Yarrowstalks

Yarrowstalks
The cover of Yarrowstalks #3 (August 1967), cover art by Robert Crumb.
EditorBrian Zahn
CategoriesUnderground press
FrequencyIrregular
Formattabloid newspaper (issues 1-7)
magazine (issues 8–12)
Circulation10,000 (1967)
PublisherBrian Zahn
FounderDavid Auten and Brian Zahn[1]
Founded1967
First issueMay 5, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-05-05)
Final issue
Number
May 1975; 49 years ago (1975-05)
12
CountryUnited States (1967, 1968, 1973–1975)
United Kingdom (1967)
Denmark (1970)
Based inPhiladelphia (1967, 1968, 1973–1975)
London (1967)
Copenhagen (1970)
LanguageEnglish

Yarrowstalks was an underground newspaper (and later a magazine), primarily based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that published 12 issues from 1967 to 1975. It is notable for being the first publication to publish the comix of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb.[2] In addition to Crumb, other notable contributors to Yarrowstalks included Timothy Leary and the editor/publisher Brian Zahn.[1]

Unlike many underground papers of its era, Yarrowstalks was not explicitly political. Like the San Francisco Oracle, Yarrowstalks combined poetry, spirituality, and multicultural interests with psychedelic design, reflecting and shaping the countercultural community as it developed in Philadelphia. Yarrowstalks was noted for its innovative use of color, graphic design, and cold type offset printing. The name of the publication is derived from Achillea millefolium ["yarrow"];[3] the stalks are dried and used as a randomizing agent in I Ching divination.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Yarrowstalks02 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Yarrowstalks archives Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, Temple University library website. Accessed October 14, 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Temple02 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Introduction to the I Ching - By Richard Wilhelm". Iging.com. Retrieved May 19, 2013.