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Issue: Raw #5
Publication Date: March 1983
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Issues: #5 of 8 Issues
Title: The Graphix Magazine of Abstract Depressionism
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRaw Books
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Raw Books & Graphics
On Sale Date: 03/20/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN:
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Price: $4.95 USD
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Content Items: 37 (27 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

Indicia: "RAW is published about twice a year by RAW BOOKS & GRAPHICS, 27 Greene Street, NYC, NY 10013. Entire contents ©1983 by Raw Books & Graphics unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. We are not responsible for unsolicited submissions and can respond only to those we may wish to publish. Send non-returnable photocopies." "Production Assistant: Laurence Mouly; Printing by Malmar Graphics Inc. 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
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The Graphix Magazine of Abstract Depressionism

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The Message

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Disclose Notes: The illustration employs lyrics from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's “The Message.” In black, white & grey with red lettering.
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Raw 5

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.12
Disclose Notes: This page designed by Françoise Mouly. Also includes a list of other RAW publications, table of contents, production credits and indicia. Includes a small Pascal Doury drawing (censored) taken from his story contribution.
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The Foundations of Modern Art

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Character(s): Chico Luciano; Groucho; Harpo Dillinger; Zeppo Parker
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Pages: 2
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Couple

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The Anti-Solar Ray

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Stardust; “Gyp” Clipp
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Comics #7 published June 1940
was The Anti-Solar Ray [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The first line of dialogue is "Stardust, the scientific marvel whose vast knowledge of all planets has made him..."
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Advertisements

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Disclose Notes: Sixteen advertisements divided into twenty comic panels, designed by Rick Gallagher: Modern Girls (NYC); Wayside Music (Wheaton, MD); Konk Organization Party EP (NYC); Jimboco Records (NYC); Top Drawer Rubber Stamp Company (Hancock, VT); Jungle Red (NYC); Heaven (L.A., CA); Dream Homes (NYC); Beth B & Scott B's “Vortex- The Motion Picture Soundtrack” (NYC); The Graham Gallery (NYC); Detail accessories (NYC); Village Comic Shop; Soap Plant (L.A., CA); “The Man Who Was H.M. Bateman” compilation; Razzamatazza catalog (Charlottesville, VA); Danceteria (NYC)
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimbo
First Line: ...dreams one night he's paying off, in guilt & uncertainty, the karmic debt of all the amphibious gobblers of the late Carboniferous period.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Big Baby
Character(s): Big Baby; Mom; Dad
First Line: Oh baby dear, why don't you take your toys outside and play until your father comes home?
Synopsis: Big Baby plays with dinosaurs before his dad gets home from work.
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In Issue: FlagBig Baby #[nn] published November 1999
In Content Item: FlagBig Baby #[nn] published January 2003
as Big Baby [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBig Baby #[nn] published December 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Theodore Death Head

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Letterer(s): ? (typeset)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Theodore Death Head; Theo's Sweetheart; Theo's Neighbor
Synopsis: Theo picks up his fiancee only to lose her. After braking just in front of a suicide, he goes to his apartment and peeks into his neighbor's room. The story ends with two absolutely furious double-page spreads.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Comics Anthology #[nn] published January 1991
as Wonderland [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]As "Wonderland" - Two page excerpt
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: As detailed in the foreword, in order to protect local retailers the editors decided to censor the story due to the nebulous state of the country's obscenity laws. Approximately twenty cartoon genitalia are blocked out leaving tiny blank rectangular areas in their place. Readers are given instructions for sending a self-addressed stamped envelope (with proof of age) for a free sticker sheet with the missing cartoon genitalia.
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••• The Mirror •••

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”The time had come for war to revive, in France, the sense of the ideal and of the divine.”

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Genres: war
Feature(s): It Was the War of the Trenches
Character(s): Ernst Wohlgemut; Paul Carpentier; Dufour; Corporal Lecerf; Lafont; The Old Man
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Reprint Notes: from A Suivre (Casterman, 1978 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The RAW Comic Supplement

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Pages: 0.14
Disclose Notes: Title logo for this section. The following eighteen strips are laid out in a Sunday newspaper funnies format.
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Handy

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pierre Van Genderen and Anton Makassar
Character(s): Pierre Van Genderen; Anton Makassar
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Pages: 0.86
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Dog-Boy (Body of a Man... Heart of a Dog...)

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dog-Boy
Character(s): Dog-Boy
Synopsis: Dog-Boy picks a bone from the garbage.
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Pages: 0.21
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Sad But True

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dixie Matassa
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Pages: 0.53
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Honest John

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Character(s): Honest John; Maria
Synopsis: The title character shoots his broiled wife.
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Pages: 0.26
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One Row

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Character(s): Harold; Lydia
Synopsis: A self-reflexive four-panel strip on the usage of speech balloons.
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Pages: 0.24
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The Goodnight Kids

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Character(s): Sister; Nicky; Jeeves; Fifi
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Pages: 0.48
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K. Kat & P. Pee

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Pages: 0.28
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Duck 'N Cover

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Feature(s): Bert the Turtle
Character(s): Bert the Turtle
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Pages: 0.25
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The Plaster Dodge

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Pages: 0.49
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The Perils of Irene

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Irene Van de Kamp; Elmo
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In Issue: FlagEl Víbora #62 published ?
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Pages: 0.26
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On the Operating Table

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Feature(s): Amy & Jordan
Character(s): Amy Tilsdale; Jordan Levine
Synopsis: Feeling sick, Amy is taken to the hospital where she undergoes an operation.
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Pages: 1
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Dippy Doc

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Pages: 0.24
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Negotiations Prior to the Last Judgement

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Feature(s): Babel Playhouse
Character(s): God; J.P. II [Pope John Paul II]
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In Issue: FlagJustin Green's Binky Brown Sampler #[nn] published January 1995
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Pages: 0.5
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Box Head

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Character(s): Box Head
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Jack Survives
Character(s): Jack Moriarty
First Line: Let's clean up the yard. D'ja ever notice clouds look like horses?
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In Content Item: FlagRaw One-Shot #3 published January 1984
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Tango

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Pages: 0.28
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Thin Wrist

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Pages: 0.24
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Dr. M'abuse

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Character(s): Dr. M'abuse
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Pages: 0.48
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Chapter Four): The Noose Tightens

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Feature(s): Maus, A Survivor's Tale
Character(s): Mala; Vladek; Art; Richiev; Tosha; Wolfe; Bibi; Anja's Grandfather; Anja's Grandmother; Father-in-Law [Mr. Zylberberg]; Mother-in-Law; Mr. Ilzecki; Tin Shop Owner; Szklarczyk
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In Content Item: FlagMaus: A Survivor's Tale #1 published August 1986
as Chapter Four: The Noose Tightens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Pgs. 65-85. A 9” x 6” (22.86 cm x 15.24 cm) saddle-stitched insert bound to the magazine
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This is chapter four, The Noose Tightens, of a projected 200-250 page work.”

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Feature(s): Maus, A Survivor's Tale
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Pages: 1
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Zombies on Broadway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Deke
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In Issue: FlagBuzzbomb #[nn] published December 1987
In Content Item: FlagThe New Comics Anthology #[nn] published January 1991
as Zombies on Broadway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Track Zero

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Synopsis: A man keeps missing the train.
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Pages: 1
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Winged Man

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Pages: 1
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The Rat (Read Yourself Raw!)

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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