Prime Cuts
#10
(December 1988)
Fantagraphics,
1986 Series
- Price
- 3.95 USD; 5.25 CAD
- Pages
- 76
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Kim Thompson (credited) (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
First printing: November 1988
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.) (painted)
- Inks
- Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.) (painted)
- Colors
- Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.) (painted); S & M Graphics (credited as S*M Graphics) (color separations)
O Canada Our Home and Native Land
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Masumi Mitsui; Evacuation Officer
- Synopsis
- A shameful episode from Canada's wartime past
- Reprints
from Goin' Rabbitin'
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Keith; Lindsay Arnold [as Linz]; Uncle Reg; Uncle Perce [Uncle Percy]; Baz [Barry]; Bill the Dog
- Synopsis
- Recollections of a childhood holiday
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Linzee Arnold credited as Lindsay Arnold in this issue. Subtitled “The Captain Owns Up: How I Became a Bunny."
Rice Paper
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Wayne Honath
- Synopsis
- Wayne talks to an obssessive record collector
- Keywords
- autobiography
One Night on Market St.
Diary / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Michael Gilbert; Girl
- Synopsis
- Michael meets a deluded girl one night
- Reprints
-
from Dr. Wirtham's Comix & Stories (Clifford Neal, 1976 series) #5/6 (Winter 1980 [Late 1980]) [as a single page with different art; redrawn and expanded to 3 pages]
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are indians really as wild as they were in the movie unk?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
- Synopsis
- A tall tale exposed
- Reprints
- from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #19 (January 1942)
-
The Bottle
illustration / 5 pages
- Script
- George Cruikshank (credited as George Cruickshank)
- Pencils
- George Cruikshank (credited as George Cruickshank)
- Inks
- George Cruikshank (credited as George Cruickshank)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- The Husband; The Wife; The Infant; The Son; The Daughter
- Synopsis
- The dangers of drink. A series of eight engravings illustrate the downward spiral of a family due to the father's drinking.
- Reprints
-
from The Bottle (Tilt and Bogue, 1847 series) (1847)
-
- Keywords
- Parable
Indexer Notes
Originally published as a folio
Ligeia
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Man; Ligeia
- Synopsis
- A man describes his love. A send-up of the Edgar Allan Poe story.
The Fantagraphics 500 – Complete Catalogue: Winter 1988/89
promo (ad from the publisher) / 16 pages
- Script
- Gary Groth; Kim Thompson
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- André Franquin; Kim Thompson ? (translation)
- Pencils
- André Franquin
- Inks
- André Franquin
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Huh?! Not Again!?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Groff; Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Balloon Seller
- Synopsis
- Gaston trains a bird to pop bubbles
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared in France. Page numbered #672. No translation credits given for this issue's Gaston strips.
[no title indexed]
Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- André Franquin; Kim Thompson ? (translation)
- Pencils
- André Franquin
- Inks
- André Franquin
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Couldn't you have found a better road to drive on, Goof?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Poet; Mr. Groff
- Synopsis
- Gaston takes his boss for a drive
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Page numbered #674.
[no title indexed]
Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- André Franquin; Kim Thompson ? (translation)
- Pencils
- André Franquin
- Inks
- André Franquin
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...Yep, it's a scarlet runner from my Aunt Hortense's garden!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Groff; Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]
- Synopsis
- Gaston is told plants respond to music
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Page numbered #676
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
promo for back issues of “Prime Cuts” and other Fantagraphics publications
[no title indexed]
Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you going to run that washer now?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Craig Maynard; Chris Maynard; Stuart Maynard; Mr Maynard
- Synopsis
- Memories of a violent drunken father
- Keywords
- autobiography
Howie Patterson's America
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Howie Patterson
- Synopsis
- Howie's sad life in a land of opportunity
- Reprints
- in Beer Nutz (Tundra, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
-
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk Duets / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, yaka-yaka _ _ reading dat 'ol language-philosophy book!!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
- Synopsis
- What is a humdinger?
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk Duets / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey!! Dere used 't' be three fish!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Jimmy
- Synopsis
- A goldfish disappears
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk Duets / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ach, my friend- how odd you should choose to go upside-down!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
- Synopsis
- Old jokes
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk Duets / comic story / 0.6 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Rube- I wuz reading an article on philosophy in "Mechanix Illustrated" --
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rube; Mr. Slocni; Jimmy
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk Duets / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw, c'mon, Rube- it'sa constitootional right - you can't yell "Fire!!" in a theatre --
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rube; Mr. Slocni
Viking
Diary / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Michael attends a reconstruction of a Viking battle
- Keywords
- autobiography
Chapter One: The Settlers
Adventure Ohio / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Ezariah; Donna; Chief Tomihawk; Johnny Appleseed; The Major; Celestial Nubin
- Synopsis
- Ezariah journeys to Ohio
- Reprints
- in Graphic Story Monthly (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #1 (January 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
The story continues in the first issue of Graphic Story Monthly
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
O Canada Our Home and Native Land
-
3.
Goin' Rabbitin'
-
4.
Rice Paper
-
5.
TV and Me!
-
6.
One Night on Market St.
Diary -
7.
["Are indians really as wild as they were in the movie unk?"]
Windy Breeze -
8.
The Bottle
-
9.
The Diet
-
10.
Ligeia
-
11.
Concerning the Soul
-
12.
The Fantagraphics 500 – Complete Catalogue: Winter 1988/89
-
13.
["Huh?! Not Again!?"]
Gomer Goof -
14.
["Hey! Couldn't you have found a better road to drive on, Goof?"]
Gomer Goof -
15.
["...Yep, it's a scarlet runner from my Aunt Hortense's garden!"]
Gomer Goof -
16.
[no title indexed]
-
17.
["Are you going to run that washer now?"]
Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence -
18.
Howie Patterson's America
-
19.
["Hey, yaka-yaka _ _ reading dat 'ol language-philosophy book!!!"]
Bar-Talk Duets -
20.
["Hey!! Dere used 't' be three fish!!"]
Bar-Talk Duets -
21.
["Ach, my friend- how odd you should choose to go upside-down!!"]
Bar-Talk Duets -
22.
["Hey, Rube- I wuz reading an article on philosophy in "Mechanix Illustrated" --"]
Bar-Talk Duets -
23.
["Aw, c'mon, Rube- it'sa constitootional right - you can't yell "Fire!!" in a theatre --"]
Bar-Talk Duets -
24.
Good Times with Meaning
Edge -
25.
Tired of Yourself?
Edge -
26.
Complainers Anonymous
Edge -
27.
Uncreative Visualization
Edge -
28.
Viking
Diary -
29.
Chapter One: The Settlers
Adventure Ohio -
30.
["Ice Cream: It is dangerous to eat it."]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas -
31.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Q
- Karsten S.
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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