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| - | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Los Angeles''' is the largest city in the state of [[California]] by population |
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| - | '''''The Los Angeles Free Press''''' (often called “the Freep”) was among the most widely distributed [[underground newspaper]]s of the [[1960s]]. It is often cited as the first such newspaper. The Free Press was edited and published weekly, for most of its existence, by [[Art Kunkin]]. The paper initially appeared as a [[broadsheet]], in [[1964]], at the annual [[Southern California]] [[Renaissance Faire]]. At this time it was entitled “Faire Free Press." In [[1965]] it became the ''Los Angeles Free Press." | + | == See also == |
| - | This newspaper was notable for its radical politics when such views rarely saw print. The paper also pioneered the emerging field of [[underground comics]] by publishing the “underground” political cartoons of [[Ron Cobb]]. ''The Los Angeles Free Press'' was a founding member of the [[Underground Press Syndicate]]. | + | [[The Los Angeles Free Press]] |
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| - | In [[1970]], much of the newspaper's staff and then editor Brian Kirby left the paper due to financial and editorial differences. The team began a competing newspaper, ''The Staff.'' | + | |
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| - | On [[13 September]] [[2005]], the premier issue of a revived ''Los Angeles Free Press'' was distributed. It embodies many of the same ideals and beliefs and was again spearheaded by Art Kunkin, albeït with an entirely new staff. | + | |
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| - | Author [[Charles Bukowski]] wrote the column Notes of a dirty old man for the Los Angeles Free Press. | + | |
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