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.
Publication history 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."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).
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.
The Staff staff and contributors
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"Clay Geerdes Database" Retrieved on 29 December 2013 Lenny Marcus, writer Tom Moran, writer Bill Morrison, writer Thomas Warkentin, cartoonist Joyce Widoff, photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker, photographer
See also List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture
References
External links The Staff page at Zappa Books