Raw #3 - High Culture for Lowbrows

([June] 1991)

Penguin, 1989 Series

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Volume: 2
Price: 14.95 USD; 19.95 CAD; 8.99 GBP
Pages: 228
On-sale Date: 1991-06-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: The Penguin Group
Brand: [penguin in an oval]
ISBN: 0-14-012282-6
Barcode: 9780140122824 90000

Editing: Art Spiegelman (credited) (editor); Françoise Mouly (credited) (editor); Robert Sikoryak (credited) (associate editor); Dale Crain (credited) (design associate)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Pencils: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Inks: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Colors: ?
Letters: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Please God - I'm afraid! Make them stop destroying the planet (and also maybe put an end to...

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #17 - Cave Wimp (July 2005)

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credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Art Spiegelman
Pencils: Art Spiegelman (painting)
Inks: Art Spiegelman (painting)
Colors: Art Spiegelman (painting)
Letters: Art Spiegelman

Reprints

in Raw, Boiled and Cooked: Comics on the Verge (Last Gasp, 2004 series) (2004)
in MetaMaus (Flammarion, 2012 series) (janvier 2012)
in Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps (Drawn & Quarterly, 2013 series) (September 2013)

Indexer Notes

Two-page table of contents and indicia spread, includes art from the lithography "Lead Pipe Sunday" by art spiegelman.

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Francis Masse; Françoise Mouly (translation); Art Spiegelman (translation); Joachim Neugroshol (translation)
Pencils: Francis Masse
Inks: Francis Masse
Colors: Francis Masse
Letters: Paul Karasik

Genre: satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Listed as "The Mouseum of Natural History" on the Table of Contents.

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Loustal; Françoise Mouly (translation); Art Spiegelman (translation)
Pencils: Loustal
Inks: Loustal
Colors: Loustal
Letters: Tom Bunk

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Françoise Mouly (translation); Cheri Samba; B. Jewsiewiski (translation)
Pencils: Cheri Samba (painting)
Inks: Cheri Samba (painting)
Colors: Cheri Samba (painting)
Letters: Cheri Samba (painting); typeset

Indexer Notes

Paintings by Cheri Samba, accompanied by translations of the text featured in each painting.

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Ben Katchor
Pencils: Ben Katchor
Inks: Ben Katchor
Colors: Ben Katchor
Letters: Ben Katchor

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Kaz Prapuolenis
Pencils: Kaz Prapuolenis
Inks: Kaz Prapuolenis
Colors: Kaz Prapuolenis
Letters: Kaz Prapuolenis

Reprints

in Sidetrack City and Other Tales (Fantagraphics, 1996 series)

Krazy Kat / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Bob Callahan
Pencils: George Herriman
Inks: George Herriman
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Krazy Kat / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script: George Herriman
Pencils: George Herriman
Inks: George Herriman
Letters: George Herriman

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

from Krazy Kat 1936.05.15 - 1936.07.16

Indexer Notes

Pages are printed on a yellowed, newspaper stock, different from the rest of the book.

Sinner / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script: José Muñoz; Eduardo Kaplan (translation)
Pencils: Carlos Sampayo
Inks: Carlos Sampayo
Letters: Phil Felix

Reprints

from (À Suivre) (Casterman, 1977 series) #134 (Mars 1989)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Pencils: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Inks: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Letters: Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Genre

biography

Reprints

in Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (MQ Publications, 2007 series) (2007)

Keywords

autobiography

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Chris Ware
Pencils: Chris Ware
Inks: Chris Ware
Letters: Chris Ware

Genre

satire-parody; superhero

Reprints

in Thrilling Adventure Stories (Chris Ware, 1991 ? series) #[nn] (1991 ?)
in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #[1] ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Title from Table of Contents. "I Guess" is presented in story title style on the first page of the story.

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Drew Friedman
Pencils: Drew Friedman
Inks: Drew Friedman
Letters: Drew Friedman

Genre

biography; satire-parody

Reprints

in The Fun Never Stops: An Anthology of Comic Art 1991-2006 (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) (June 2007)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Robert Sikoryak (credited as Jim Dakooning)
Pencils: Robert Sikoryak (credited as Jim Dakooning)
Inks: Robert Sikoryak (credited as Jim Dakooning)
Letters: Robert Sikoryak (credited as Jim Dakooning)

Genre: satire-parody
Synopsis: A Garfield strip, drawn in the style of Willem de Kooning.

