Tag: SCREW History

Back when Nixon was bombing Cambodia and your mom still thought ‘oral’ meant a book report, SCREW was already unloading truth by the sticky handful.

The twelfth issue of SCREW hit the stands on May 9, 1969, and like a half-drunk uncle at a Baptist funeral, it didn’t bother with decorum. This was the issue where SCREW stopped being a naughty pamphlet for beatniks and started growing balls big enough to offend literally everybody.

SCREW #218 for May 7, 1973 begins with Emmett McConnell’s cover illustration: a drag hallucination with a twist — Al Goldstein’s unmistakable face slapped onto a naked Playboy-ish bunny, complete with big titties, that dumb smirk, and a freshly plucked carrot at the ready…

SCREW #61 for the week of May 4, 1970, had everything: Edison’s hidden boner, Polish food, and philosophical blowjobs. You want American depravity in its purest form? Welcome home.

Issue #165 of SCREW dropped on May 1, 1972, right in time to ruin Mother’s Day and give the Nixon administration a fresh nosebleed. This was Goldstein in his prime: furious, fearless, and fully erect at the sight of censorship and hypocrisy.

By the ninth issue of SCREW, Goldstein and his unholy gang had found their groove. April 18th, 1969 — the world was still reeling from war, Woodstock was a few…

By the spring of 1970, America was choking on its own hypocrisy — the war was still raging, Nixon was still lying, and SCREW was still the only paper in the country willing to talk about gym shorts, blowjobs, and how to properly store a fart.