The Realist: freethought, criticism, and satire. Numbers 1-98 in 117 issues (partly photocopies) June-July 1958 to February 1974
Krassner, Paul, ed.
Price: $1,500.00
Book Id: 77351
Description
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **NY. Like nearly all good satire, The Realist was subversive, outrageous, usually hilarious, and a lot closer to the truth much of the time than the official line, on Vietnam, civil rights, governmental misdeeds, and the other burning issues of its era. Just as readily, it embraced lunatic conspiracy theories and fuzzy thought that agreed with its own prejudices. It was Mad Magazine for thinkers and idealists, of whom there were many during its heyday. Its good and bad qualities alike still influence popular culture in a thousand ways. Among its hundreds of contributors and subjects were Lenny Bruce, Alan Watts, Norman Mailer, Jules Feiffer, Woody Allen, Joseph Heller, Mort Sahl, Steve Allen, Dick Gregory, and Groucho Marx. Not to be forgotten in this roster are Nixon, Reagan, J. Edgar Hoover, and the tragic, inflated LBJ of a misbegotten war. Note the dates, however—hardly any women in their own right. Cartoon art by Joel Beck, Guindon, Feiffer, and many others has lost none of its bite in the succeeding decades. **This set is made up of 76 original issues, most in fine or better condition and never sold or mailed, plus 24 photocopies, as follows: 1-12, 14-16, 18, 28, 51, 91-A, 91-B, 92-A, 92-B, 93, and 94. No. 13 foxed and browned. No. 34 last leaf torn with a little loss of text. Includes May 1960 offprint, “An impolite interview with Albert Ellis.” Does not include issues 99-146, published Sept/Oct 1985–Spring 2001. Complete list available upon request. This is the only such set we can supply, but please see our listing for the rare no. 74, May 1967.
