Bill Levy & Willem de Ridder - Suck - First European Sexpaper - 1969-1974

Suck - The first European European Sexpaper 1969-1974. Tabloid format, early issues on newsprint, later issues on coated stock. Suck was founded in Amsterdam in 1969 by Bill Levy, Germaine Greer, Heathcote Williams and others. It was among the most important underground newspapers of the period, not only because of its enlightened stance on all aspects of sexuality, but it was also an intersection point for the Sexual Revolution and the hippie subculture. Devoted to free sex, the erotic, and the exploration of uninhibited sexuality, Suck featured explicit comic art, photographs, and interesting graphics, often printed in different colored inks, with many issues featuring centerfold posters. The topics ranged from those considered tame by current standards to others that are even more taboo today. Contributors include Germaine Greer, William Burroughs, W. H. Auden, Michael McClure, Maurice Girodias, Valerie Solanas, Bill Levy, Guillaume Apollinaire, Mel Clay, et al.
Also Dutch artists as Ed van Elsken, Anna Beeke and design by Willem de Ridder.
All Magazins have been stored in a box and in excellent condition. Only nr. 1 has been folded and a bit of yellowing because of the quality of the paper.
Suck 1 - a bit smaller 44 x 31 cm and folded
(Ed van Elsken, Robert Crumb, W.H.Auden)
Suck 3 - (Germaine Greer, Robert Crumb, Wolinski)
Suck 5 - (Mel Clay, William Burroughs )
Suck 6 - second printing as the first printing was sold out befor the Wet Dream festival and they decided on a quick reprint with some different advertisements and 4 pages on other paper. (Germanine Greer, William Burroughs)
Suck 7 - (Suzanne Broger, Harold Norse, Mel Clay)
Suck 8 - last and thick issue of 32 pages with Heathcote Williams, Jean Shrimpton, Peter Pontiac, Maurice Girodias, a.o. June 1974