Cat.No: 207617 The Chicago Seed: vol. 7, no. 11 (December 1971). Abe Peck.

The Chicago Seed: vol. 7, no. 11 (December 1971)

Chicago: Seed Publishing, 1971. Newspaper. 30p + [additional foldout pages], folded tabloid underground newspaper, colorful comics strips, illus., covers unfold into an additional segment on the White Riots of Pittsburgh, some minor edgewear on spinefold ends, minor wear along spinefold, evenly toned, else very good.

The Seed was noted for its bold use of color and striking graphics, in a vein similar to the San Francisco Oracle. This issue's cover features a multi-color cartoon by Jim Mitchell of a dragon (the American Dream) exhaling a blast of flame at the Earth skewered on a fork, while making a Nixon puppet dance. Issue announces that the Seed has become a Wobbly union shop and that a benefit dance will be held at IWW Hall in Nov. and Dec. Large colored blow-up of Gilbert Shelton's "Set my chickens free" comic strip inside. Usual mix of articles and ads.

Cat.No: 207617

Price: $45.00