Early career Wilcock began working for newspapers in his home country — the
Daily Mail and the
Daily Mirror — as well as magazines in
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
Underground press After co-founding the
Village Voice in 1955, his
Voice weekly column lasted from 1955 to 1965, when he left to edit New York's first underground paper, the
East Village Other. While at the
Village Voice, he founded
The Traveler’s Directory, a
hospitality exchange service for offering free
homestays.
The Traveler’s Directory was published from 1960 to 1984, under various editors. While coordinating the 200 papers of the
Underground Press Syndicate, established in 1966, he guest-edited "underground" papers in London, Los Angeles, and Tokyo; returning to New York to publish his own underground tabloid,
Other Scenes. Wilcock interviewed Warhol's closest associates, asking them to "explain" him, publishing the results in 1971 as
The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol. Despite its small initial printing, the $5 book later became sold for upwards of $75 at some of the world's top art museums. A revised edition of the book was released in 2010. Wilcock and Warhol co-founded
Interview magazine in 1969.
Later life Relocating to
Ojai, California, in 2001, Wilcock began publishing an international monthly magazine, the
Ojai Orange, free to his friends in a dozen countries, along with his weekly column and his weekly
public-access television travel show. == Personal life and death ==