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Archive of Charles Plymell’s The Last Times

RealityStudio — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:36:48 +0000

Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker

Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting

The Last Times was an underground newspaper published in San Francisco in 1967 by poet and printer Charles Plymell. It contained works by William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Robert Crumb, Carl Weissner, Claude Pélieu, Mary Beach, Antonin Artaud, and others. Issue one has become collectible for the contribution by Crumb, printed just a few months before Zap Comix #1. At least two variants of the second issue were published.

Charles Plymell Holding The Last Times
Photograph by Guy B. Taken at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA on 26 May 2011.

The Last Times I

The Last Times I
Collage by Charles Plymell

The Last Times I
“Day the Records Went Up” by William S. Burroughs, photograph of Herbert Huncke

The Last Times I
“Do It Yourself & Dig It” by Claude Pélieu, interview with Buckminster Fuller, photo and text by Charles Plymell

The Last Times I
“The Orion Dream Stuff” by Carl Weissner, “Introduction” by D.A. Levy, texts by Carl Solomon and Bob Kaufman

The Last Times I
Text by Dennis Williams, drawing by Jeff Nuttall, poem by Roxie Powell, “Notes of a Dirty Old Man” by Charles Bukowski

The Last Times I
“Television Baby Crawling toward that Death Chamber” by Allen Ginsberg

The Last Times I
Conclusion of poem by Allen Ginsberg, text by Dave Harris

The Last Times I
“Head Comix” by R. Crumb, collage by Jean-Jacques Lebel

The Last Times I
Found photo

The Last Times II (variant a)

The Last Times II

The Last Times II
“National Prestige” by Jeff Nuttall

The Last Times II
Poems by Charles Plymell and Philip Whalen

The Last Times II

The Last Times II
Poems by Yvonne Bond and Alan Russo

The Last Times II
Drawing by Erin Matson (friend of Herbert Huncke)

The Last Times II

The Last Times II
Mini-poster

The Last Times II (variant b)

The Last Times II

The Last Times II
Drawing by Erin Matson (friend of Herbert Huncke)

The Last Times II
“National Prestige” by Jeff Nuttall, “Dominion” by Alan Russo

The Last Times II
Poem by Philip Whalen

The Last Times II
Centerfold by Bob Branaman

The Last Times II
Poem by Yvonne Bond

The Last Times II
Poem by Charles Plymell

The Last Times II

Images provided by Guy B. Published by RealityStudio on 3 February 2011. Also see Charles Plymell and NOW.

Bulletin from Nothing (Issue 2)

RealityStudio — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:28:57 +0000

Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker

Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Front cover

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Front Endpaper

Bulletin from Nothing 2
William Burroughs

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Roxie Powell and Claude Pélieu

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Claude Pélieu

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Jeff Nuttall

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Claude Pélieu

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Chano Pozo

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Jean-Jacques Lebel

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Bob Kaufman

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Charles Plymell

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Norman O Mustill

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Claude Pélieu

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Ed Sanders and Peter Orlovsky

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Claude Pélieu

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Charles Plymell

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Mary Beach

Bulletin from Nothing 2
Back Cover

Written by Jed Birmingham and published by RealityStudio on 26 August 2009.