Raw
#8
([September] 1986)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 7.95 USD
- Pages
- 112
- Indicia Frequency
- published biyearly
- On-sale Date
- 1986-09-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Raw Books & Graphics
- Editing
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
Issue Notes
"RAW is published biyearly by RAW BOOKS & GRAPHICS, 27 Greene Street, NYC, NY 10013. It is not published by or affiliated with any other corporation or organization. Entire contents © 1986 by Raw Books unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. We are not responsible for unsolicited submissions and, for the most part, are unable to respond. Send only non-returnable photocopies. ISSN-0742-4434
PUBLISHER: Françoise Mouly; DESIGN & PRODUCTION: Françoise Mouly; ASSISTANTS: Lisa Kleinberg-Elliot, Geoff Notkin, Santiago Cohen; SPECIAL THANKS TO: Deborah Bonner, Charles Burns, Steven Guarnaccia, Paul Karasik & Mark Newgarden.; TYPESETTING: Daniel Shapiro; Strong Silent Type; LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES: National Offset Plates, NYC; PRINTING: Malmar Graphics, NYC; BINDING: Advanced Graphics, LIC, NY"
Couple
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bruno Richard (painting)
- Inks
- Bruno Richard (painting)
- Colors
- Bruno Richard (painting)
RAW Data
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Brief blurbs on the artists; Brief editorial; table of contents; indicia and production credits; a list of other RAW publications
Hell to Pay!
Waldo the Cat / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Waldo; Pauly Zimmer
- Synopsis
- After Waldo overdoses, his spirit is visited by the devil's emissary.
- Reprints
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in All Waldo Comics (Fantagraphics, 1992 series) (March 1992)
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Alliteration
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Leo Gorcey
- Reprints
- in Warts and All (Penguin, 1990 series) (1990)
- in Warts and All (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (March 1994)
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Indexer Notes
A full page illustration accompanied by a brief poem by Dead End Kid Leo Gorcey. The poem is from “Dead End Yells, Wedding Bells, Cockle Shells, and Dizzy Spells” (Vantage Press, 1967).
The Beginning of the End
text article / 12 pages
Indexer Notes
An excerpt from Boyer's book "By the Bomb's Early Light, American Thought and Culture At the Dawn of the Atomic Age" (Random House, 1985). The article also reprints a Harold Gray "Little Orphan Annie" strip from January 18, 1946, a few pages from a 1950 issue of "Real Life Comics" and the front cover to "Atomic War" #1 (all in small-size).
[no title indexed]
Jimbo / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jimbo is stepping off the edge of a cliff!
- Characters
- Jimbo
- Reprints
- in Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise (Pantheon, 1988 series) (August 1988)
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Indexer Notes
The story is entirely in duotone except for pgs. six & seven which have an orange-colored illustration superimposed with the main illustration.
Maus, A Survivor's Tale (Chapter Seven): Mauschwitz
Maus, A Survivor's Tale / comic story / 32 pages
- Characters
- Françoise Mouly; Art Spiegelman; Vladek; Mrs. Karp; Eddie Karp; Avraham; Priest; Mandelbaum; Kapo
- Reprints
- in Raw (Penguin, 1989 series) #1 - Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix ([July] 1989)
- in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (1991 ?), #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (1991 ?)
- in Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series) #2 - And Here My Troubles Began (November 1991) which is reprinted
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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) which is reprinted - in Maus - Die Geschichte eines Überlebenden (Rowohlt, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
- in Die vollständige Maus (S. Fischer Verlag, 2008 series) (2008) which is reprinted
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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)
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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)
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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)
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in Maus. Povestea unui supravieţuitor (Editura Art, 2012 series) ([mai] 2012)
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Indexer Notes
The beginning of Maus part II. Pgs. 154-79. A 9” x 6” (22.86 cm x 15.24 cm) insert bound to the magazine.
Cats
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
- Pencils
- Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
- Inks
- Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
- Synopsis
- A trio of cats play with a mouse.
Indexer Notes
From circa 1900.
[no title indexed]
Written On the Wind / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For months, cars were being burned in Florence.
Love's Savage Fury (I saw you on the subway.)
comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- Nancy
- Synopsis
- A playful deconstruction of the Nancy comic strip character.
