shows at collapse.................PAGE 16

THIS issue

editor: Ron Evans

contributors: Sarah Sims, Cory Calhoun, Skylar Hansford, Lindsay Breidenthal, Jamie Howell, Christopher F. Hart, JessicaDawn.Co, Anna Spencer, Holly Thorpe, Dan McConnell

crossword..................................PAGE 7 Funky boy tattoo.....................PAGE 8 write on the river...................PAGE 12 project pivot.............................PAGE 14 2 shows at collapse.................PAGE 16

ARTBEAT MAGAZINE.....................PAGE 19 the movie trailer dilemma.....PAGE 23 PORN TOONS......................................PAGE 24 EVERYTHING Is FINE.....................page 27 artemidorus..............................PAGE 30 awkward essentials................PAGE 34 star bitch...................................PAGE 38

issue #47 - september 2022

Sean Davis, Jessica Campbell and Mitchell Bryan - the subjects of Project Pivot

Meet y your microbes. N NE EW W E EX XH HIIB BIIT T

4 september 2022

THE COMET COMET HEADQUARTERS

Greetings,

To quote the Rhubarb Market ad on the back page… IS IT FUCKING AUTUMN YET?

Wildfire smoke gently rolling into the valley, laying translucent, cascading sheets of incinerated earth over the dusty foothills is about as poetically as I can put the familiar shit show of late summer in Wenatchee. Would we even know what to do without the smoke after all these years? Besides breathe right?

It also signals the sweet relief of Autumn. She’s in our sights, and all of the magical things that come along with it. We’ve almost made it. The angry psychopathic Super Mario Bros. sun has almost run out of hate for the season. I sat outside yesterday. ON PURPOSE. There’s hope. And yes, I know a lot of you weirdos love the heat and the sun and the summer attire. But this boy and his cheap three piece suit costume just can’t quite seem to…summer. So allow me my reveling.

I’m also reveling in the fact that I can barely keep up with all the events going on right now. I have modified the events page to be a little more visual - and a little more nostalgic for the older alternative newspapers I grew up reading like The Rocket. I actually chose the name The Comet because I wanted it to sound a bit like The Rocket. RIP. Also RIP The Stranger which is no longer being printed. Seems like a great time to be in the print media business. I always have my finger on the pulse of the financial world! Anyway, please help me expand that page by sending me events you think we should feature. So much happens that I don’t hear about and I’d love for The Comet to be your best bet for finding all the good shit to do. This includes you fine folks in Ellensburg and Yakima where our readership continues to grow at a durn fine pace.

Oh, and last month I put the call out for swingers to come forth and tell tales of their lifestyles. Since then, many of you have shared your stories, successes, MASSIVE failures and all sorts of arrangements that you have found happiness with. And not a single one wants to be published. Even with pseudonyms. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but I still am. Although the number one reason I was given for not going semi-public…not wanting family to find out. Now I really wanna talk to y’all! I hadn’t even given much thought about the judgment and possible ostracization that comes along with certain ways of life but that’s an interesting angle too. I’m gonna keep looking, but for now my swell scoop on local swingers (and there are lots of them!) will have to take the proverbial backseat. For now…

Happy Trails, Ron Evans Editor of The Comet