Vile Mag / File Mag

Vile magazine was published between 1974 and 1983 by the mail artists Anna Banana and Bill Gaglione. The first seven issues were published in San Francisco, and the final one was published by Banana after she returned to her native Canada in 1981. Credit for the editorship of individual issues is divided with Banana editing five issues, and Gaglione the remaining three. Gaglione had moved to San Francisco from New York in 1967, while Banana had moved from Victoria, British Columbia in 1973 and together, both artistically & romantically, they were a formidable couple within San Francisco’s alternative arts scene. Before Banana’s move to San Francisco she had already begun publishing her periodical/newsletter The Banana Rag, a publication that was dedicated to all things bananas and she continued its publication during her eight years in San Francisco. Likewise Gaglione had been publishing his periodical Dadazine from the early 1970’s until later in the decade. With her relocation