It was founded by Jack Boulware and David Latimer in 1988 and published from 1989 to 1995, with 5 issues a year.
Except instead of New York and the Ivy League, it would be about the America I knew – the Western U.S., filled with crackers and outlaws and freaks.
"[1] Contributors to The Nose included Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, Will Durst, Greg Proops,[1] Gregg Turkington and Rebecca G. Wilson.
Topics covered by The Nose included: Area 51, Anton LaVey, deaths at Disneyland and Autoerotic asphyxiation with John Deere tractors.
[1] Boulware and former Nose staffers and fans held a 20th-anniversary celebration at The Hemlock Tavern in April 2009.