The Status Q... Copkiller #1 (1968)

[Jason]

Here are scans of Copkiller #1 (New Orleans, 1968) featuring the uncollected poem The Status Q For Me And Yew... This mag was edited by Darlene Fife and Robert Head who went on to publish NOLA Express which ran Bukowski's NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN column...

 

[Father Luke]

real early stuff - wow

cool Jason. Thank you!

 

[Bukfan]

"The city is sick with roentgens of humanity" - Wow! Thanks, Jason!

 

[postino]

my question is with the last line. "Don't let anybody ever find that it is worth the gamble to walk away from unhappy places." It doesn't seem like a straight line, there's something melodramatic in there, a clear hint at fear petrifying man from escaping. It strikes me as infantile.

 

[cirerita]

yeah, the poem should be taught in primary school. I bet kids would get it.

 

[mjp]

Another, slightly larger view.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Was this the inspiration?
1968 Pandemic (H3N2 virus)