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Issue: Prime Cuts #10
Publication Date: December 1988
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $5.25 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Groth; Kim Thompson (Consulting Editor)
Disclose Notes: First printing: November 1988
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black & white with colour covers
Dimensions: US magazine size - 10.75" x 8.25" (27.3 cm x 20.95 cm)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Jim Woodring [as J. W.] (painting)
Jim Woodring [as J. W.] (painting)
Jim Woodring [as J. W.] (painting)
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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O Canada Our Home and Native Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Carel Moiseiwitsch
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Subject Matter
historical
Masumi Mitsui; Evacuation Officer
A shameful episode from Canada's wartime past
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FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #1 published June 1990
as O Canada Our Home and Native Land [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Goin' Rabbitin'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lindsay Arnold
Lindsay Arnold
Lindsay Arnold
Lindsay Arnold
Subject Matter
autobiography
Keith; Lindsay Arnold [as Linz]; Uncle Reg; Uncle Perce [Uncle Percy]; Baz [Barry]; Bill the Dog
Recollections of a childhood holiday
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Linzee Arnold credited as Lindsay Arnold in this issue. Subtitled “The Captain Owns Up: How I Became a Bunny."
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Rice Paper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Wayne Honath
Wayne Honath
Wayne Honath
Wayne Honath
Subject Matter
autobiography
Wayne Honath
Wayne talks to an obssessive record collector
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TV and Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
Subject Matter
humorous
The seductive power of TV
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One Night on Market St.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
Subject Matter
autobiography
Diary
Michael Gilbert; Girl
Michael meets a deluded girl one night
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FlagDr. Wirtham's Comix & Stories #5/6 published January 1980
was One Night on Market St. [Story on Interior Page(s)]as a single page with different art; redrawn and expanded to 3 pages
 
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Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Subject Matter
humorous
Windy Breeze
Windy Breeze
Are indians really as wild as they were in the movie unk?
A tall tale exposed
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FlagNational Comics #19 published January 1942
was Indian Jive [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Bottle

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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George Cruikshank [as George Cruickshank]
George Cruikshank [as George Cruickshank]
George Cruikshank [as George Cruickshank]
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Subject Matter
philosophical
The Husband; The Wife; The Infant; The Son; The Daughter
The dangers of drink. A series of eight engravings illustrate the downward spiral of a family due to the father's drinking.
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Originally published as a folio
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The Diet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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K. L. Bakker
K. L. Bakker
K. L. Bakker
K. L. Bakker
Subject Matter
humorous
A fat guy starts a diet tomorrow
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Ligeia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Simons (as transcribed and interpreted by)
Al Simons
Al Simons
Al Simons
Subject Matter
humorous
Man; Ligeia
A man describes his love. A send-up of the Edgar Allan Poe story.
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Concerning the Soul

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hermann Hesse
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The Fantagraphics 500 – Complete Catalogue: Winter 1988/89

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Gary Groth; Kim Thompson
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Franquin; Kim Thompson (translation) ?
Franquin
Franquin
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Subject Matter
humorous
Gaston Lagaffe
Mr. Groff; Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Balloon Seller
Huh?! Not Again!?
Gaston trains a bird to pop bubbles
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Originally appeared in France. Page numbered #672. No translation credits given for this issue's Gaston strips.
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Franquin; Kim Thompson (translation) ?
Franquin
Franquin
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Subject Matter
humorous
Gaston Lagaffe
Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Poet; Mr. Groff
Hey! Couldn't you have found a better road to drive on, Goof?
Gaston takes his boss for a drive
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Page numbered #674.
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Franquin; Kim Thompson (translation) ?
Franquin
Franquin
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Subject Matter
humorous
Gaston Lagaffe
Mr. Groff; Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]
...Yep, it's a scarlet runner from my Aunt Hortense's garden!
Gaston is told plants respond to music
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Page numbered #676
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promo for back issues of “Prime Cuts” and other Fantagraphics publications
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Craig Maynard
Craig Maynard
Craig Maynard
Craig Maynard
Subject Matter
autobiography
Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence
Craig Maynard; Chris Maynard; Stuart Maynard; Mr Maynard
Are you going to run that washer now?
Memories of a violent drunken father
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Miscellaneous
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Howie Patterson's America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Wayne Honath
Wayne Honath
Wayne Honath
Wayne Honath
Subject Matter
humorous
Howie Patterson
Howie's sad life in a land of opportunity
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FlagBeer Nutz #1 published January 1991
as Howie Patterson's America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Ollswang
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
humorous
Bar-Talk Duets
Mr. Slocni; Rube
Hey, yaka-yaka _ _ reading dat 'ol language-philosophy book!!!
What is a humdinger?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Ollswang
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
humorous
Bar-Talk Duets
Mr. Slocni; Jimmy
Hey!! Dere used 't' be three fish!!
A goldfish disappears
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Ollswang
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
humorous
Bar-Talk Duets
Mr. Slocni; Rube
Ach, my friend- how odd you should choose to go upside-down!!
Old jokes
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Credits
Paul Ollswang
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
humorous
Bar-Talk Duets
Rube; Mr. Slocni; Jimmy
Hey, Rube- I wuz reading an article on philosophy in "Mechanix Illustrated" --
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Credits
Paul Ollswang
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
humorous
Bar-Talk Duets
Rube; Mr. Slocni
Aw, c'mon, Rube- it'sa constitootional right - you can't yell "Fire!!" in a theatre --
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Good Times with Meaning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
Subject Matter
humorous
Edge
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Tired of Yourself?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
Subject Matter
humorous
Edge
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Complainers Anonymous

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
Subject Matter
humorous
Edge
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Uncreative Visualization

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
L. J. Kopf
Subject Matter
humorous
Edge
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Viking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
Subject Matter
autobiography
Diary
Michael attends a reconstruction of a Viking battle
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Miscellaneous
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Chapter One: The Settlers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Douglas Michael
Douglas Michael
Douglas Michael
Douglas Michael
Subject Matter
humorous
Adventure Ohio
Ezariah; Donna; Chief Tomihawk; Johnny Appleseed; The Major; Celestial Nubin
Ezariah journeys to Ohio
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FlagGraphic Story Monthly #1 published January 1990
as Chapter One: The Settlers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The story continues in the first issue of Graphic Story Monthly
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gustave Flaubert
Rick Geary
Rick Geary
typeset
Subject Matter
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas
Ice Cream: It is dangerous to eat it.
This month's installment covers from "ice cream" to "keepsake."
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A single Geary illustration for the word “javelin”
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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promos for "Into Every Life a Little Edge Must Fall" & "The Complete Crumb Comics" on inside back and back covers.

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