[various authors]Biblio.com
[various authors]Biblio.com
C-MAGAZINE
17592Nos. 1-14 Complete less No. 12 which was never published including BEHIND THE WHEEL "C" No. 14 by Michael Brownstein. New York: Lorenz Gude and Ted Berrigan 1963-1967. Side stapled mimeographed sheets with wrappers or selfwrappers 354x215 cm except for no. 14 which is 28x212 cm. In generally very good condition some near fine with only a little toning or edgewear. Some issues were also stapled from the backsidesome not completely penetrating. There was no number 12 issued this number omitted in the numbering is generally considered as having been replaced by C-Comics No. 1 which is included in the set: TOGETHER WITH: C-COMICS 1-2 cplt C-Comics Number 1. New York C-Press June 1964; folio mimeographed side- stapled small defect to left margin together with: Number 2. New York n.d. ca. 1966 Boke Press. Sm.folio; pictorial wrappers stapled in the spine. Landmark Beat magazine one of the cornerstones of the 1960's mimeo revolution and poetry scene. "C" was founded to replace the short-lived "Censored Review" which gathered work that had been banned from The Columbia Review. Edited by Ted Berrigan and Rond Padgett. "C" became the organ of 'Second- New York School' and served as a bridge between the older and younger branches of both The Beats and The New York School. Includes Ginsberg Burroughs O'Hara Koch Schuyler Ashbery Whalen Orlovsky Corso Pagdett Wieners Elmslie Lima Rothenberg Gysin SaroyanO'Hara Koch Schuyler Ashbery and others. No.4 was dedicated to Edwin Denby. The cover was designed by Andy Warhol and has on the covers the famed silk-screened images of Denby with Gerald Malanga. It marked the first time Warhol based a silkscreen on a poloroid a technique that would become one of his defining methods in the 1970's. Most of the other covers are by Joe Brainard. The Brownstein No. 14 was published in 200 copies. Light damage around staples. There was no Number 12. Jed Birmingham co-editor of Mimeo Mimeo has quoted Ron Padgett as suggesting that "C" Comics #1 was intended in the place of issue 12 of C-Magazine which given format and timing makes sense. "C" Comics #2 despite its title was issued under the Boke Press imprint. Numbers 6 and 10 have light soilage to the front cover; No 9 has last page detached and last ab.20 pages stapled upside down; No. 14 light damage around the staples; C-Comics No 1 with damage to left frontpage near the spine paper loss of ab. 2 cm. and some edgewearvery light soilage. unknown
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