New York Ace was an underground newspaper founded in New York City in late 1971 by ex-East Village Other staffers to fill the void created by the demise of the EVO. Ace was published by 21-year-old Rex Weiner and edited by 18-year-old Bob Singer. Published biweekly in tabloid format, the Ace had a print run of 6,000 copies and never succeeded in attracting advertisers.
The first issue of Ace, produced in Weiner's Thompson Street apartment on a shoestring budget of a few hundred dollars, was dated Dec. 22, 1971.
Despite the infusion of $5,000 by a financial angel at Columbia University, which financed the acquisition of a ratty basement office on 17th Street with four battered desks and a single IBM Executive typewriter, the paper soon fell into financial difficulties and could not pay its New Jersey printer, resulting in its suspension in the summer of 1972. The paper attempted to stagger on for a while but by 1973 Rex Weiner had given up, and with Deanne Stillman started a new enterprise, the New York News Service, an alternative news agency.[1][2]
Jim Buckley characterized the New York Ace as "an amalgam of writers bent on one goal—to wipe out the Village Voice;" but in the end it was the Voice and its imitators that survived. Coming on the heels of the successive failures of the New York Avatar, the New York Free Press, Rat, and the EVO, the demise of Ace marked the effective end of the underground newspaper era in New York City.[3]
york, underground, newspaper, founded, york, city, late, 1971, east, village, other, staffers, fill, void, created, demise, published, year, weiner, edited, year, singer, published, biweekly, tabloid, format, print, copies, never, succeeded, attracting, advert. New York Ace was an underground newspaper founded in New York City in late 1971 by ex East Village Other staffers to fill the void created by the demise of the EVO Ace was published by 21 year old Rex Weiner and edited by 18 year old Bob Singer Published biweekly in tabloid format the Ace had a print run of 6 000 copies and never succeeded in attracting advertisers New York AceTypeBiweekly newspaperFormatTabloidPublisherRex WeinerEditor in chiefBob SingerFoundedDecember 22 1971 52 years ago 1971 12 22 in New York CityCeased publication1972 52 years ago 1972 HeadquartersNew York NY Staffers included P J O Rourke Tom Forcade A J Weberman Jay Kinney Yossarian D A Latimer R Meltzer Coca Crystal and Jim Buckley Steve Heller art director of Screw magazine moonlighted as art director of Ace Publication history editThe first issue of Ace produced in Weiner s Thompson Street apartment on a shoestring budget of a few hundred dollars was dated Dec 22 1971 Despite the infusion of 5 000 by a financial angel at Columbia University which financed the acquisition of a ratty basement office on 17th Street with four battered desks and a single IBM Executive typewriter the paper soon fell into financial difficulties and could not pay its New Jersey printer resulting in its suspension in the summer of 1972 The paper attempted to stagger on for a while but by 1973 Rex Weiner had given up and with Deanne Stillman started a new enterprise the New York News Service an alternative news agency 1 2 Jim Buckley characterized the New York Ace as an amalgam of writers bent on one goal to wipe out the Village Voice but in the end it was the Voice and its imitators that survived Coming on the heels of the successive failures of the New York Avatar the New York Free Press Rat and the EVO the demise of Ace marked the effective end of the underground newspaper era in New York City 3 See also editList of underground newspapers of the 1960s countercultureNotes edit Rosenkranz Patrick 2008 Rebel Visions The Underground Comix Revolution 1963 1975 Seattle Fantagraphics Books p 164 About this paper New York Ace Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved Nov 9 2010 Bledsoe Jerry June 5 1972 The Underground s Ace in the Hole New York pp 55 57 Retrieved Nov 9 2010 nbsp nbsp This article about a New York newspaper is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New York Ace amp oldid 1200260305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
