Los Angeles Staff
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2019) |
| Type | Weekly underground newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | Brian Kirby and Phil Wilson |
| Publisher | Phil Wilson |
| Editor-in-chief | Brian Kirby |
| Founded | 1970 in Los Angeles |
| Political alignment | Radical |
| Ceased publication | c. June 1973 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Circulation | 11,000 |
The Staff was an underground newspaper published in Los Angeles in the 1970s, printing many anti-war articles, and also covering the music scene and popular culture.
Publication history
[edit]The Staff came into existence as a result of the temporary demise of the Los Angeles Free Press, which had been founded and published by Art Kunkin; much of the staff of the Free Press, led by managing editor Brian Kirby and art director Phil Wilson, left to form their own newspaper, calling it The Staff.[1]
They first moved into quarters on Santa Monica Boulevard near Cahuenga Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. They later relocated to Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Western Avenue, in offices above a movie theater that was at that time showing softcore pornography.[1]
The Staff staff and contributors
[edit]- Brian Kirby, editor
- Philip Wilson, art director/publisher
- Mark Oberhofer, advertising sales/circulation
- Bob Chorush, columnist
- Mark Coppos, photographer
- Ridgely Cummings, writer
- Clay Geerdes, photographer and writer — wrote regularly for the paper on the underground comix industry, as well as supplying some photographs[2]
- Lenny Marcus, writer
- Tom Moran, writer
- Bill Morrison, writer
- Thomas Warkentin, cartoonist
- Joyce Widoff, photographer
- Kim Gottlieb-Walker, photographer[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bonhams Auction October 16 To Feature Rare William Faulkner Scripts: A Brief Look at the Collector, Dealer, and Book Scout Who Brought Scripts into the Big Money of Collectibles," What Up Hollywood (Oct. 7, 2013).
- ^ "Clay Geerdes Database" Retrieved on 29 December 2013
- ^ "Magazine article on photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker".