Bugle American No. 252 (July 14, 1976)

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BUGLE AMERICAN No. 252 (Vol. 7 No. 23) July 14, 1976.

The color cover is a potent editorial cartoon by Binky Brown cartoonist Justin Green. His "Liberty: Our Once Luminous Muse On the Skids" portrays Ms. Liberty working in a topless massage parlor, servicing bankers, Arabs and oil men.

Comics section: "Rip Off Comix" page by Gilbert Shelton; Reviews of three political underground comic books: Give Me Liberty! (Rip Off Press), An Army of Principles (Kitchen Sink Press)and Bicentennial Gross-Outs (Last Gasp) by Dave Schreiner; Three "Krazy Kat" dailies.

Other #252 Contents: "An American in Milwaukee: From Jimmy Carter to Elvin Bishop to Stan's Lounge --A Patriotic Saga" by Marty Racine (photos by Cathy Gubin); "The 'Other' Bicentennial: The Way it Really was in Philly --Demonstrations and Rallies Orderly Despite Mayor Rizzo's Rantings" by Peter Spielmann; "Religion, Fear and Loathing are All the Same to Me, art I" by Robert Borden; "What Is It We've Done so 'Right' to Last 200 ears?" by Dave Schreiner; "All the Dope that Fits" column; Mike Jacobi's "Toads in the Outhouse" column; "Cowpie" music column by Barry Patton; "No Moss" music column (with pieces on Starship, Heart, Judy Collins, Elvin Bishop, Waylon Jennings and John Sebastian all of whom appeared in Milwaukee); movie reviews by Rick Inman; and column logos and ad illustrations by Kitchen (color back cover ad for rolling papers vending machine) and Glassford.

Format: 70 pages, 8 3/8 x 10.5 inch magazine format. Original cover price: 50 cents.

Condition: Near Mint uncirculated copy, carefully stored in cool environment for nearly four decades, with only faint aging typical of old newsprint.

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Brief History: The Bugle-American was an underground/alternative "hybrid" newspaper founded in 1970 by four young UWM journalism grads (Dave Schreiner, Denis Kitchen, Mike & Judy Jacobi) and, briefly, Mike Hughes during the . The paper was seriously undercapitalized, had no business plan, fluctuated between being free and charging, between tabloid, folded tabloid and a newsprint magazine formats, and even the name (The Madison-Milwaukee Bugle-American eventually became just The Bugle). Nonetheless it lasted seven years (1970-1977) and outlasted all competition (primarily Kaleidoscope) by providing aggressive local political and cultural coverage, attracting a strong line-up of contributors and loyal readers, hawkers and retailers.

A distinctive Bugle feature for the first two years or so was a full page or more of homegrown comic strips in the early years (and guest cartoonist covers all seven years), unprecedented in America's underground press. Co-founder Denis Kitchen's separate publishing company, Krupp Comic Works/Kitchen Sink Press, made The Bugle the flagship paper for weekly strips created by five or six of its local cartoonists, later syndicated to as many as fifty other alternative or college papers. Thus back issues of The Bugle tend to be sought either by comics collectors or nostalgic hippies and history-minded Wisconsinites. Kitchen and Mike Jacobi, who relocated to rural Princeton WI in the early '70s, co-founded a new bi-weekly newspaper, the Fox River Patriot, in 1976.

Select back issues of both The Patriot and The Bugle are available in this web store. We have other issues not listed in the web store, so inquire if what you seek is not offered here.

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