Helix Vol. II No. 9. January 18, 1968: Jacques Moitoret Cover
Seattle: Helix, 1968. Jacques Thornton Moitoret, T. G. Lewis. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring In late spring 1967, 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 issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.
11.5 x 16 inches. Pp. 20. Front and rear covers printed two-color. Slight age-toning, with just a suggestion of edge-wear. Very Good+. Item #6290
An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) with articles on Greater Seattle's "Forward Thrust" initiative put forth to King County voters (Walt Crowley), Vietnam and Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service, and a four-page graphic narrative on African Americans serving in Vietnam by T. G. Lewis, reprinted from the National SNCC. Featuring ads for Arlo Guthrie's "alice's Restaurant" and and the Fugs "Terse Reality!"
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