Measures 8-1/2" X 10-29/32", 16 pp plus covers, issue #8 (May1959), published by The Realist Association (NY).
Group 9-3435
Years before NATIONAL LAMPOON, a modest little "adult satire" underground magazine was born, the brainchild of PAUL KRASSNER, who had decided that MAD MAGAZINE was becoming far too tame, and that more mature adults needed a more controversial and biting satire publication. Borrowing a few chops from MARK TWAIN, H. L. MENCKEN, JONATHAN SWIFT, AMBROSE BIERCE, WILL ROGERS, WALT KELLY and others, Krassner stirred up the contents, and created THE REALIST in 1958; and, current events being what they are, THE REALIST stuck around until 2001, a couple years after Krassner himself had died. Apparently, no one had informed the magazine of his passing.
Here's the contents from an early issue:
The Semantics Of "God" -- by ROBERT ANTON WILSON
BERTRAND RUSSELL's Death Prediction
Sir Realist (Letters from readers) -- Letter From A Pro Man -- by OSCAR RIDDLE
. . .And From A Con Man -- by RICHARD WUKASCH
The West Coast Scene -- by DAVID B. NIELSEN
Love Litters In The Sand -- by FRANK HAMMOND
Two Poems In Search Of A Critic -- by J. M. MARTINEZ
The Futility Of Nose-Tweaking -- by LANCE DRAKE
Editorial: The New Violence -- Three Faces
A Reasonable Facsimile -- by BERGEN EVANS
Spain: The Valley Of The Fallen
A Little Study In Contrast
Modest Proposals: Is There A TV Repairman In The House? -- by JOHN FRANCIS PUTNAM
Taboo Or Not Taboo: Two Breaks In The Censorship Wall -- by ARNOLD BRUCE LEVY
The Vivarium
The Tolerant Pagan -- by REGINALD DUNSANY
Catholic Segregation
A New Version Of Musical Chairs
Evangelical Logic
The Discrimination Against Non-Religious Conscientious Objectors
The Wearying Of The Green -- by WILLIAM D. YEAGER
Completing The Cycle
Follow-Up To Past Issues
Dictionary Of The Dislocated Hipster
The Bleat Generation -- by PATRICK BROPHY
The Fallacy Of The Beat Generation -- by ROBERT A. PERLONGO
Beat Me, Daddy, And I'll Hit You Back
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