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In the last two installments of Ed Wood Wednesdays, we
indexed the magazine titles and issues filed for copyright (in
1970-71 and 1973 Library of Congress catalogs,
respectively) by Pendulum/Calga, both incorporated publishers running
out of Bernie Bloom's W Pico Blvd office, where Ed Wood and a small
cadre of large talents and free spirits worked. Dramatic changes
ensued in 1973, as both Pendulum and Calga disintegrated by the Spring. Common speculation relates to the burgeoning legal troubles
of Michael Thevis, finally
resulting in two murder convictions.
By the spring of 1973, solely Gallery
Press, Inc. existed. It was still run by Bloom on W Pico under the
imprints Gallery Press and (d.b.a.) Edusex, the Pendulum
sensibility maintaining: free-love hippiedom, pleas-for-tolerance,
utterly objective – well, excepting legacy terms like "perversion" and "deviation" – pseudo-science, lots of b&w and color
graphic sexual photos (the proverbial raison d'etre), and, with regularity, Ed Wood's short stories and articles.
Ed listed 27 short stories and 49
articles on his resume for 1973, most of which are spread across the
approx. 130 individual issues indexed here.
PENDULUM (Pendulum Publishers, Inc.)
Both the Pendulum imprint and the
incorporated publisher under that name faded quickly in early 1973,
releasing a mere four issues across three titles (all long-running).
It's former d.b.a. SECS Press ended its run as 1972 ended.
Orgy
v5n1 JanFeb
Pendulum
v5n4 Feb
v5n5 Apr
Swap
v7n1 JanFeb
CALGA PRESS (Calga Publishers, Inc.)
Both the Calga Press imprint and the
incorporated publisher under that name, likewise to Pendulum, faded
quickly in early 1973. A mere two issues were filed for copyright in
1973 as Calga Press titles, one in copyright notice in December of
1972. Effectively, Calga Press was no more by 1973.
Erotic Love
v4n1 JanFeb
U.S. Sex and World Views
v8 JanFeb (in
notice: 1972)
EDUSEX (Calga
Publishers, Inc.)
In the
vaccum of Pendulum and Calga's wake, the Edusex imprint (early in the
year a d.b.a. of Calga Publishers, Inc. and then continuing on as a
d.b.a. of the newly-formed and soon sole incorporation Gallery Press,
Inc.) briefly flourished. Edusex carried the sociological
torch of the obsolescent SECS Press.
Anthology of Sex
book 1 FebMar
book 2 AprMay
The Anatomy of Sex
book 3 MarApr
Bisexuality
book 1 AprMay
The Erotic Woman
n1 AprMay
Female Sexuality
book 2 MarApr
The Marrieds and the Singles
v2 Feb (in notice:
Nov72)
v3 JunJul
Sex Data
MayApr
book 3 MayJun
The Sex Experience
book 3 MayJun
Sex Film Review
v1 JanFeb
Sex Forum
book 2 FebMar
Sex in America
book 2 JanFeb
The Sex Scene
book 2 FebMar
book AprMay
Sex Studies
book 3 MarApr
Sexlife
book 1 MarApr
Sexual Guidebook
book 1 MarApr
The Sexual Reader
book 2 JanFeb
book 3 AprMay
Sexworld
book 4 AprMay
GALLERY PRESS
(Calga Publishers, Inc.)
Gallery Press
maintained into the late-Winter/early-Spring of 1973 as the principal
d.b.a./imprint of Calga Publishers, Inc., soon to incorporate as
Gallery Press, Inc., subsuming Pendulum and Calga. (A few issues
leaked out under GP/CPI through the remainder of the year.)
Boyplay
v2n1 FebMar
Cherry
v2n1 FebMar
v2n2 JunJul
Couples Doing It (continued
as Couples)
v2n1 FebMar
Fantastic
v2n1 FebMar
Festival
v1 JanFeb (in
notice: Dec72)
Fig Leaf
v2n1 JanFeb (in
notice: Dec72)
Gallery
v2(called
1)n1(called 2) JanFeb (in notice: Dec72)
Hellcats
v2n1 JanFeb (in
notice: Dec72)
Lesbian Life
v2n1 FebMar
Lovers
(listed as title in
the copyright catalog under the Gallery Press d.b.a., but no issues
are therein filed for copyright)
Party Time
v2n1 FebMar
Passion
v2n1 JanFeb (in
notice: Dec72)
Sensual Cinema
v1n1 JanFeb
v2n1 AprMay
v2n2 NovDec
GALLERY PRESS
(Gallery Press, Inc.)
