Snapshots: the covers of Punk magazine

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In 1976, New York was home to a booming counter-culture – and one magazine, Punk, was there to chronicle it all. Forty years after its first printing, NYC gallery Howl! Happening is exhibiting 15 hand-drawn covers

Jennifer Guay

Sat 6 Feb 2016 17.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 22 Mar 2018 00.05 GMT

• Joey Ramone

  Vol 1, issue no 3,­ April 1976. Illustration and design by John Holmstrom. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Patti Smith

  Vol 1, issue no 7,­ February 1977. Illustration and design by Steve Taylor. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The Sex Pistols

  Vol 1, issue no 8,­ March 1977. Illustration and design by Steve Taylor. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• An unpublished sketch from July 1977

  Original sketch of cover by John Holmstrom. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• ‘The two faces of Patti Smith’

  Vol 1, issue no 2, ­March 1976. Photograph by Guillemette Barbet; art/layout by John Holmstrom. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Lou Reed

  Vol 1, issue no 1,­ January 1976. Illustration and design by John Holmstrom. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Blondie

  Vol 1, issue no ­10,­ Summer 1977. Illustration and design by Bobby London. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The Monkees

  Vol 1, issue no 5,­ August 1976. Illustration and design by John Holmstrom. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The Legend of Nick Detroit (pictured are Debbie Harry, Judy LaPilusa and Richard Hell )

  Vol 1, issue no 6,­ August 1976. Illustration and design by John Holmstrom. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

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