The Realist
| Editor | Paul Krassner |
|---|---|
| Categories | Satirical Magazine, Yippies |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Realist Association |
| First issue | Spring 1958 |
| Final issue Number | Spring 2001 146 |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | New York City, New York |
| Language | English |
| OCLC | 1105249849 |
The Realist was a magazine of "social-political-religious criticism and satire", intended as a hybrid of a grown-ups version of Mad and Lyle Stuart's anti-censorship monthly The Independent. Edited and published by Paul Krassner, and often regarded as a milestone in the American underground or countercultural press of the mid-20th century, it was a nationally-distributed newsstand publication as early as 1958. Publication was discontinued in 2001.