Oremiere issue of Vernacular, a periodical devoted to visual culture, edited by Brett Horner. Contents include: "Painters' Rap," by Lita Barrie; "Second Meanings," by Holly Willis; "Airwaves," by Brett Horner; "Womanspeak," by Ilene Segalove; "Amy Gerstler Talks with John Baldessari;" "Kim Dingle's Cherubic Brats," by Lisa Anne Auerbach; "Project," by Stuart Bender and Angelo Funicelli; "Art + Verse," by Nancy Buchanan and Terryl Hunter; "Comix," by Roy Dains; "Back East," by Robert Costa; "Telex Reports," by Heidi and Peter Gente, Merilyn Fairskye, and Barbara Benish. Cover: John Baldessari, "Film Still from Script, 1973-77."