Helix Vol. I No. 9, August 16, 1967 In Memoriam Homo Sapiens Extinct, Jerry Garcia Interview Part 2
Seattle: Helix, 1967. Walt Crowley, Maryl Clemmens, Gary Eagle. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed black on colored newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 12 including covers. Cover wrap printed in color. Edges rubbed and age toned, lower corner damp stain, mellowed horizontal crease. Very Good-. Item #6065 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.
An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (weekly from September 1969), and likely the first with a Walt Crowley cover illustration. Contents include the second part of a Grateful Dead interview, the opening of the Basic Needs Company, The Saturday Evening Post on LSD, and poetry. Featuring an ad for the Hippy Job Corps and "Unclassified" personals.
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