The Whistler Answer
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| The Whistler Answer | |
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The Whistler Answer, cover dated April 1, 1977 |
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| Editor & Chief | Charlie Doyle |
| Categories | Satire |
| Frequency | discontinued, Bimonthly when in print |
| Circulation | 1,000 first printing |
| First issue | April 1977 |
| Company | The Whistler Answer |
| Country |  Canada |
| Language | English |
| Website | [1] |
| ISSN | 0705-7148 |
The Whistler Answer was a periodical published in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from 1977 until the mid 1990s.
[edit] First Edition
The first edition of The Whistler Answer was published on April 1st, 1977. The production run was 1,000 copies, 12 pages on newsprint in tabloid format. All twelve pages were hand lettered by the editorial staff. This first edition listed
- Charlie Doyle as editor & cheif [sic], art, layout, lettering
- Robin Blechman as associate editor, inspiration, lettering
- Tim Smith as associate editor, lettering
What made the Whistler Answer unique was its hand lettering, or calligraphy, its irregular publication schedule, and its "take all contributions" editorial policy and lack of a clear commercial motive or goal.
The first edition had a cover price of 25 cents but was primarily supported through advertising revenues. The content of The Whistler Answer was mostly satire. The cover of the first edition had a photograph by George Benjamin of three naked conoeists and the headline "Missing On Alta Lake". Alta Lake was frozen over at the time and yet some readers believed the April Fool's headline and story.
Contributors included Jim Monahan, Bob Eakins, Chico Audio, Michael Leierer, Bob Colebrook, Elwyn Rowlands, Cosmic Fred, Chris Speedie and many others.
The Answer followed no regular publication schedule, issues usually being timed around events like equinoxes, full moons, World Cup Downhill races and other oddball occasions. 1981 saw the last issue of the Answer with the original crew.
The Answer was resurrected in 1992 in a much different Whistler. Development was already in progress and the community was much more diverse than in the Seventies. There was more businesses and hence more potential advertising revenue.
