Kiss, Vol. 1, No. 5 (June 6, 1969)

NY: Kiss, 1969. Unbound newsprint tabloid. [20]pp; b&w illus. Light wear along spine; small chips at base of spine; leaves toned, as usual. Very good, and unfolded.

Fifth issue of this sex and counterculture periodical founded by employees of the East Village Other, and noted for its hipper and more tongue-in-cheek approach to the sleaze tabloid format then proliferating in New York; editor Fabrikant (previously "Fabricant") also publisher of Gay Power and Aquarian Agent. Contents here include an introductory editorial about National Guard violence at Cal State Berkeley; reader letters; "Report From the Asylum" by Claudia; an interview by D. A. Latimer with poet and MC-5 manager John Sinclair; erotic fiction; etc. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white, including nudes; rear cover advertisement illustration by R. Crumb.