Writing, Speaking, Standup Performances and Publishing
Wagner's political activism also has taken the form of creating and performing multimedia political comedy shows ("Pete Wagner! Pete Wagner! The Un-American Boy!" toured 33 colleges in the late 1970s and early 1980s), and authoring and publishing books, including "Buy This Book" (1980) and "Buy This Too" (1987) and writing for, editing and publishing a mass-circulation precursor to The Onion, probably the first free tabloid humor publication in the U.S., "Minne HA! HA! - The Twin Cities' Sorely Needed Humor Magazine" (published sporadically in volumes of one to fifteen issues between 1978 and 1993). Minne HA! HA!'s satire was typified by issues like "The Lighter Side of Total Global Nuclear Devastation." Wagner's book designs were innovative for their time, influenced by the designs of Marshal McLuhan's books done by Quentin Fiore, and likened to MAD Magazine by WCCO-TV's Marcia Fleur in an interview with Wagner on "Newsday" in November 1987. Wagner also performed stand-up political comedy and satire at Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop Theater in the 1970s and at Scott Hansen's Comedy Gallery on a regular basis in 1990. In addition to comedy and humor writing, Wagner has written numerous opinion pieces and editorials for various newspapers, including the Milwaukee Journal.
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