Titles previously
filed for copyright by Calga Publishers, Inc. maintained, as well as
a spate of new titles. The sole d.b.a./imprint under GPI was Edusex,
also a carry-over from CPI.
Balling
v1n1 NovDec
Bi
v1n1 AprMay
v1n2 JulAug
Bisex
v1n1 NovDec
Boyplay
v2n2 MayJun
Couples Doing It (continued
as Couples)
v2n2 AprMay
Couples (continuing
Couples Doing It)
v2n3 AugSep
Deuce
v2n2 FebMar
v2n1 JulAug
v2n3 AugSep
Discovery
v1n1 NovDec
Encyclopedia of Sex
v1n1 NovDec
Fantastic
v2n2 MayJun
v2n3 AugSep
Fantasy
v1n1 NovDec
Festival
v2n1 AprMay
v2n2 JulAug
Fetish
v1n1 MayJun
Fig Leaf
v2n2 AprMay
v2n3 JunJul
v2n4 NovDec
Gallery
v2(called1)n2
AprMay
v2n3 JulAug
Gemini
v2n1 MarApr
v2n2 MayJun
v2n4 Aug
Goddess
v2n1 MarApr
v2n2 MayJun
Group Case Histories
v1n1 MayJun
v1n2 JulAug
Hellcats
v2n2 MarApr
v2n3 JulAug
Lesbian Case Histories
v1n1 MarApr
v1n2 JulAug
v1n3 NovDec
Lesbian Life
v2n2 AprMay
v2n3 JulAug
Man to Man
v1n1 AprMay
v1n2 JulAug
Menage
v1n1 MarApr
v1n2 JunJul
Party Time
v2n2 MayJun
v2n3 AugSep
Passion
v2n2 MarApr
v2n3 JulAug
Savage
v2n1 MarApr
v2n2 JunJul
v2n3 NovDec
Sex Fax
v1n1 SepOct
(not filed for
copyright)
Sexual Group
v1n1 NovDec
Sexuality Today
v1n1 NovDec
Singles Catalogue
v1n1 NovDec
Titties
v1n1 NovDec
Trois
v1n1 AugSep
Turn On
v2n2 MarApr
v2n3 JunJul
Wanted Women
v2n2 MarApr
v2n3 JunJul
Woman's Sex Journal
v1n1 NovDec
Woman's World
v2n2 MarApr
v2n3 JunJul
EDUSEX (Gallery
Press, Inc.)
Continuing and
sometimes re-numbering previous Edusex titles from CPI, the imprint
remained the sole titular extension (still a d.b.a.) of GPI during
the Spring and Summer of 1973.
Advanced Sexual Practices
book 1 AprMay
book 2 JulAug
The Anatomy of Sex
book 4 JunJul
Bisexuality
book 2 JunJul
The Erotic Woman
n2 AugSep
Female Sexuality
book 3 JunJul
Sex Data
n2 JulAug
book 4 JulAug
The Sex Experience
book 4 JulAug
Sex Forum
book 3 MayJun
Sex in America
book 3 AprMay
book 4 JulAug
Sex Studies
book 4 JunJul
Sexlife
book 2 JunJul
Sexual Guidebook
book 2 JunJul
The Sexual Reader
book 4 JulAug
The Sexual Woman
book 1 JulAug
Sexualiving
book 1 AprMay
book 2 JulAug
Sexworld
book 5 JunJul
A Study of Fetishism
book 1 AprMay
book 2 JulAug
We've now indexed
just south of 500 individual Pendulum/Calga/Gallery issues filed for
copyright from 1970 through 1973, the heart
of Ed's work there. The edges of Pendulum et al – from the
late 1960s and mid-'70s – are up next.