HILLERSBERG, Lars; SVEDBERG, Lena; DE GEER, Carl Johan, et al. Puss and Puss International.

(Stockholm, Sweden): Puss, 1968-1973.  First edition.  Issues 1-21, Puss International, and prospectus quarto’s 29.5cm by 21cm and issues 22-24 folio’s 38.5cm by 28cm.  A complete set of this rare Swedish magazine. Inspired by counterculture periodicals such as The Village Voice, East Village Other, and Oz Magazine, and armed with an anti-capitalist, anti-USA stanza,  Puss was a satire-driven art zine full of radical politics and sexual liberation.  The magazine adopted a critical approach towards politicians and opinion leaders and condemned the US interventions in Vietnam and the Swedish police. It was also involved in the emerging feminist discussions in Sweden. The magazine frequently employed a political satire containing a covert and aesthetic critique. In the third issue Puss published a photo collage made by Lars Hillersberg featuring a naked man wearing a mask of the People’s Party leader Sven Wedén. Following its publication the issue was confiscated by the Swedish authorities, and it became a subject of criticisms by mainstream publications such as Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet. Right-wing leader Gösta Bohman also attacked the magazine describing it as a “disgusting” publication”.  Too radical for Sweden at the time It soon proved impossible to distribute it through regular newsagents, and street vendors were instead used.  The magazine, and its deliverance of provocative political satire with anarchist tendencies is now recognised for its ground-breaking work.  All issues 1-24, Puss International, and Puss prospectus all in very good condition.  Complete sets are scarce.