Prime Cuts
#2
(March 1987)
Fantagraphics,
1986 Series
- Price
- 3.50 USD; 5.25 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1987-01-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Gary Groth (editor); Kim Thompson (consulting); Robert Fiore (contributing); Kim Fryer (contributing)
Issue Notes
1st printing: February 1987
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #110.
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #110.
[R. Crumb Almanac no. 22 cover]
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
A never before published illustration Crumb made for one of his journals when he was seventeen. The date given is August 1, 1959
Prime Cuts Words & Pictures
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Table of contents plus a quote from Sherwood Anderson
The Sphinx Without a Secret
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Lord Gerald Murchison; Madame de Rastail; Lady Alroy
- Synopsis
- Lord Murchison is taken with the mysterious Lady Alroy, but doesn't believe her when she denies hiding anything.
Hell Fridge
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Billy; Janet; Father O'Shawnessy
- Synopsis
- A refrigerator that can bring death to any who dare open it.
Retirement Village
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Rose; Mr. Michaels
- Synopsis
- Two senior citizens have an intimate dinner.
- Reprints
-
from Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts (Verygraphics, 1981 series) #17 (Winter 1985)
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[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Production and indicia credits. Subscription offer for Prime Cuts with the following issue's cover shown.
How I Almost Got Stomped to the "Still of the Night" by the "Five Satins"
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Spain Rodriguez (signed)
- Pencils
- Spain Rodriguez (signed)
- Inks
- Spain Rodriguez (signed)
- Letters
- Spain Rodriguez (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Adelbert; Crying Tommy Brown; Fletcher; "Fats" Domino (cameo); Chuck Berry (cameo); Shirley and Lee (cameo); Little Richard (cameo); The Five Satins (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Spain and friends sneak into a rhythm & blues show and try to get closer seats.
- Reprints
- in My True Story (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (August 1994)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
Overheard at London's Snack Bars / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Another set of amusing anecdotes from customers.
[no title indexed]
Snappy Sammy Smoot / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smoot! All things considered, modern humanity doesn't amount to a fart in the wind!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Snappy Sammy Smoot; Ragtime Billy
- Synopsis
- Sammy Smoot objects to Ragtime Billy's estimation of modern humanity.
- Reprints
- in The Scum Also Rises: An Anthology of Comic Art (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (November 1988)
- in Smoot (Skip Williamson, 1995 series) #1 (1995)
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UFO
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- Alex Toth questions the wisdom of experts who dismiss what to him are the reality of UFO sightings.
- Reprints
-
from Spécial USA (Edition des Savanes, 1983 series) #11 (décembre 1984)
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The Hidden Face
comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Gretma; The Proprietor
- Synopsis
- After a falling brick hits him in the face, the story's protagonist suffers a series of misfortunes.
- Reprints
The Gallery - Seventh Promenade (Naples)
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- John Horne Burns
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- One chapter from the novel about GIs in wartime Italy.
I Won a Million!
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Young Consumers
- Synopsis
- A brief story that satirizes consumer culture.
Skiff
comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Skiff
- Synopsis
- The narrator talks about Skiff, a guest that was staying over in his family's house.
Industrial Revolution
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Sacco informs the world that the Industrial Revolution did not take several decades to develop, but was a 'prank' developed over a single day.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Dated May 1984
Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 2
Rory Randall / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Will; Buddy Smudley; Rory Randall; Namron the Invincible; Dick Pritkin; Raldo; Frog [The Princess]; Cindy Lou
- Synopsis
- A stranger arrives at Rory Randall's place looking for work. Unfortunately, he may not be what he appears to be.
[no title indexed]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Baccalaureate: Thunder against it.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- More selections from Flaubert's work. Includes a single drawing from Geary.
Indexer Notes
From "Baccalaureate" to "Colonies (Our)."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[R. Crumb Almanac no. 22 cover]
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2.
Prime Cuts Words & Pictures
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3.
The Sphinx Without a Secret
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4.
Hell Fridge
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5.
Retirement Village
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6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
How I Almost Got Stomped to the "Still of the Night" by the "Five Satins"
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8.
[no title indexed]
Overheard at London's Snack Bars -
9.
Clouds
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10.
["Smoot! All things considered, modern humanity doesn't amount to a fart in the wind!"]
Snappy Sammy Smoot -
11.
UFO
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12.
The Hidden Face
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13.
The Gallery - Seventh Promenade (Naples)
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14.
The Best Work By the Best Cartoonists In The World...
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15.
I Won a Million!
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16.
Skiff
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17.
Contributors
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18.
Industrial Revolution
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19.
Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 2
Rory Randall -
20.
["Baccalaureate: Thunder against it."]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas -
21.
[no title indexed]
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22.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Domingos Isabelinho
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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