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(WET MAGAZINE). Koren, Leonard, Editor & Publisher. Venice, CA. 1976-1981: Wet Enterprises, Inc.. First Editions. 4to + Small Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. VG -. or Better.. XXX TAKEN OFFLINE TO COMPLETE SET 1/27/22 XXX Each issue circa 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Running for thirty-four issues between 1976 and 1981, Leonard Koren's revered Venice, California lifestyle magazine is notable for its prescient mixture of H2O and popular culture, mild nudity, fashion, and great ads for so many trendsetting (and mostly short-lived) L.A. boutiques. "Wet" featured covers by the most innovative local photographers, graphic designers, and art directors of the era including Jayme Odgers, April Greiman, Matthew Rolston, Moshe Brakha, Guy Webster, Larry Williams, Roy Gyongy, Marcia Resnick, John Van Hamersveld, Teruhisa "Terry" Yumura, and Koren himself. In addition to these contributors, the issues here contain articles by or about the likes of Ringo Starr, Jack Nicholson, Athena Tacha, Gary Panter, Glenn O'Brien, Gregory Poe, Candice Bergen, David Johansen, Timothy Leary, Brian Eno (who contributed a rare 1979 variant edition of his "Oblique Strategies" deck!), Kristine McKenna, Iggy Pop, Deborah Harry, Lisa Lyon, Leonard Cohen, Nico, James Brown, Howard Devoto, Richard Gere, Jim Carroll, David Byrne, Kenneth Anger, William S. Burroughs, Dick Dale, Matt Groening, Marshall Brickman, Mick Jagger, Tom Verlaine, Paul Morrissey, Tim Hardin, Robert Smithson, Jello Biafra, Bud Cort, H. Ross Perot, Lewis MacAdams, Richard Meltzer, George Clinton, Merle Haggard, Winston Tong, Helmut Newton, Hodgetts and Mangurian, Half Japanese, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Elvis Costello, Amos Tutuola, Joel-Peter Witkin, David Lynch, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Steve Samiof, Laurie Anderson, Henry Miller, Peter Shire, The Screamers, John Lydon, David Lee Roth, Ed Ruscha, and many, many others. A most presentable group of twenty-five issues: 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 - including an unbroken run of the last eighteen numbers - in both the original smaller and oversized tabloid formats all in Very Good minus or better condition showing some light wear, handling, and soiling with a few bearing some mild rippling due (appropriately) to moisture. ISSN 0194-3944 Inventory Number: 026686