“An alternative to the Alternative Press". General Idea's File gained a reputation far beyond its Toronto underground roots. It was subversive to the core, pilfering freely from mainstream media and culture, while maintaining close attention to design issues and the use of experimental layouts. File “..anticipated many queercore and punk zines of the later 70s and 80s…as well as more recent mass-media interventions, such as the widely distributed, anti-globalist Vancouver-based publication Adbusters.” - Peter Gallo. An iconic cover- Billy at The Colour bar lounge- one of the most famous images produced by GI. Inside- Queen West, Insect sex, Kathy Acker, Mapplethorpe, Francesco Clemente and the clichettes.
