Helix Vol. I No. 3, April 27, 1967 Chief Seattle Flower Potlatch & Isness-In
DORPAT, Paul with John Cunnick, Walt Crowley, et al. [JOURNALISM - Underground Press - Seattle]
Published by Helix, Seattle, 1967
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Tabloid printed black on colored newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 18 including covers. Cover wrap printed in color. Edges crimped and rubbed, short closed tears, two diagonal creases on the leaves of the latter half of the issue, including the rear cover. An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (they transitioned to a weekly schedule in September 1969). The cover announces a gathering at Volunteer Park, with articles on a disillusioning visit to Haight-Ashbury by Chester Anderson and The Brothers Center. With ads for Tom Robbins on KRAB radio, the Id Bookstore (featuring Chinese Red Guard buttons, in the interest of fetishizing the absurdity of the Cultural Revolution), and Country Joe & The Fish's debut album Electric Music for the Mind and Body.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. . Seller Inventory # 7267
Bibliographic Details
Title: Helix Vol. I No. 3, April 27, 1967 Chief ...
Publisher: Helix, Seattle
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Tabloid Newspaper
Illustrator: Maryl Clemmens, Walt Crowley, Gary Finholt
Condition: Very Good-
Edition: First Printing.
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