The Last Times
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The Last Times was a tabloid underground newspaper
published in San Francisco, California
in 1967 by beatnik poet and printer Charles Plymell
. It lasted only two issues, but included William Burroughs' text Day the Records Went Up (a version of which also appeared in Evergreen Review
, November 1968), Claude Pelieu's Do It Yourself & Dig It, Allan Ginsberg's poem Television Was A Baby Crawling Toward that Deathchamber, also published in Ginsberg's book T.V. Baby Poems (London: Cape Goliart Press, 1967). And a Charles Bukowski
column, collected in his Notes of a Dirty Old Man and here reprinted from the underground journal Open City
# 20, September 14–21, 1967. The Last Times #1 and 2 also contained articles by French avant-gardist Jean-Jacques Lebel and Man Suicided by Society by Antonin Artaud
, translated by Mary Beach, Plymell's mother-in-law. Issue #1 also contains the first Plymell printed work of R. Crumb that Plymell had "lifted" from the 2nd issue of Yarrowstalks (another tabloid newspaper). Plymell subsequently earned a bit of immortality in the underground press by printing only the first printing of the first issue of R. Crumb's Zap Comix
, which Don Donahue took over from Plymell when he purchased his Mulilith 1250 printing press soon after.
Underground press
The underground press were the independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the counterculture of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other western nations....
published in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
in 1967 by beatnik poet and printer Charles Plymell
Charles Plymell
Charles Plymell is a poet, novelist, and small press publisher. Plymell has been published widely, collaborated with, and published many poets, writers, and artists, including principals of the Beat Generation....
. It lasted only two issues, but included William Burroughs' text Day the Records Went Up (a version of which also appeared in Evergreen Review
Evergreen Review
Evergreen Review is a U.S.-based literary magazine founded by Barney Rosset, publisher of Grove Press. It existed in print from 1957 through 1973, and was re-launched online in 1998...
, November 1968), Claude Pelieu's Do It Yourself & Dig It, Allan Ginsberg's poem Television Was A Baby Crawling Toward that Deathchamber, also published in Ginsberg's book T.V. Baby Poems (London: Cape Goliart Press, 1967). And a Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles...
column, collected in his Notes of a Dirty Old Man and here reprinted from the underground journal Open City
Open City (newspaper)
Open City was a weekly underground newspaper published in Los Angeles by avant-garde journalist John Bryan from May 6, 1967 to April 1969. It was noted for its coverage of radical politics, rock music, psychedelic culture and the "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column by Charles Bukowski.-Founder:John...
# 20, September 14–21, 1967. The Last Times #1 and 2 also contained articles by French avant-gardist Jean-Jacques Lebel and Man Suicided by Society by Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, more well-known as Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director...
, translated by Mary Beach, Plymell's mother-in-law. Issue #1 also contains the first Plymell printed work of R. Crumb that Plymell had "lifted" from the 2nd issue of Yarrowstalks (another tabloid newspaper). Plymell subsequently earned a bit of immortality in the underground press by printing only the first printing of the first issue of R. Crumb's Zap Comix
Zap Comix
Zap Comix is the best-known and one of the most popular of the underground comics that emerged as part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s. While not believed to be the first underground comic to have been published, Zap is considered to mark the beginning of the "underground comix"...
, which Don Donahue took over from Plymell when he purchased his Mulilith 1250 printing press soon after.