JOHN WILCOCK: A Job at the New York Times (1959)
Chapter Four concludes with a job at the New York Times travel desk, a bit of music from the Monk Quartet, and a rotten act from Norman Mailer.
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Chapter Four concludes with a job at the New York Times travel desk, a bit of music from the Monk Quartet, and a rotten act from Norman Mailer.
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A visit to the New Yorker building in 1959, at its original location at 25 west 43rd street.
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An early opportunity in the 1950′s to visit the New York Times’ press bureau in Hong Kong sends John Wilcock on his first trip around the world.
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A round up of items that helped shape the underground culture of the late fifties. With Paul Krassner, Robert Anton Wilson, Yoko Ono, God’s Penis, and Gustav Metzger.
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The John Wilcock comic returns with the story of Thelonious Monk’s heroin arrest, followed by John’s personal memory of seeing Monk play at the Five Spot.
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The story behind Larry Adler, Flexidisks and Echo, “the magazine you play on your phonograph.”
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Introducing a new monthly comic strip on Boing Boing, from Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall.
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