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Issue: Raw #6
Publication Date: May 1984
 
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Title: The Graphix Magazine That Overestimates the Taste of the American Public
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRaw Books
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Raw Books & Graphics
On Sale Date: 05/10/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 112
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Price: $6.50 CAD
$5.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (15 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, N.Y. 10013. It is not published by or connected with Real Art Ways (RAW) INK (INC.) or any other organization.

Entire contents © 1984 by Raw Books & Graphics unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. We are not responsible for unsolicited submissions. Send only non-returnable photocopies.

Publisher: Françoise Mouly; Design & Production: Françoise Mouly; Aides: Kristin Barnet; Tomas Bunk; Kevin Hein; Paul Karasik; Mark Newgarden

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Andrew Baum, Judy Funk, Bob Guglielmo, Mark Michaelson and Daniel Shapiro.; PRINTING: Malmar Graphics, Inc., NYC; BINDING: Dependable Bindery, 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 That Overestimates the Taste of the American Public

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Bolsheviks Returning Home After a Demonstration

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A 1981-82 painting. "Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts."
Raw 6

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typeset
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title page; table of contents; indicia and production credits; a list of other RAW publications; several dozen small illustrations taken from the interior contents
Nothing

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Tony
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Miscellaneous
5
Modern Art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Anton Makasarr
Anton Makasarr; Pierre; Kid
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from ? (1978)
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4
An Aborigine Among the Skyscrapers

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Text excerpt from the book “In Search of Eden” (Mentor Books, 1981) accompanied by a full-page background illustration
Bad Money

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FlagJustin Green's Binky Brown Sampler #[nn] published January 1995
 
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1
Tenochtitlan

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H.H. Kuntz; Walker; Lisa; Heinz
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Flag(À Suivre) #77 published June 1987
 
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20
Advertisements

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typeset
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Fourteen small ads designed by the listed artists for the following (from NYC unless otherwise noted): Danceteria; House Party; Village Comic Shop; Todd's; Hake's Americana & Collectibles (York, PA); Lynda Barry's “Big Ideas” book; Rhythm and Romance swing band; Hot House; Impulse magazine; Independent Publications (Chicago, ILL); Razzamatazza Catalog (Charlottesville, VA); Mark Marek's New Wave Comics; Gunther Graphics; Top-Drawer Rubber Stamp Co. (Hancock, VT)
Nectar of the Gods

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Brother; Mom; Dad
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2
Use the Mood of the Past to Rewire Your Brain For the Future!

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?
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This is the magazine's centerspread. Meulen is credited here with both with his name and his "Eddy Flippo" pseudonym.
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Jack Survives
Jack Moriarty; Plumber
After that- I need a glass of water. I need a plumber.
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FlagRaw One-Shot #3 published January 1984
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Advertisements

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typeset
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Fifteen small comic-panel size ads designed by the listed artists for the following (from NYC unless otherwise noted): Anarcoma (Catalan Communications); Wayside Music (Wheaton, MD); Trash and Vaudeville; Soho Zat; Eastern Artists; “M” a Clothing Store (New Haven, CT); Tilden – Foley Gallery (New Orleans); Goods Department Store Inc. (Boston, MA); Detail; Rube Goldberg: A Retrospective; Lambiek (Holland); Clothing Warehouse; Printed Matter; Lifecafe; Modern Girls
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Chapter Five): Mouse Holes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Maus, A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly; Vladek; Mala; Cousin; Doctor Orens; Friend of the Family; Lolek; Anja; Uncle Persis; Mashka; Tosha; Bibi; Lonia; Richiev; Jakov Spiegelman; Haskel; Sergeant; Miloch; Ben; Pesach
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FlagMaus: A Survivor's Tale #1 published August 1986
as Chapter Five: Mouse Holes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShort Order Comix #1 published January 1973
was Prisoner on the Hell Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]Prisoner of Hell Planet story only
 
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Pgs. 88-119. A 9” x 6” (22.86 cm x 15.24 cm) saddle-stitched insert bound to the magazine. The story includes all four pages of Spiegelman's “Prisoner of Hell Planet.”
[untitled]

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Juden Ravs!
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A reversed panel from pg. 105 of the booklet
The Polly Seed Expert

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Subject Matter
Maurice Kandel; Doctor Okrutnay
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4
Zombie Shock

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1
A Marriage Made in Hell

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Subject Matter
John Dough; Lydia; Miss Holburn
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FlagSkin Deep #[nn] published January 1992
FlagSkin Deep #[nn] published January 2000
FlagSkin Deep #[nn] published January 2009
FlagSchwermetall präsentiert #3 published January 1987
as Eine Ehe in der Hölle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFleur de Peau #[nn] published April 2005
as Un Mariage en Enfer [Story on Interior Page(s)]avec 4 pages de plus
 
Miscellaneous
10
Humor Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
3
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Pud + Spud
Pud; Spud
Where's the puffed wheat?
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FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #1 published June 1990
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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2
The Lou Costello Jr. Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Lou Costello Jr.; Lou Costello; Bud Abbott; Jimmy Durante
Another sampling of Friedman's pitch black humor. A story told from the point of view of Lou Costello's dead baby son.
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FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] published July 1986
FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 #[nn] published February 2012
FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] published September 1986
as The Lou Costello Jr. Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Jimbo
Jimbo; Smoggo
How can it be taking the ambulances so long to get here!!??
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FlagJimbo: Adventures in Paradise #[nn] published August 1988
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes #[nn] published January 2004
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Krazy Kat; Ignatz
The sun fills the desert with heat, and Mr. & Mrs. Joshua with slumber
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from Krazy Kat Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
Maman Que J'aime [I Love My Mommy]

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1
School of Visual Arts

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Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Jack
Jack thinks of painting a canvas while painting a chair.
Reprinting
FlagRaw One-Shot #3 published January 1984
as Jack Survives [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Back cover contains a nearly full-page illustration with a brief blurb about the school.

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