- Reprints
RAW Gagz
cartoon / 23 pages
- Script
- Александр Меламид; Art Spiegelman; Bob Zoell; Brad Holland; Charles Burns; Drew Friedman; Ever Meulen; Francis Masse; Françoise Mouly; Frans Masereel; Gary Panter; Harry Hershfield; Herr Seele; Howard Cruse; Infrarot; Joost Swarte; Joe Schwind; Justin Green; Kamagurka; Last Siou; Mark Marek; Mark Newgarden; Mark Tansey; Mary Ann Smith; Marshall Arisman; Muzo; Norman Dog; Ollie Harrington; Pascal Doury; Paul Karasik; Peter Saul; Placid; Richard Sala; Ron Hauge; Ron Kolm; S. Clay Wilson; S. J. Perelman; Sherry Kerlin; Sean Kelly; Steven Guarnaccia; Tom De Haven; Tom Pappas; Виталий Комар; Andrew Shachat; Gérald Poussin (credited as Poussin)
- Pencils
- Александр Меламид (painting); Art Spiegelman; Bob Zoell; Brad Holland; Bruno Richard; Cathy Millet; Charles Burns; Drew Friedman; Ever Meulen; Francis Masse; Frans Masereel; Gary Panter; Harry Hershfield; Herr Seele; Howard Cruse; Ian Pollock; Infrarot (painting); Javier Mariscal; Joe Schwind (photomontage); Joost Swarte; Jorga Cardin; Justin Green; Kamagurka; Kiki Picasso; Last Siou; Jean-Louis Dupré (painting); Mark Beyer; Marc Caro; Mark Marek; Mark Newgarden; Mark Tansey (painting); Marshall Arisman (painting); Mary Ann Smith (painting); Muzo; Norman Dog; Ollie Harrington; Pascal Doury; Peter Saul (painting); Placid; Richard Sala; S. Clay Wilson; Sherry Kerlin (painting); S. J. Perelman; Santiago Cohen; Scott Gillis (painting); Steven Guarnaccia; Stuart Davis; Tom Pappas; Виталий Комар (painting); Wayne White; 河村要助 (Yosuke Kawamura); Zorin; Gérald Poussin (credited as Poussin); Andrew Shachat (painting); Kaz Prapuolenis; Max; Willem
- Inks
- Александр Меламид (painting); Art Spiegelman; Bob Zoell; Brad Holland; Bruno Richard; Cathy Millet; Charles Burns; Drew Friedman; Ever Meulen; Francis Masse; Frans Masereel; Gary Panter; Harry Hershfield; Herr Seele; Howard Cruse; Ian Pollock; Infrarot (painting); Javier Mariscal; Joe Schwind (photomontage); Joost Swarte; Jorga Cardin; Justin Green; Kamagurka; Kiki Picasso; Last Siou; Jean-Louis Dupré (painting); Mark Beyer; Marc Caro; Mark Marek; Mark Newgarden; Mark Tansey (painting); Marshall Arisman (painting); Mary Ann Smith (painting); Muzo; Norman Dog; Ollie Harrington; Pascal Doury; Peter Saul (painting); Placid; Richard Sala; S. Clay Wilson; Sherry Kerlin (painting); S. J. Perelman; Santiago Cohen; Scott Gillis (painting); Steven Guarnaccia; Stuart Davis; Tom Pappas; Виталий Комар (painting); Wayne White; 河村要助 (Yosuke Kawamura); Zorin; Gérald Poussin (credited as Poussin); Andrew Shachat (painting); Kaz Prapuolenis; Max; Willem
- Letters
- Bob Zoell (painting); Brad Holland; Charles Burns; Ever Meulen; Harry Hershfield; Infrarot (painting); Joost Swarte; Justin Green; Kamagurka; Norman Dog; S. Clay Wilson; Tom Pappas; typeset
Indexer Notes
A series of 101 gag illustrations. Thirty-eight of the gag captions are written by the RAW staff. Also includes fourteen small text pieces by Tom De Haven entitled “Gagz Amour.”
