Douglas Blazek (born December 31,[1][2] 1941) is a Polish-American poet and editor who published the literary chapbook Ole and was proprietor of the Open Skull Press.
Blazek is one of the founders of the Mimeo Revolution, a literary movement that sprang up concurrently with The Beats.
He was instrumental in bringing non-establishment poets and artists such as Charles Bukowski, Robert Crumb and D. A.
He published his first book of poetry under the pseudonym (and double entendre) Peter Wellinher.
[3] As described in the introduction to James DenBoer's A Bibliography of the Published Works of Douglas Blazek: 1961-2001 (Glass Eye Books, 2003), Blazek is noteworthy for his prolific early period (1964-1978), followed by an extended hiatus.