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Chicago Seed
''The Chicago Seed'' was an underground newspaper published biweekly in Chicago, Illinois from May 1967 to 1974; there were 121 issues published in all. It was notable for its colorful psychedelic graphics and its eclectic, non-doctrinaire radical politics. Important events covered by ''Seed'' writers and artists were the trial of the Chicago Eight, Woodstock, and the murder of Fred Hampton. At its peak, the ''Seed'' circulated between 30,000 and 40,000 copies, with national distribution. Publication history After attending the March 1967 Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) gathering held in Stinson Beach, California, artist Don Lewis and Earl Segal (a.k.a. the Mole, owner of the Mole Hole, a local head shop) launched the ''Seed'' and joined UPS. Peck, Abe. ''Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press'' (New York: Pantheon Books, 1985). (The paper also later became a subscriber to the Liberation News Service.) Lester Dore took over the art direction whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground Newspaper
The terms underground press or clandestine press refer to periodicals and publications that are produced without official approval, illegally or against the wishes of a dominant (governmental, religious, or institutional) group. In specific recent (post-World War II) Asian, American and Western European context, the term "underground press" has most frequently been employed to refer to the independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the counterculture A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.Eric Donald Hirsch. ''The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy''. Hou ... of the late 1960s and early 1970s in India and Bangladesh in Asia, in the United States and Canada in North America, and the United Kingdom and other western nations. It can also refer to the newspapers produced independently in repressive regimes. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screw (magazine)
''Screw'' is a pornographic online magazine published in the United States aimed at heterosexual men; it was originally published as a weekly tabloid newspaper. The publication, which was described as "raunchy, obnoxious, usually disgusting, and sometimes political," was a pioneer in bringing hardcore pornography into the American mainstream during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Founder Al Goldstein won a series of nationally significant court cases addressing obscenity. At its peak, ''Screw'' sold 140,000 copies a week. Publication history In November 1968 in New York, Al Goldstein and his partner Jim Buckley, investing $175 each, founded ''Screw'' as a weekly underground newspaper. An an initial price of 25¢, a statement on the cover offered " Jerk-Off Entertainment for Men". Beginning in 1969, ''Screw'' co-founder Jim Buckley founded ''Screw'''s short-lived "sister" tabloid ''Gay'', edited by ''Screw'' columnists Jack Nichols and Lige Clarke. (''Gay'' continued until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Oracle
''The Oracle of the City of San Francisco'', also known as the ''San Francisco Oracle,'' was an underground newspaper published in 12 issues from September 20, 1966, to February 1968 in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of that city. Allen Cohen (poet), Allen Cohen (1940–2004), the editor during the paper's most vibrant period, and Michael Bowen (artist), Michael Bowen, the art director, were among the founders of the publication. The ''Oracle'' was an early member of the Underground Press Syndicate. The ''Oracle'' combined poetry, spirituality, and multicultural interests with Psychedelia, psychedelic design, reflecting and shaping the Counterculture of the 1960s, countercultural community as it developed in the Haight-Ashbury. Arguably the outstanding example of psychedelia within the countercultural "underground" press, the publication was noted for experimental multicolored design. ''Oracle'' contributors included many significant San Francisco–area artists of the time, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day-Glo
The Day-Glo Color Corp. (also styled as DayGlo) is a privately held American paint and pigments manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1946 by brothers Joseph and Robert Switzer and is currently owned by RPM International. It specializes in fluorescent paint and pigments, such as those used in safety applications, artwork and signage. It invented black-light fluorescent and daylight fluorescent paints and nondestructive testing methods using fluorescent dyes. History Robert and Joseph Switzer of Berkeley, California began investigating fluorescence in the 1930s using a black light to identify naturally occurring fluorescent compounds.Ensminger, David. "Black Light Panthers: The Politics of Fluorescence," ''Art in Print'' Vol. 5 No. 2 (July–August 2015). By mixing these compounds with shellac, they invented the first black light fluorescent paints. Joseph used these paints in his amateur magic show and sold magic kits based on the black light fluoresce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb (; born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture. Crumb is a prolific artist and contributed to many of the seminal works of the underground comix movement in the 1960s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, ''Zap Comix'', contributing to all 16 issues. He was additionally contributing to the ''East Village Other'' and many other publications, including a variety of one-off and anthology comics. During this time, inspired by psychedelics and cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, he introduced a wide variety of characters that became extremely popular, including countercultural icons Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, and the images from his '' Keep On Truckin''' strip. Sexual themes abounded in all these projects, often shading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Roslof
