The Haight Ashbury Tribune, Vol. 2, No. 5: Sock It To Me!
The Haight Ashbury Tribune
San Francisco: The Haight Ashbury Tribune, [1968]. Unbound newsprint tabloid, 15 x 11-1/2 in. [15], 1pp., illus., with covers and centerfold in three-color gradient. Horizontal fold crease; a few short fore-edge tears; toning to leaves. Very good or better.
Hippie rag whose first editor (unmentioned here) was gay rights pioneer Guy Strait (1920-1987). This title a successor to Haight Ashbury Maverick, itself of Maverick. Contents a mix of fiction, poems, comix, drawings, personal ads, and pseudo-Eastern spiritualism. Bright color centerfold of Hare Krishna. N.B. One of two different issues numbered as Vol. 2, No. 5.