The Texas Ranger (magazine)
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| Editor |
Robert C. Eckhardt (1936–1937) Bill Yates (1949–1950) Frank Stack (1958–1959) Bill Helmer (1959–1960) Gilbert Shelton (1962–1963) Robert A. Burns (1966-1967) |
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| Staff cartoonists | John Canaday, Rowland B. Wilson, Harvey Schmidt, Gilbert Shelton, Frank Stack, Tony Bell, Jaxon, |
| Staff writers | Liz Smith, Robert Benton, Joe E. Brown, Jr., Bill Killeen, Lieuen Adkins, Pat Brown |
| Categories | Humor magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | Magazine |
| Circulation | 12,000-15,000 (early 1960s) |
| Year founded | 1923 |
| First issue | November 1923 |
| Final issue | April 1972 |
| Company | Texas Student Publications, Inc. |
| Based in |
University of Texas Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Language | English |
The Texas Ranger was the undergraduate humor publication of the University of Texas at Austin (UT), published from 1923–1972. A number of people who later went on to become key members of the underground comix scene — including Frank Stack, Gilbert Shelton, and Jaxon — were Texas Ranger editors and contributors during the period 1959–1965. Other notable contributors to The Texas Ranger over the years included Robert C. Eckhardt, John Canaday, Rowland B. Wilson, Harvey Schmidt, Bill Yates, Liz Smith, Robert Benton, Bill Helmer, Robert A. Burns and Wick Allison.
The Texas Ranger was founded in 1923. Seeing itself as a complement to the campus newspaper The Daily Texan, the Ranger focused on humor, cartoons, and images of young women on its covers. Gag cartoons and comic strips were a staple of the magazine from its inception. From early on until late in its run, the magazine featured a female UT student on the cover as the so-called "Girl of the Month" or "GOM." For a number of years the magazine also ran a Playboy parody in its March issue.
Over the years The Texas Ranger often drew the ire of UT's administration for its targeted satire and occasionally risqué content. Staff members called themselves the "Rangeroos" and were known for their bacchanalian parties, especially in the 1960s during Gilbert Shelton's reign as editor.
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