Helix Vol. I No. 3 1/2, May 4, 1967 Extra Thursday Edition

DORPAT, Paul with John Cunnick, Walt Crowley, et al. [JOURNALISM - Underground Press - Seattle]

Verlag: Helix, Seattle, 1967

Beschreibung

Tabloid printed black on newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 8 including covers. Cover wrap and center spread printed in color. Edges crimped and rubbed, short closed tears, spine chipped, mellowed horizontal crease. An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (transitioned to a weekly schedule in September 1969). Special issue celebrating a counterculture victory, the cover announces an OCS light show and dance performance at Eagle's Auditorium. Contents include a graphic story of its permitting and a center spread pictorial report on the Flower Potlatch Isness-In. Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship.A pebble in the shoe of Seattle establishment, the "hip rag" brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Early issues are increasingly scarce. This copy is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6063

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Helix Vol. I No. 3 1/2, May 4, 1967 Extra ...

Verlag: Helix, Seattle

Erscheinungsdatum: 1967

Einband: Tabloid Newspaper

Illustrator: Maryl Clemmens, Walt Crowley, Gary Finholt

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Printing.