Smegma the Magazine (1978-1981)
Smegma the Magazine was published in New York City between 1978 and 1981 and is included in the library of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
As the punk music scene exploded, this New York City publication burst onto the local art world seeming to express the same creative, anarchic, playful energy in print.
While it certainly would be listed among the very first montage-style punkzines, it's creativity, innovation and scope went far beyond the others - with artwork contributions including original drawings by Tuli Kupferberg (of the Fugs), a Lance Loud (star of the first reality tv show "An American Family") interview, poetry, and works by now famous correspondence/mail artists Buster Cleveland, John Evans, E.F.Higgins III, Ray Johnson, G. A. Cavellini, and many, many others.
The third issue included a 2-sided flexidisc recording, an audio montage called "Hot Dog, You Bet!", which was voted as a favorite in November 1980 by music critic Lester Bangs in the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll.
The now very rare first issue was printed in a limited edition of only 500.
