Paul Krassner était un auteur, journaliste et comédien américain, reconnu comme le fondateur, rédacteur en chef et contributeur fréquent du magazine The Realist. Son travail se caractérisait par une approche satirique et provocatrice des événements actuels et des normes sociétales. Krassner repoussait constamment les limites de la liberté d'expression, utilisant l'humour comme un outil pour dénoncer l'hypocrisie. Son héritage réside dans sa perspective intransigeante et spirituelle sur le monde.
To solicit these stories, Paul Krassner contacted 250 friends and acquaintances and announced the project in High Times and on the air. Including "The Bust at Ken Kesey's Place, " "How the Yippies Mailed 30,000 Joints to Perfect Strangers, " and "The Acid Trip of a Death Row Prisoner, " these true tales range from funny to bizarre to poignant.
The Realist was a legendary satirical periodical that ran from 1958 to 2001 and published some of the most incendiary cartoons that ever appeared in an American magazine. The Realist Cartoons collects, for the first time, the best, the wittiest, and the most provocative drawings that appeared in its pages, including work by R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, S. Clay Wilson, Jay Lynch, Trina Robbins, Mort Gerberg, Jay Kinney, Richard Guindon, Nicole Hollander, Skip Williamson, and many others.