Bugle American No. 261 (Oct. 15, 1976)

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BUGLE AMERICAN No. 261 (Vol. 7 No. 32) October 15, 1976.

The two-color ballot box cover by Jim Booras parodies popular mainstream and underground comic characters L to R: Lucy (from Charles Shulz's "Peanuts"), Dagwood Bumstead (from Chic Young's "Blondie), Phineas (from Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers), Booras' own Citizen Dick (Nixon), Dan Clyne's Hungry Chuck Biscuits, Reg Smythe's Andy Capp, Bonnie (from Shary Flenniken's "Trots & Bonnie") and Vaughn Bode's Cheech Wizard.

Comics section: Cover; "Rip Off Comix" page by Gilbert Shelton; "More of Citizen Dick" page by Jim Booras.

Other #261 Contents: "Loitering on Milwakee's Cathedral Square: Tradition Meets 'Progress'" by Judy Jacobi (illustration by Denis Kitchen, photos by Philip Walker); "All the Dope that Fits" column (Joints Reign on the Capitol at Madison Smoke-In/Pot enalties Differ Depending on Judge/Prison Activist Linda Hoelzer Faces Legal System); "the Lowdown on Milwaukee Assembly Races" by Marty Racine and Peter Spielmann; "Good Vibrations Unlimited: Tom Treul" by Jay Livingston; "John Hartford: One Man Band" by Marty Racine; Mike Jacobi's "Toads in the Outhouse" column; "Cowpie" and "No Moss" music columns; column logos and ad illustrations by Kitchen and Booras.

Format: 40 pages, 8 3/8 x 10.5 inch magazine format. Original cover price: 35 cents.

Condition: VF/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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