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Cult magazines A to Z, a compendium of culturally obsessive & curiously expressive publications, edited by Earl Kemp & Luis Ortiz

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Label

Cult magazines A to Z, a compendium of culturally obsessive & curiously expressive publications, edited by Earl Kemp & Luis Ortiz

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cult magazines A to Z

Nature of contents

encyclopediasdictionaries

Oclc number

456292391

Responsibility statement

edited by Earl Kemp & Luis Ortiz

Sub title

a compendium of culturally obsessive & curiously expressive publications

Summary

Exploring the subcultures of mid-20th-century America, this encyclopaedia comprehensively documents different magazines that thrived beneath the mainstream. Chronicling the period between 1925 and 1990, it reveals how thousands of these specialised magazines were produced, gratifying the secret life of fad, taste, obsession, and hush-hush desire

Table Of Contents

Cover; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; MAGAZINE SIZES; Acme News Company to The Avenger; Bally hoo to Brain Power; Captain Billy's Whiz Bang to Creem; Daring Doll to Dream World; Elvis Presley to Eyeful; Face & Physique to Future Sex; Gasm to Ghost Stories; Health Knowledge to Humorama; I.F. Stone's Weekly to Imagination; Jack Dempsey's Fight to Jungle Stories; Knight Maga zine to Lunatickle; Maga zine of Fantasy & SF to Mystic; Nemesis to Noctur ne; Operator #5 to The Organ; Pearson's Maga zine to Punk; Eller y Queen's Myster y Maga zine; Ray Gun to Rogue Maga zine

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