Other Writing
In addition to writing for his own zine, Cometbus has contributed stories to several other zines such as Absolutely Zippo, Maximumrocknroll, and Tales of Blarg, occasionally writing under the pseudonym Skrub. His work is easily recognizable by his distinctive, block-lettered handwritten script. His handwriting also appears in the liner notes of early Green Day albums and Jawbreaker's Etc. compilation.
Double Duce (Last Gasp, 2003, ISBN 0-86719-586-X) is a novel based on Cometbus's life in a punk house called Double Duce, and collects material published in Cometbus issues 32, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, and 45.
A novel titled I Wish There Was Something That I Could Quit, was published on March 15, 2006. This novel was loosely based on his experiences in Pensacola, Florida during the start of the Iraq War and is arguably his most political work.
He has also released a few smaller collections of short stories, Mixed Reviews and Chicago Stories (self published, 2004), a small collection about Chicago originally published in "Cometbus" issues 35, 37, 38, 41, and 45.
Two collections have been translated into French, including En dépit de tout (1997). Double Duce has been translated into German and was published by Lautsprecherverlag as "Doppelzwei" in 2004.
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