The Haight Ashbury Maverick. Vol. 1 no. 5 by Strait, Guy (ed.) - 1967

San Francisco: Haight Ashbury Tribune, 1968. Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid underground newspaper with psychedelia, Eastern Philosophy, nude photos, psychedelic color covers and centerfold poster, very good on newsprint. Note: There are two issues numbered as vol. 2, #5. S.F. underground paper originally edited by Guy Strait, in the mold of the better-known Oracle. News about events in the Haight, including advice for tourists on absorbing the atmosphere. It started as "Maverick" then became "Haight Ashbury Maverick and finally Haight Ashbury Tribune. At this point it was mostly faux-Buddhist cum Hindu Eastern philosophy. This copy of "vol. 2, #5" has more content and publisher information yet still leans toward being a sex rag. Article by Cummings on the death of the Georgia Straight. List of members of the Underground Press Syndicate. Cieciorka color poster on back page.

San Francisco: Haight Publishing Company, [1968]. 16pp. A tabloid-style newspaper. Once folded. Tiny chips to edges, very nice condition. Copies were issued with a color psychedelic poster inserted, but it is not present here. Softcore cover, great ads and news about doings in the Haight.

San Francisco: Strait and Associates, 1968. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, color centerspread poster of nude couple, horizontal fold crease, else very good. Scarce S.F. underground paper edited by Guy Strait, in the mold of the better-known Oracle. News about events in the Haight, including advice for tourists on absorbing the atmosphere. From all appearances, this was a pseudo-underground paper knocked out to sell to tourists during the Summer of Love. It started as "Maverick" then became "Haight Ashbury Maverick and finally Haight Ashbury Tribune. Later issues unnumbered as is this one. Dated according to a report on the August 1968 Chicago DNC "riots." Strait also published Cruise News and Citizens News, and organized a gay rights group, The League for Civil Education (LCE). He later became involved in a child pornography scandal and litigation in Illinois.

San Francisco: The Haight Publishing Co, 1968. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, horizontal fold crease, centerfold psychedelic poster, lightly toned, a bit of foxing along the spine, else very good on newsprint. Scarce S.F. underground paper edited by Guy Strait, in the mold of the better-known Oracle. News about events in the Haight, including advice for tourists on absorbing the atmosphere. From all appearances, this was a pseudo-underground paper knocked out to sell to tourists during the Summer of Love. It started as "Maverick" then became "Haight Ashbury Maverick and finally Haight Ashbury Tribune. No publication information and no mention of Strait. Dated according to the Los Angeles Free Press report on the August 1968 Peace & Freedom Party presidential nomination in Ann Arbor. Cover sports a softcore porn photo of a young couple and headline "Hard Core?", a question best answered "No". News from SF and nationwide, poetry (full page by Steve Levine, looking like a… Read More

San Francisco: Strait and Associates, 1968. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, political statements and reports, local ads, sex, psychedelia etc., psychedelic color cover and centerspread poster, and a psychedelic Joni Mitchell poster on rear cover, horizontal fold crease, pages evenly toned, else very good on newsprint. Scarce S.F. underground paper edited by Guy Strait, in the mold of the better-known Oracle. News about events in the Haight, including advice for tourists on absorbing the atmosphere. From all appearances, this was a pseudo-underground paper knocked out to sell to tourists during the Summer of Love. It started as "Maverick" then became "Haight Ashbury Maverick and finally Haight Ashbury Tribune. News about events in the Haight, poetry, centerspread is two split-fount posters - one a psychedelic ad for an east Indian clothing store and the other a decoratively framed Durer print of the Apocalypse. Strait also published Cruise News and Citizens News, and organized… Read More