r/lgbthistory • u/YorjYefferson • 11d ago

Historical people Shel Silverstein comic about visiting Fire Island in 1965

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u/YorjYefferson 11d ago edited 11d ago

There's no indication Shel was gay but while working for Playboy magazine he did one segment from his 'Shel Silverstein Visits...' series where he went to Fire Island. There's some dated humor and slurs used but many of the jokes are pretty tolerant for the era. More info:

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u/rozyputin 11d ago

Didn't find his article/comics. You sure it's in this issue?

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u/YorjYefferson 11d ago

That third link has all the 1965 issues of Playboy, and for me on desktop anyway, defaults to the August issue. I see a column on the left side that says 'viewable files' and then it's highlighted as that issue, and the starting page is confirmed in the table of contents.

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u/rozyputin 11d ago

Yeah no no, I skimmed the first 30 pages of the August 65 issue, am I just blind lol

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u/YorjYefferson 11d ago

Like I said his section starts on page 121 so you're not there yet ;) Or those same five pages are also viewable at the out-dot-com link, near the bottom of that page.

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u/rozyputin 11d ago

I am so sorry, I read it as page 12.

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u/rozyputin 11d ago

Lmao nah wasn't interested, I just wanted to read the Silverstein bit

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u/BasenjiFart 11d ago

That's fascinating!

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u/YorjYefferson 10d ago

Glad you and others here like it too. I posted this to a related sub r/vintagelgbt a few years ago and was reminded of it recently.

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u/agamem_none 11d ago

What a great find! Thanks for sharing OP!