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Issue: Raw #3
Publication Date: July 1981
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Issues: #3 of 8 Issues
Title: none
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagRaw Books
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Raw Books
On Sale Date: 07/01/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $4.00 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.

"RAW, is published between two and four times a year by RAW BOOKS, 27 Greene Street, NYC, N.Y. 10013, apparently on a non-profit basis. Entire contents ©1981 by Raw Books. All rights reserved. Reproduction is forbidden without prior written permission from the artist or Raw Books."

"Production assistant: Kevin Hein; Editorial Associate: Rick Gallagher

We gratefully acknowledge continuing support from the School of Visual Arts in New York.

This issue's subtitle courtesy of Philip K. Dick.

Typesetting: The Old Typosopher; Cover printing: Hudson Printing Co., Inc., NYC. Interior printing: Malmar Graphics, 55 Van Dam Street, N.Y."
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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 That Lost its Faith in Nihilism

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as The Graphix Magazine That Lost its Faith in Nihilism [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagOkupant X #[nn] published January 1979
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page twenty-two only
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now We'll Spend Summer

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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RAW Volume 1 Number 3

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Production credits, indicia, subscription info, brief blurbs and table of contents with tiny illustrations taken from the interior contents
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The Girl Can't Help It...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as The Girl Can't Help It... [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ? (1979)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Meulen signs the page both with his name and with his "Eddy Flippo" pseudonym.
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Jimbo is "Running Sore"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimbo
Character(s): Jimbo
Synopsis: Jimbo walks the desert by himself in this sendup of Native American wannabes.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Jimbo is "Running Sore" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJimbo: Adventures in Paradise #[nn] published August 1988
as Jimbo is “Running Sore” [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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On the Adolescent's Solitary Pleasures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Excerpts from Vesco de Kereven's "On the Adolescent's Solitary Pleasures" are used to mock puritanical ideas on masturbation.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as On the Adolescent's Solitary Pleasures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ? (1975)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I. A Bachelor's Friendship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mister Wilcox, Mister Conrad
Character(s): Mr. Wilcox; Horace Conrad; Rita; Hilda
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as I. A Bachelor's Friendship [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Alter-Alter (?, 1977 series) (1979)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Food for Thought

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Mouly critiques corporate and consumerist attitudes towards food. The article includes Art Young's "Capitalism" illustration.
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Pages: 2
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The Schoolboy Assassin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pol Pot; Wendy O. Williams (unnamed)
Synopsis: In order to impress Marie Osmond, the bored narrator goes to Bel Air to assassinate Pol Pot. Yes, that Pol Pot.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A lighthearted depiction of an urban automobile crash
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Crash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The crash in the story is the magazine's centerspread
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Chapter 2: The Honeymoon

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Maus, A Survivor's Tale
Character(s): Art Spiegelman; Vladek; Anja; Stefanska; Father-in-Law; Richiev; Janina
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMaus: A Survivor's Tale #1 published August 1986
as Chapter Two: The Honeymoon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: This sixteen-page insert is 5.25" x 7" (13.33 cm x 17.78 cm)
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Maus

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Vladek; Anja
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A full-page illustration accompanies the brief recap.
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6 Remarkable Innovations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAt Home With Rick Geary: Collected Stories 1977-85 #[nn] published December 1985
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.19
Disclose Notes: Reprint credits from Geary's web site.
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Various Electrical Appliances

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Issue: FlagAt Home With Rick Geary: Collected Stories 1977-85 #[nn] published December 1985
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.21
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Waitress School

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagU-Comix Sonderband #28 published January 1980
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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II. The Last Daiquiri

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mister Wilcox, Mister Conrad
Character(s): Mr. Wilcox; Horace Conrad; Rita; Hilda
Synopsis: Mr. Conrad finds out what Mr. Wilcox is in New York for.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as II. The Last Daiquiri [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Alter-Alter (?, 1977 series) (1979)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Commerz

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Three ads- Subscription and back issue order info for RAW; order info for Spiegelman's "Breakdowns; an ad from The Idle Hour bookstore
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Frederico Flegmatico in Dazed Events

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Frederico Flegmatico
Character(s): Frederico Flegmatico; Zelda
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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A Diagram of Ajax Campo's Criminal Activities

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ajax Campo; Detective
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Automotive News

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Commentary on America's addiction to oil and the automobile.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A single-column article accompanied by a large illustration
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I Had a Clear Thought

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Adapted from a text by James Barth"
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...And I Pressed My Hand Against His Face, Feeling His Thick Massive Lips, And...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A comic within a comic. A woman experiences a nightmare after reading a horror comic book story.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Growing Pain

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An experimental photomontage piece involving a baby's obsession with toy model cars.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Growing Pain [Photo Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Ordinary Sentence

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An experimental text with illustration about sentences that are stuck in the mind.
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Ordinary Sentence [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ? (1976)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Reflection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as Reflection [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dog Boy
Character(s): Dog Boy
First Line: The sun is rising on center city as Dog-Boy starts his day with a cup of coffee
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In Content Item: FlagRead Yourself Raw #[nn] published October 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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School of Visual Arts

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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