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East Village Other, The

Series
Date:
December 1965 – February 1972; ; December 1965 – February 1972;
Subject Terms:
Underground Press; New York City; Vietnam War; Richard Nixon; anti-war movements; Psychedelic culture; Drug culture; underground comix; Hippie Culture
Identifier:
IA.SER.809
Description
Founded in 1965 by Walter Bowart, Ishmael Reed (who named the newspaper), Allen Katzman, Dan Rattiner, Sherry Needham and John Wilcock. One of the first underground press newspapers to emerge. It was an important publication for underground comix artists like R. Crumb,  Kim Deitch, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton and Art Spiegelman. EVO was one of the founding members of the Underground Press Syndicate and ceased publishing in 1972.
Related people
Robert Crumb (artist)
Coca Crystal (artist)
Art Spiegelman (artist)
Related place
New York (created)
Format
newspapers (format)