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Issue: Raw #1
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #1 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagRaw Books
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Raw Books
On Sale Date: 07/01/1980
Volume: 1
Pages: 48
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

5000 copies printed according to an article in The Comics Journal #64.

"RAW, Fall 1980, Vol. 1, No. 1, is published between two and four times a year by Raw Books, 27 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013, apparently on a non-profit basis. Copyright © 1980 by Raw Books unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Reproduction is forbidden without prior written permission from the publisher. Raw is interested in receiving submissions. They must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. All payment is in contributor copies. Original art and copyright, of course remain the contributor's property. Subscriptions are presently unavailable, but our next issue, or additional copies of our current issue, may be ordered from the publisher at $3.50 each plus 50¢ postage and handling. Distributors, dealers and advertisers (?) please inquire. Readers, please write."

"Production assistant: Christina Nelson; Thanks and a special tip of the RAW beret to: Ben Katchor, Geoff Robison, Gary Hallgren and John Workman; Typesetting by the Old Typosopher; Lythographic plates & negatives by Sunrise Offset Plate Service Inc., NYC; Printing by Ensig Press- Robert Andrews Corp., NYC"
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors with some color
Dimensions: 10.5" x 14.12" (26.67 cm x 35.86 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-7); squarebound (#8)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Graphix Magazine of Postponed Suicides

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as The Graphix Magazine of Postponed Suicides [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Can it Be Done?
First Line: Only ten minutes - and I need a shave!
Synopsis: An invention for creasing trousers without the wearer having to remove them.
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Reprint Notes: from Can It Be Done? (Simon and Schuster, 1933 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An almost full-page illustration accompanied by indicia
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Editorial

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial column with twelve assorted quotations; Table of Contents; production credits; Includes five small panels taken from the story contents.
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Alfred Jarry- Hommages Postumes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Hommages Posthumes [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Elles Sont de Sortie (?, 1976? series) #8 (illustration only)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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Corpus Delecti

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A brief bio on Alfred Jarry.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Corpus Delecti [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Vamp Dance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vamp Dance
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Manhattan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A hard boiled story told using first person point of view. The narrator is in New York, having fled Paris on impulse.
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In Issue: FlagNew York Mon Amour #[nn] published May 2012
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Manhattan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Issue: Flag(À Suivre) #16 published May 1979
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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I'll Play the Blues for You

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jopo de Pojo
Character(s): Jopo de Pojo
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From Issue: FlagMétal Hurlant #45 bis published October 1979
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Set to the lyrics of the titular blues song.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jack Survives
First Line: Glad There's No Crime Here
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In Content Item: FlagRaw One-Shot #3 published January 1984
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mutton Geoff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
Synopsis: A sendup of the "Mutt and Jeff" strip.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six horizontal mostly three-panel strips accompanied by six illustrations of the characters on the left side of the page.
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Man With Plastic Head Training His Commandos

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fifi Gaga Magazine
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Reprint Notes: from Fifi Gaga magazine (March 1977) [as 'L'entrainement du commando de l'homme a la tete de plastique']
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprint note supplied by Caspar Williams via the Error Tracker (2020-08-12).
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Two-Fisted Painters

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
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In Issue: FlagCo-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps #[nn] published September 2013
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Two Fisted Painters [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This and the story that follows are a twelve-page 5.25" x 8" (13.33 cm x 20.32 cm) comic booklet insert.
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The Matisse Falcon

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two Fisted Painters
Character(s): August Dabbler; Suzette; Performance Artist; Alien
Synopsis: A send-up of superhero comics and the fine art world as well.
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In Issue: FlagCo-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps #[nn] published September 2013
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as The Matisse Falcon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Modern Age: People Like It

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fifi Gaga Magazine
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ? (1977)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credited to the Paris-based Bazooka collective in the table of contents. However in the "Read Yourself Raw" compilation the credit is instead given to both Chapiron and his "Kiki Picasso" pseudonym rather than the collective he was part of.
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He Turned, Saw Me, Waved His Arm, Continued

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Not Dreams, NYC

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from a longer text piece accompanied by three illustrations of varying sizes. One of the illustrations is repeated three more times on the page. "From "Language Problems""
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Dead Things

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amy & Jordan
Character(s): Amy; Jordan
Synopsis: Amy and Jordan are on the run after strange creatures turn up dead outside their home.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Dead Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Andy Griffith Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sheriff Taylor; Deputy Fife; Aunt Bea; Goober
Synopsis: Mayberry's townfolk don't take kindly to a black man visiting their town.
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In Issue: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [First Printing] published November 1985
In Issue: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 #[nn] published February 2012
In Content Item: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] published September 1986
as The Andy Griffith Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as The Andy Griffith Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Kart-tunz'" was an unofficial publication created by Harvey Kurtman's School of Visual Arts class.
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One Panel from the Basis of Make-Up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An illustration based on objects from Emigholz's childhood. Accompanied by a brief text piece.
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Pages: 1
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(Drawn Over Two Weeks While on the Phone.)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A cerebral deconstruction of the comics page. A series of unconnected panels where the thought balloons have squares and triangles inside them rather than words.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as (Drawn Over Two Weeks While on the Phone.) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Four Supermarkets in Iowa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Piquer, Lucas & Fermin
Character(s): Piquer; Lucas; Fermin
First Line: Hola
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Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Industry News and Review No. 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Industry News and Review No. 6 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
First Line: I might as well do it. I might as well hop off this old bridge and end
Synopsis: A man attempting suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge has trouble completing the task.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from New York Evening Telegram (Bennett, 1867 series) (10 November 1906)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Canal Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A sendup of pulp detective stories involving a man eating in a diner.
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In Issue: FlagL'Écho des savanes #84bis published July 1982
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Canal Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cartoon Movies- Lesson 1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A full-page foreground illustration accompanied by small-size background comic panels
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"At last! Huf! Hi Piker!" (Los Garriris)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fermin & Piker
Character(s): Fermin; Piker
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as "At last! Huf! Hi Piker!" (Los Garriris) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ? (1977)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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