Helix Vol. V No. 9 December 12, 1968: I Feel Goofy Cover a la Lichtenstein; Comic Issue
Seattle: Helix, 1968. William Ward, Jacques Moitoret et. al. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 16 inches. Pp. 16. Covers and center spread printed in split fountain colors. Slight age-toning to edges, else a bright, well preserved copy. Very Good. Item #6702 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 issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with acid-free backing.
An issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) with full-page cartoons from Walt Crowley (Omega 84,) Milton Dean, Ramon Collins, Garner, S. Ferenczi, Peter Bodge, R. Crumb, M. Torson and others. Ads for the Chambers Brothers at the Arena, El Roach Tavern on Ballard Ave., and The Infinite Sole.
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