The titled ones are: Andrew Shachat - "George's Fear of a Life After Death Proved Well Founded."; Bob Zoell- "Running Turtle With Six-Pack" & "What S-stinks?"; Brad Holland- "Smoke As Much As You Can"; "God, help this poor junkie."; "You can fucking well get your own breakfast."; Charles Burns- "Now go, Tubor! Go seek the arches!"; "Aww, come on Timmy... don't be afraid... I'm your secret little friend!"; Drew Friedman- "Just then it hit me... EVERYBODY in the joint had Acromegaly."; Ever Meulen- "There's nothing wrong that $500 won't fix"; Francis Masse- "Time's Up"; Frans Masereel- "Circle of Death"; "Back From the Front"
Gary Panter- "Ouch! That's no worm!"; "Can't we ever come to the beach without those crazy old bankers killing someone to impress us?"; Harry Hershfield- "I'm telling you, Meyer, that he's singing "La Boheme"; "You can't tell till he's through= he's liable to switch, the last minute!!"; Howard Cruse- "Well, if I'd known you were brain-dead, I never would have brought it up!"; Infrarot- "Oh, it's daddy!! How long can you stay underwater?"; Joe Schwind- "Here Are People Just Like You Now Making Money Beyond Their Wildest Dreams!"
Joost Swarte- "Nice of Henry to take me out once in a while"; Jorga Cardin- "Suburban Ambush"; Justin Green; "Debtor's Solace" "Conceptual Art"; Kamagurka- "Hello Mary, we're your new parents!"; "Happy Birthday, Mother!"; Kamagurka & Herr Seele "Cowboy Henk Goes to New York" approx. 11 pg strip; Mark Marek- "The way I see it, lady, as compared with corporate rape of underdeveloped countries, this ain't diddly-squat." "Whataya know, my headache's almost gone!";
Mark Newgarden- "See What I Mean?"; Mark Tansey- "Secret of the Sphinx"; "Still Life"; "Homage to Susan Sontag"; Marshall Arisman- "I hope I never get the plague."; Mary Ann Smith- "Try Our "All You Can Eat" - Special"; Muzo- "Lucky stiff... Not many people reach such a high poin in their life...."; "Look, I drew the road: It's here, in this corner, that I had the accident." "Listen old man, I want to go to Trifouillis sous Bois..."; Norman Dog- "That's what I forgot to pick up at the market... mushrooms!"
Ollie Harrington "Body all achin' and wracked with pain... Tote that barge, life that bale..."; Pascal Doury- "For My Birthday, Natalie Made Me Some Noodles"; Peter Saul- "Donald Duck Descending a Staircase"; "Art & Life"; Placid- "Sorry Ladies, but The Boss has found a new secretary!"; Poussin- "Poor Folks... They've got a spermatozoid that didn't want to grow into a child..."; Richard Sala- "It was on a quite Tuesday evening, that my past finally caught up with me."; "There goes old Parker again."
S. Clay Wilson "Eat your nice dick, dear..."; S. Kerlin- "Das Fritined Fraulein un der Largen Knackwurst"; "The Artist Who Exploited His Dog"; "For Years, Scientists Have Been Making Guinea Pigs Out of Mice"; S.J. Perelman- "Learn From the Art Game! Fun! Profit! Fame! Banana Oil!!"; Stuart Davis- "Some Masses Artists Seeking Inspiration" (from The Masses #55, January 1918); Tom Pappas- "And this is my wife, the Prehistoric Hog" Vitaly Komar; Alexander Melamid- "The Origin of Socialist Realism"; "Yalta Conference (From a History Textbook, 1984)
Tour de France
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Baru; Deborah Bonner (translation); Françoise Mouly (translation); Art Spiegelman (translation)
- Pencils
- Baru
- Inks
- Baru
- Colors
- Steven Guarnaccia (grey tones)
- Letters
- Tom Bunk
- Characters
- Gillet; Leduc; Galus; Walter Fruloni; Alphonse Paus; Grisoni
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The Graphic Aspirin for War Fever
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Couple
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RAW Data
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Jailbreak Hotel
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Crash, Skriiiiiiiiiiiiii ,,, Bang !
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Hell to Pay!
Waldo the Cat -
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Alliteration
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The Beginning of the End
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["Jimbo is stepping off the edge of a cliff!"]
Jimbo -
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Advertisements
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale (Chapter Seven): Mauschwitz
Maus, A Survivor's Tale -
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Cats
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["For months, cars were being burned in Florence."]
Written On the Wind -
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Love's Savage Fury (I saw you on the subway.)
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Windows
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Gimme a Break!
The Knuckleheads -
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RAW Gagz
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Advertisements
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Tour de France
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Last Rites
Pig -
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Mr. Henry Crown, Merchant of Death
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["To be Good is not enough, when you dream of being Great."]
School of Visual Arts
- Peter Croome
- R. S. Martin
- Steven Samuels
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