Item #2078 Georgia Straight Vol. 3, No. 54 April 18-24, 1969 (Acidman the "Fearless Freak", Peter "Zipp" Almasy). Dan McLeod.

Georgia Straight Vol. 3, No. 54 April 18-24, 1969 (Acidman the "Fearless Freak", Peter "Zipp" Almasy)

Vancouver, B.C. Georgia Straight Publications, 1969. Paperback. Tabloid-sized newspaper (17 inches [43 cm] tall), pp. 19, (20), consisting of 5 sheets folded in half, illustrated in B&W and color throughout. Slightly toned with wear to spine, some creasing and centerline fold, front cover and one interior leaf with a three inch tear at fore-edge. Good. Item #2078

Includes cover art and a four page illustrated spread on Peter "Zipp" Almasy, an illustrator who appeared in Yellow Dog Comics with - and had a similar style to - Robert Crumb. Almasy also drew the cartoon that resulted in the Georgia Straight's first obsenity conviction. "The Georgia Straight was created in May 1967 as an antiestablishment alternative to the conservative daily newspapers. And its arrival created an uproar. It was raided and fined by the Vancouver police for publishing obscenities, banned from distribution, and its founder, poet and UBC math student Dan McLeod, was thrown in jail." straight com.

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