Scherr Max Editor Gilbert Shelton (3 results)

Newspaper. 28p., folded tabloid, illus., evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good on newsprint. Cover shows cops in riot gear towering over the Berkeley Hills with headline "Berkeley at War!" a common condition in that era. Reports on demos and police mayhem. A full page by Jerry Rubin, mostly refuting an anti-Yippie article in Official Detective Stories, a full-page "Millhouse Comics" by Kim Deitch, and a smaller strip by Gilbert Shelton "Cop Comics" as well as a comic strip ad for the Avalon Ballroom by Shelton. Reports on Huey Newton's birthday and on trial of the Oakland Seven. Evokes 1969 at full tilt.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, photos, ads, features, reviews, listings, personals, columns, mild wear and toning, address label on front wrap, otherwise very good on newsprint. Cover promotes Smogless Sunday with a late 19th century photo of a nude woman with a bike. Inside: a full page of Gay news, including lengthy news on uproar and arbitration surrounding local ABC station, KGO, firing a news editor for being gay and militant; report on the Berkeley Tenants Union's upcoming strike, full-page classic Freak Bros. comic; and a serious hunk of sex ads.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toned and frayed, address label on rear wrap, else very good on newsprint. Last issue of the '60s and second issue since Max resumed as publisher and editor. As a sort of bridge with the Allan Coult era, the cover features a blow up of an old etching of three nude women cavorting with a rope. Inside: exclusive interview with Tim Leary, in part about Altamont, which he attended, the culture at large, and his campaign for governor; extensive report on a killing followed by the shooter's suicide in the Tenderloin, a splattering of short news items (Indians on Alcatraz, Altamont fallout) and an uptick of sex ads.