And here’s another that I just found out about.
Monocle was a satire magazine of the early 1960s, heavily political in nature, edited by Victor Navasky, later of The Nation, with a cadre of young moonlighting writers who would later all become well-known in some way. It was issued in a unique 11"x5.5" format and used a brilliant and influential oddball internal design that incorporated everything from comic strips to fake advertising and typewriting. Marvin Kitman, who is best known for George Washington’s Expense Account but also was a major TV critic, was the Managing Editor.
The Spring 1964 issue (vol 5, no. 4) announced a campaign for Kitman as President. (As a Republican. The magazine, not surprisingly, wasn’t.) The campaign continued in Summer 1964 issue and reached a peak with the Fall 1964 issue (vol. 6, no. 2). The entire issue was a “Kitman for President Souvenir Program.” There may not have been a vol. 6, no. 3, although some sources say Monocle didn’t fold until 1965.
I just stumbled across these in a used bookstore. I knew about the magazine and had the anthology The Monocle Peep Show, which contains the best political satire of the Kennedy years, but amazingly had never seen a single issue. Didn’t even know about the weird shape.
You can get the Peep Show cheap and if you’re interested in those years, I’d highly recommend it.