first edition
1969 · London
by Marchbank, Pearce
London, 1969. First edition. The Wall Sheet Journal is a collection of fifteen 10 inch x 16 inch posters, each by a different designer, artist, or writer, issued in a plastic bag. It was edited, designed, printed, and published by Pearce Marchbank, as his last student project at the Central School of Art. One of 500 numbered copies. Contributors included Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Terry Jones of Monty Python, renowned graphic designers Richard Hollis and Alan Kitching, cartoonist Peter Brookes, and others. Marchbank would become a prolific art director, responsible for many iconic covers for Oz, Friends, Time Out, and other magazines. Ref.: Taylor and Brody, 100 Years of Magazine Covers. (Inventory #: 32183)