Helix Vol. 6 (VI) No. 3 January 16, 1969 with Articles on Bail Defaulted by Eldridge Cleaver; Robert Crumb "Head Comix;" a Review of Fleetwood Mac's First Seattle Show
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Tim Harvey and Walt Crowley. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 28 including covers. Light edge-wear and toning; withal, a well-preserved copy. Very Good+. Item #6662 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. This copy is now housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.
An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) with a George Arthur article on Home, Washington, an early-1900s utopian community on Puget Sound, an article concerning Eldridge Cleaver and his debt for jumping bail ($50,000), a John Cunnick review of a recent Fleetwood Mac performance, and featuring ads for Gary Burton and the Steve Miller Band playing respective shows in Seattle.
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