Indexer Notes

Listed as "Garish Feline" on the Table of Contents.

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Tom De Haven
Pencils: Richard Sala
Inks: Richard Sala
Letters: Richard Sala

Reprints

in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)

Maus [Art Spiegelman] / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Art Spiegelman
Pencils: Art Spiegelman
Inks: Art Spiegelman
Letters: typeset

Genre

biography; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (1991 ?)
in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (November 1991)

in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Penguin, 1992 ? series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (1992)
in Maus: Relato de un superviviente (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (noviembre 2001)

Keywords

autobiography

Indexer Notes

A synopsis of previous chapters of Maus and the main characters, as well as chapter title page art.

Maus [Art Spiegelman] / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script: Art Spiegelman
Pencils: Art Spiegelman
Inks: Art Spiegelman
Letters: Art Spiegelman

Genre

biography; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (1991 ?)
in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (November 1991)

in Maus (Brombergs, 1987 series) #II
in Maus - Vertelling van een overlevende (A.W. Bruna & Zoon, 1987 series) #2
in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Penguin, 1992 ? series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (1992)
in Maus - Die Geschichte eines Überlebenden (Rowohlt, 1989 series) #2 (September 1992)

in Maus - Die Geschichte eines Überlebenden (Rowohlt, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
in Die vollständige Maus (S. Fischer Verlag, 2008 series) (2008)

in Die vollständige Maus (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2010 series) (2010)

in Maus I & II Historia til ein overlevande (Cappelen, 1993 series) (1993)
in Maus, vertelling van een overlevende (Oog & Blik, 1994 series) #II (1995)
in Maus (Brombergs, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996)
in The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1997 series) ([January] 1997)
in Maus: Opowieść ocalałego (Post, 2001 series) #2 - I tu się zaczęły moje kłopoty (2001)
in Maus: Relato de un superviviente (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (noviembre 2001)
in Maus: Relat d'un Supervivent (Inrevés Edicions, 2003 ? series) (2003)
in Maus: Zgodba o preživetju (Založba ZRC, 2003 series) #2 - In tu so se začele moje težave (2003)
in Maus - De volledige editie (Oog & Blik, 2004 series) (2004)
in Maus: Zgodba o preživetju (Založba ZRC, 2006 series) (2006)
in Maus (Brombergs, 1996 series) #[nn] [Andra upplagan] (2009)
in Maus (Cappelen Damm, 2009 series) ([november] 2009)
in The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale [25th Anniversary Edition] (Random House, 2011 series) (October 2011)
in Maus. Povestea unui supravieţuitor (Editura Art, 2012 series) ([mai] 2012)
in Маус [Maus] (Corpus, 2013 series) ([ноября] 2013)

Keywords

autobiography

Cowboy Henk / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Kamagurka; Herr Seele
Pencils: Kamagurka; Herr Seele
Inks: Kamagurka; Herr Seele

Genre: humor

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Lorenzo Mattotti; Toni Capuozzo; Eduardo Kaplan (translation); Art Spiegelman (translation)
Pencils: Lorenzo Mattotti; Toni Capuozzo
Inks: Lorenzo Mattotti; Toni Capuozzo
Letters: Paul Karasik

Indexer Notes

Story credited to "Lorenzo Mattotti and Toni Capuozzo".

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Joost Swarte
Pencils: Joost Swarte
Inks: Joost Swarte
Letters: Joost Swarte

Binky Brown / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Justin Green
Pencils: Justin Green
Inks: Justin Green
Letters: Justin Green

Genre

biography

Reprints

in Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler (Last Gasp, 1995 series) (1995)

illustration / 32 pages (report information)

Script: Gary Panter
Pencils: Gary Panter
Inks: Gary Panter
Letters: Gary Panter

Indexer Notes

"Eyesore" section printed on a brown paper stock with purple ink.