James Paul Roslof (November 21, 1946March 19, 2011) was an American artist who produced cover art and interior illustrations of fantasy role-playing games published by TSR, Inc. during the "golden age" of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. As Art Director at TSR in the early 1980s, he was also responsible for hiring many of the young artists who would go on to careers in the fantasy role-playing industry. Roslof created the cover for '' Keep on the Borderlands'', of which more than one million copies were sold. Early life and career Jim Roslof was born November 21, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, to Edward E. and Gertrude (Kibitlewski) Roslof. Early in his career in the late 1960s, Jim Roslof was a contributor of cover art to the counterculture underground newspaper '' Chicago Seed''. At TSR By 1979, Roslof had joined Erol Otus, Bill Willingham, Jeff Dee, Paul Reiche, and Evan Robinson as a staff artist at TSR, Inc. in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Over the next year, he provided interior art for: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Lynch
Jay Patrick Lynch (January 7, 1945 – March 5, 2017) was an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his ''Bijou Funnies'' and other titles. He is best known for his comic strip ''Nard n' Pat'' and the running gag ''Um tut sut''.Lynch bio Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Accessed Mar. 8, 2017. His work is sometimes signed Jayzey Lynch. Lynch was the main writer for '' Bazooka Joe'' comics from 1967 to 1990; he contributed to '' Mad'', and in the 2000s expanded into the children's book field. Biography Lynch was born in |
Skip Williamson
Mervyn "Skip" Williamson (August 19, 1944 – March 16, 2017) was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Williamson's art was published in the '' National Lampoon'', ''High Times'', ''the Realist'', ''the Industrial Worker'', the '' Chicago Seed'', ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and others. His best-known character is '' Snappy Sammy Smoot''."Skip Williamson," ''Lambiek Comiclopedia''. Accessed March 31, 2017. Biography Childhood Williamson was born in , but later moved to |
Underground Comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality, and violence. They were most popular in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s, and in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Barbara "Willy" Mendes, Trina Robbins and numerous other cartoonists created underground titles that were popular with readers within the counterculture scene. Punk had its own comic artists like Gary Panter. Long after their heyday, underground comix gained prominence with films and television shows influenced by the movement and with mainstream comic books, but their legacy is most obvious with alternative comics. History United States The United States underground comics scene emerged in the 1960s, focusing on subjects dear to the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaleidoscope (newspaper)
''Kaleidoscope'' was an underground newspaper that was published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA]. Founded by John Kois, the radio disk jockey Bob Reitman and John Sahli (a member of The Shag), it was published from October 6, 1967, to November 11, 1971, printing 105 biweekly issues. The paper's first issue was printed with a borrowed $250 in an edition of 3,500 copies, which sold out in two days. In the first anniversary issue of ''Kaleidoscope'' a brief history of the paper's origins appeared: '"The need for a Milwaukee-based underground newspaper was apparent early in 1967. It was talked about, tentative plans made and loose alliances formed, throughout the spring and summer, but nothing definite was done until July, when George Richard, a happy man of business, offered to underwrite the first issue. The first "staff" meeting was held in the Knickerbocker Coffee Shop. It was quite a crew: Bob Reitman, cemetery managing rock freak poet; John Sahli, industrial designing former gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is a park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. Several museums and a zoo are located between North Avenue (1600 N) and Diversey Parkway (2800 N) in the Lincoln Park, Chicago, eponymous neighborhood. Further to the north, the park is characterized by parkland, Chicago beaches#Lincoln Park Beaches, beaches, recreational areas, nature reserves, and harbors. To the south, there is a more narrow strip of beaches east of Lake Shore Drive, almost to downtown. With 20 million visitors per year, Lincoln Park is the second-most-visited city park in the United States, behind Central Park. The park's recreational facilities include baseball/softball fields, basketball courts, beach volle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Rubin
Jerry Clyde Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1980s, he became a successful businessman. He is known for being one of the co-founders of the Youth International Party (YIP), whose members were referred to as Yippies, and standing trial in the Chicago Seven case. Early life and education Rubin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Esther (Katz), a homemaker, and Robert Rubin, a trucker who later became a Teamsters' union official. Rubin attended Cincinnati's Walnut Hills High School, co-editing the school newspaper, ''The Chatterbox'' and graduating in 1956. While in high school Rubin began to write for ''The Cincinnati Post'', compiling sports scores from high school games. He attended Oberlin College, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and later went on to graduate from the University of Cincinnati, receiving a degree in history. Rubin attended the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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