love this anthology Mitch Clem and Avi Ehrlich always put together a talented and varied roster of cartoonists, and most of them fall outside of my limited comics radar, which is refreshing.
The theme of issueis "Living Situations," and it probably ties with issuesitelink"House Shows" as my favorite one so far, My personal favorite stories were "Nightmare on Milwaukee Avenue" by Nomi Kane which was so good I immediately read it to my wife, and "Buying the Baron's House" by Erin K Wilson an ambitious story told through two parallel timelines.
But they're all good. This is the fourth volume of Mitch Clem's excellent As You Were series of comics anthologies, all of which I recommend wholeheartedly, The selection of work here presents a wide variety of viewpoints under a very broad umbrella of "punk," while the authors are a combination of can'tmiss favorites like Liz Prince and lesserknown but very talented ones like Steve Thueson and Erin Wilson.
The real value in all of these anthologies is the way in which they introduce the reader to a much wider variety of talent, all of it wellchosen, than their short lengths would suggest.
An anthology collecting complete original short stories from our favorite comic book artists that grew up in punkrock communities, The theme for this fourth volume is "Living Situations" withcontributions spanning the globe with a variety of gender identities and ethnicity, Beautiful and captivating, this volume has it all with tales of adventure, love, loss, chaos, friendship, cats, science fiction and psychedelic fantasy,

Artists include: Aimée Pijpers, Alex Barrett, Alex Krokus, Andra Passen, Andy Warner, Autumn Ballard, Ben Passmore, Ben Snakepit, Brad Dwyer, Carolina Porras, Chris Mindtree, Emily Timm, Erin K Wilson, Evan Wolff, James the Stanton, Jim Kettner, Josh PM, Joshum, Kriss Stress, Lindsay Anne Watson, Liz Prince, Liz Suburbia, Meg Has Issues, Mel, Nomi Kane, Rachel Dukes, Rick V, Rob Cureton, Sam Grinberg, Sarah Graley, Shannon Knox, Steve Larder, Steve Thueson, Will Laren, and Wyeth Yates.
.stars. A mixed bag with a few really enjoyable stories, but most were average or slight below, I like these anthologies as I get introduced to new creators so from that perspective, it does it's job, Overall though, hard to recommend as I'm not sure if I'll return to it again, I love this series. Mitch Clem. sigh Best known for his early punkthemed webcomic Nothing Nice To Say and less so for his autobio strip My Stupid Life, Clem has been relatively quiet for the last few years.
I get it. As a sporadic artist myself, it can be very hard to keep those creative fires burning, So, if we cant have new Mitch Clem comics, I suppose the next best thing is a new issue of his “punk comix anthology,” the living situationthemed “As You Were.
” With contributions from such notables as Liz Prince, Liz Suburbia, Ben Snakepit, and early works by Nomi Kane and Sarah Graley, its the comic book equivalent of “all killer, no filler.
” Despite a wide variety of tones and styles, every piece in “As You Were” is excellent, proving that, though he may no longer be a consistent

maker of comics, hes still very successful at compiling them.


FAVORITES:
“Draws A Comic About Every Human He Has Lived With” by Rick V Literally, comic stripstyle gags about every roommate the creator has lived with.

“Nightmare On Milwaukee Avenue” by Nomi Kane Future comics superstar Nomi Kane recalls living with a male roommate who was lets say uncomfortable unreasonably, obviously with her female bodily functions.

“Roomate From Hell” by Ben Snakepit A clever inversion of the other pieces, Snakepit explains why HES the worst roommate to live with, Mitch Clem first gained recognition for his comic series Nothing Nice to Say, a satire of punk music and culture, before moving on to the autobiographical comics San Antonio Rock City and My Stupid Life.
He also created and curated the punk rock comic zine As You Were, and has drawn album art, merch, and flyers for hundreds of bands, He lives in San Antonio, TX with his wife fellow cartoonist Amanda Kirk and their daughter, .