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Issue: Raw #1
Publication Date: July 1989
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Issues: #1 of 3 Issues
Title: Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPenguin
Brand: [penguin in an oval]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 07/01/1989
Volume: 2
Pages: 204
ISBN: 0140122656
UPC/EAN: 978014012265790000
Price: $19.95 CAD
£7.99 GBP
$7.99 USD
$14.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 33 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; mostly black and white interiors
Dimensions: 5.5" x 8" (13.9 cm x 20.32 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Putting the Litter Back into Literature

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Indicia, table of contents and very short bios of each of the contributors.
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Teen Plague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Big Baby
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBig Baby #[nn] published January 2003
as La Peste Jeune [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from ? (1988)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: This was originally serialized in a number of alt weekly newspapers. Later on it was reprinted as "Big Baby" by Fantagraphics 1999 and by Cornélius in 2003.
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Dead Dick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #1 published June 1990
as Dead Dick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Existential parody of Dick Tracy.
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A Shaggy Ant Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Reds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title appears as a neon sign in the first panel.
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The Gurley Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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Poop Deck Mysto Cinema

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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The Glass Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amy and Jordan
Character(s): Amy; Jordan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cowboy Henk
First Line: Quick... Not a moment to lose!!!
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Pages: 1
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With Margaret Neely as Peg

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Various anti-communist images are used for illustration, none credited.
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Wild Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Wordless comic done in woodcuts.
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Inferno Joe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and His Guide [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and The Heathens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and The Lustful [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and the Gluttons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and the Misers & Squanderers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and the Wrathful [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and The Heretics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and the Violent [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and the Deceivers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMasterpiece Comics #[nn] published August 2009
as Inferno Joe and the Traitors [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Dante's Inferno and Bazooka Joe comics.
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Karla in Kommieland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, humorous
Character(s): Karla; Karla's Mother; John; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Kim Deitch; Gene Deitch
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes #[nn] published January 2004
as Karla in Kommieland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Includes one page strip "Little Kimbo in Pinkoland".
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Here

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The story of a place over time (from 500,957,406,073 BC to 2033 AD) told in overlapping panels.
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In Issue: FlagAn Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #[1] published October 2006
In Content Item: FlagStrapazin #59 published June 2000
as Here [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally set to be published in Bad News #3. Inspired partly by an Art Spiegelman lecture and an experimental comics class at the School of Visual Arts. Inspiration also came from McGuire's first encounter with a Windows computer and from his own family.

An alternate version with different artwork (and in color) was published in Strapazin #59 (2000).

An updated book length version of this story was published in 2014 (Pantheon).
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Bulimic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes: from ? (copyright Editions Albin Michel S. A.)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Social Butterfly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDeath Warmed Over #[nn] published September 1990
as Social Butterfly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Dated 1988.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Congratulations Madame It's a son!!!
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Pages: 1
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Paul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Scratchboard drawings, one per page.
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Zephyr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes: from ? (copyright Editions Albin Michel S. A.)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Mauschwitz (Time Flies) : Chapter Eight

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, war
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In Content Item: FlagMaus: A Survivor's Tale #2 published November 1991
as Chapter Two: Auschwitz (Time Flies) [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]as title page, modified to exclude top logo
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page for Maus story in this issue.
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Synopsis Chapter Seven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, war
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #8 published September 1986
was Maus, A Survivor's Tale (Chapter Seven): Mauschwitz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: 26 pages of Chapter Seven reprinted at 9 original pages per reprinted page.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Maus
First Line: An epic story told in tiny pictures...
Synopsis: Ad for Maus Volume 1, including photo of cover.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, war
First Line: Time flies...
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In Issue: FlagMaus - Vertelling van een overlevende #[1] published January 1987
In Issue: FlagMaus I & II Historia til ein overlevande #[nn] published January 1993
In Issue: FlagMaus, vertelling van een overlevende #1 published January 1994
In Issue: FlagMaus #[nn] published January 1996
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale #[nn] published January 1997
In Issue: FlagMaus: Relato de un superviviente #[nn] published November 2001
In Issue: FlagMaus - De volledige editie #[nn] published January 2004
In Issue: FlagMaus #[nn] published November 2009
In Issue: FlagDie vollständige Maus #[nn] published January 2010
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale [25th Anniversary Edition] #[nn] published October 2011
In Issue: FlagMaus #II published ?
In Content Item: FlagMaus: A Survivor's Tale #2 published November 1991
as Maus II Chapter Two: Auschwitz (Time Flies) [Story on Interior Page(s)]as chapter 2
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 34
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Rough Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Garriris
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Includes multiple strips, possibly reprinted from various locations.
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Public Baths

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes: from ? [European]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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A Nightmare Scare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Powerhouse Pepper
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBasil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper #[nn] published August 1994
as A Nightmare Scare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Smell on Exterior Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 20
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Few Are Chosen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Barrymore; Gary Cooper; John Updike
Synopsis: How some famous people failed at being cartoonists.
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Pages: 1
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Putting the Litter Back into Literature

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for various other Raw books.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Single-Minded Pursuit of More

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Raw will rearrange your head.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration by Charles Burns of various things coming out of a man's head while he sleeps. Also promotional writing about the book. On back cover.

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