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Mark Beyer
Inks: Mark Beyer
Colors: Mark Beyer
Letters: typeset

Reprints

in Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore (Uncivilized Books, 2016 series) (November 2016)

Waldo the Cat / comic story / 41 pages (report information)

Script: Kim Deitch; Simon Deitch
Pencils: Kim Deitch
Inks: Kim Deitch
Letters: Kim Deitch

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

in The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) (December 1993)
in The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Pantheon, 2002 series) (September 2002)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Marc Caro; Françoise Mouly (translation); Art Spiegelman (translation)
Pencils: Marc Caro
Inks: Marc Caro
Letters: Paul Karasik

Indexer Notes

Story titled "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor" on the Table of Contents.

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script: Lynda Barry
Pencils: Lynda Barry
Inks: Lynda Barry
Letters: Lynda Barry

Genre

biography

Reprints

in My Perfect Life (HarperCollins, 1992 series)

Keywords

autobiography

Reprints

from Le Journal pour rire (Aubert, 1851 series) #54 (9 octobre 1852)

Waldo the Cat / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Kim Deitch
Inks: Kim Deitch
Colors: Kim Deitch

Genre: anthropomorphic-funny animals

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents

0. ["Please God - I'm afraid! Make them stop destroying the planet (and also maybe put an end to..."]
1. Lead Pipe Sunday
2. Two in the Balcony: The Mouseum of Natural History
3. Marcel, the Little White Man of Iwindo
4. Memories of an African
5. On a Sliver of River
6. Little Bastard
7. [Krazy Kat Introduction]
Krazy Kat
8. Tiger Tea
Krazy Kat
9. North Americans
Sinner
10. I Remember Peggy
11. Thrilling Adventure Stories [or "I Guess"]
12. Everybody's Buddy
13. Garish Feline I-VI
14. Proxy
15. [Maus Chapter Ten]
Maus [Art Spiegelman]
16. Chapter Ten: "Saved"
Maus [Art Spiegelman]
17. A Day in the Life of Cowboy Henk
Cowboy Henk
18. Written on the Wind
19. Columbus Returns and Reconsiders
20. Binky Brown Meets Olympic Legends
Binky Brown
21. Eyesore: Sketchbook Drawings 1983-1988
22. The Bowing Machine
23. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Waldo the Cat
24. And Now a Word from Our Sponsor... ("In Vitro Veritas")
25. The Most Obvious Question
26. Between the Lines
27. Repulsion
28. A Fulfilling Career
29. [no title indexed]
Waldo the Cat
30. ["Indispensable... RAW weaves the line between fine aht and gutter comics like a drunk taking a sobriety test."]

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R. S. Martin
Jim Ordolis
Mark Q
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Ramon Schenk
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Raw #3 - High Culture for Lowbrows ([June] 1991)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Lead Pipe Sunday (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Two in the Balcony: The Mouseum of Natural History (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Marcel, the Little White Man of Iwindo (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Memories of an African (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

On a Sliver of River (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Little Bastard (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

[Krazy Kat Introduction] (Table of Contents: 7)

Krazy Kat / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Tiger Tea (Table of Contents: 8)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

North Americans (Table of Contents: 9)

Sinner / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

I Remember Peggy (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Thrilling Adventure Stories [or "I Guess"] (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Everybody's Buddy (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Garish Feline I-VI (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Proxy (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

[Maus Chapter Ten] (Table of Contents: 15)

Maus [Art Spiegelman] / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Chapter Ten: "Saved" (Table of Contents: 16)

Maus [Art Spiegelman] / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

A Day in the Life of Cowboy Henk (Table of Contents: 17)

Cowboy Henk / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Written on the Wind (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Columbus Returns and Reconsiders (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Binky Brown Meets Olympic Legends (Table of Contents: 20)

Binky Brown / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Eyesore: Sketchbook Drawings 1983-1988 (Table of Contents: 21)

illustration / 32 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Bowing Machine (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Table of Contents: 23)

Waldo the Cat / comic story / 41 pages (report information)

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor... ("In Vitro Veritas") (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Most Obvious Question (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Between the Lines (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Repulsion (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

A Fulfilling Career (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Waldo the Cat / illustration / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Raw #3 - High Culture for Lowbrows

([June] 1991)