''Illustrated Paper'' was a monthly
psychedelic underground newspaper published in
Mendocino, California
Mendocino (Spanish language, Spanish for "of Antonio de Mendoza, Mendoza") is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. The name comes from Cape Mendocino to the north, named b ...
from June 1966 to April 1967. Initially issued under the title ''The Paper'', it became the ''Illustrated Paper'' with its third issue. Philip A. Bianchi (Sept. 26, 1938–Sept. 25, 1994) and Walter D. Wells were the editors. It was one of the earliest members of the
Underground Press Syndicate (UPS).
According to
Abe Peck, the editor of the ''
Chicago Seed'' who met the staff at the 1967 UPS conference in
Stinson Beach, California
Stinson Beach is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. Stinson Beach is located east-southea ...
, it was an "
''Oracle''-style" paper and the staff raised animals and grew vegetables on
communal land.
[Peck, Abe. ''Uncovering the Sixties'' (New York: Pantheon Books, 1985), p. 44-45.] A total of nine issues were published before it ceased publication in 1967.
See also
*
List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture
Notes
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1966 establishments in California
Defunct newspapers published in California
Underground press