The Staff was an underground newspaper published in Los Angeles in the 1970s, printing many anti-war articles, and also covering the music scene and popular culture.

Los Angeles Staff
TypeWeekly underground newspaper
FormatTabloid
Founder(s)Brian Kirby and Phil Wilson
PublisherPhil Wilson
Editor-in-chiefBrian Kirby
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970) in Los Angeles
Political alignmentRadical
Ceased publicationc. June 1973
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California
Circulation11,000

Publication history

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The Staff came into existence as a result of the temporary demise of the Los Angeles Free Press, which had been founded and published by Art Kunkin; much of the staff of the Free Press, led by managing editor Brian Kirby and art director Phil Wilson, left to form their own newspaper, calling it The Staff.[1]

They first moved into quarters on Santa Monica Boulevard near Cahuenga Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. They later relocated to Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Western Avenue, in offices above a movie theater that was at that time showing softcore pornography.[1]


The Staff staff and contributors

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  • Brian Kirby, editor
  • Philip Wilson, art director/publisher
  • Mark Oberhofer, advertising sales/circulation
  • Bob Chorush, columnist
  • Mark Coppos, photographer
  • Ridgely Cummings, writer
  • Clay Geerdes, photographer and writer — wrote regularly for the paper on the underground comix industry, as well as supplying some photographs[2]
  • Lenny Marcus, writer
  • Tom Moran, writer
  • Bill Morrison, writer
  • Thomas Warkentin, cartoonist
  • Joyce Widoff, photographer
  • Kim Gottlieb-Walker, photographer[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Bonhams Auction October 16 To Feature Rare William Faulkner Scripts: A Brief Look at the Collector, Dealer, and Book Scout Who Brought Scripts into the Big Money of Collectibles," What Up Hollywood (Oct. 7, 2013).
  2. ^ "Clay Geerdes Database" Retrieved on 29 December 2013
  3. ^ "Magazine article on photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker".
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