Inaugural issue of Raw Magazine. Edited by Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. Contents include: "Can't It Be Done?," by Ray Gross and Winter; "Hommages Posthumes," by Alfred Jarry, illustrated by Bruno Richard; "Corpus Delecti," by Geoff Robison; "Vamp Dance," by Kaz; "Manhattan," by Jacques Tardi; "I'll Play the Blues for You," by Joost Swarte; "Jack Survives," by Jerry Moriarty; "Mutton Geoff," by Mark Newgarden; "Fifi Gaga Magazine," by Bazooka; "Centerfold: Two-Fisted Painters," by Art Spiegelman; "He Turned, Saw Me, Waved His Arm, Continued," by Patricia Caire, from a text by James Barth; "Not Dreams," by Lynne Tillman; "Dead Things," by Mark Beyer; "The Andy Griffith Show," by Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman; "One Panel from The Basis of Make-Up," by Heinz Emigholz; "Drawn Over Two Weeks While on the Phone," by Art Spiegelman; "Four Supermarkets in Iowa," by David Marc, illustrated by Gary Hallgren; "Piquer, Lucas, & Fermin," by Mariscal; "Industry News and Review No. ... [details]
December 3-9 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Yoko Only," Peter Occhiogrosso on Yoko Ono (issue released five days prior to John Lennon's death); "NY Right: Fighting for the Spoils," by John Buckley; "TV: Buying and Selling Culture," by Bob Brewin; "Anthony Burgess Bombs Out," by Don Shewey; "Spoiled Movie Brats," by Veronica Geng; "The Mormons' New Messiah: Koch for President?," by Joel Kotkin. ... [details]
Monograph on the work held in the Refco Collection of Contemporary Photography. Organized by Adam Brooks. Introduction by Judith Russi Kirshner. Essay by Dave Hickey. Contributions by Lynne Cooke, Vicki Goldberg, Kathryn Hixson, A. ... [details]
December 3-9 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Christmas with Blondie," by Roy Trakin; "The Man Who Sold You D'Amato," by John Buckley; "Witch Hunt at a Sub Base," by Allan Wolper; "Film: One Hit, Two Misses," by Veronica Geng; "Salsa Clubs," by Enrique Fernandez; "Jock Lust," by Grace Lichtenstein. ... [details]
Critical anthology of writings on environmental art, edited and with an introduction by Alan Sonfist. Essays by Joshua C. Taylor, Carol Hall, Mark Rosenthal, Elizabeth C. Baker, Jeffrey Deitch, Michael Auping, Jack Burnham, Lawrence Alloway, Jonathan Carpenter, Pierre Restany, Donald B. ... [details]
March 11-17, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "The Sound and the Fury: Toni Morrison on Sex, Child Abuse, Black Writing, 'Song of Solomon,' and Her New Novel, 'Tar Baby,'" by Charles Ruas; "Shoes of 8th Street;" "How to Write Good," by Roy Bount,Jr. ... [details]
March 18-24, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Cable's Big Bucks," by Bob Brewin; "Twyla Tharp's Erotic Muscle," by Marcia B. Siegel; "Willie Nelson: The New Bing Crosby?" by Tom Carson; "The Berrigan Trial's Suppressed Testimony," by Robert Jay Lifton, George Wald, Richard Falk, and Robert C. ... [details]
March 25-31, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Color Me Perfect: Style Beauty Supplement;" "Sigourney Weaver is Very Tall," by Danny Peary; "Why Doctors Strike," by Eric Nadler; and "Yippie Bombing: Jonestown on Bleecker Street," by Doug Ireland. ... [details]
April 1-7, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Salsa's Ruben Blades: Women Love Him, Latin Dictators Don't," by Enrique Fernandez ; "Reagan: The Shot Heard 'Round the World," by Doug Ireland; Ft. ... [details]
April 1-7, 1981 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Tanks...But No Tanks: Is New York's $5 Billion Defense Industry Good for the Economy? Politicians Say Yes. But What Do They Know. ... [details]