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Issue: Prime Cuts #3
Publication Date: May 1987
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Issues: #3 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 1987
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $5.25 CAD
$3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Mature Readers
Content Items: 24 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Groth
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: April 1987
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black & white with colour covers
Dimensions: US magazine size - 10.75" x 8.25" (27.3 cm x 20.95 cm)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Victorian Murders

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Prime Cuts Words & Pictures

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Table of contents plus a quote from Natalia Ginzberg
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Abominable Mrs. Pearcey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mrs. Mary Eleanor Pearcey; Frank Hogg; Phoebe Hogg; Clara Hogg
Synopsis: The story details the 1890 Hampstead murder of a housewife and her baby.
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In Content Item: FlagA Treasury of Victorian Murder #[nn] published January 1987
as The Abominable Mrs. Pearcey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Distributor list, production and indicia credits. Subscription offer for Prime Cuts with the following issue's cover shown.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Final Curtain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Maxine Morgan; Phil Morgan; Chorus Girl
Synopsis: The story of a deceased spirit that takes revenge on a philandering husband.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #2 published July 1990
as The Final Curtain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: The following six pages contain a sampling of the sort of dubious joys to be found
Synopsis: Frontispiece to the following six pages. Announcement of the 1987 Jim series from Fantagraphics. The illustration shows a bald man with large eyebrows.
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Pages: 1
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Jim Today

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jim
Synopsis: Four text pieces and two small illustrations are on these pages. The title of the pieces are "Glorious Lineage Continues," "Alien Life Found in Chinese Gruel," "A Public Service Announcement," and "Major Disappointment."
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Reprint Notes: in Jim (Fantagraphics, 1987 Series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jim
Synopsis: Illustration of a farm strewn with debris. A grinning goat and a standing cow wearing overalls are in the foreground.
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In Issue: FlagJim #[nn] published August 2014
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jim
Character(s): Susan; Mother; Grandmother; Grandpa
First Line: "When are we going to be there?" Susan asked the shadowy parent
Synopsis: Story is about a girl who is driven to a farm to visit her grandparents. Five small illustrations included.
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Reprint Notes: in Jim (Fantagraphics, 1987 Series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Mysteries of the Flesh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The first chapter revealing the findings of a theory called "Mysteries of the Flesh" by the narrator.
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Pages: 1
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A Night in the Woods

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Trenchard; Jennie; Pontz
Synopsis: The American writer's story about a married couple who after thirty years of marriage are sent to jail.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Would You Like to Have Sex With This Magazine?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Subscription promo for Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy.
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Pages: 1
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Room of One's Own

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The story satirizes the very high cost of living in big cities.
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Pages: 1
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Arcade #6

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The drawing is of a fox in suit and tie sitting next to a tree named "Madison Ave." The fox is sitting with an open book.
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In Issue: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [Fourth Printing] published March 2012
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [First Printing] published October 1987
as Madison Ave. [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the front cover to one of Crumb's self-published fanzines from the early sixties. Not to be confused with the Seventies anthology series.
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Arcade #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The image shows a shirtless fat man sitting on several sacks of money, surrounded by several dozen men brandishing swords. It is titled "The American Revolution of 1960"
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In Issue: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [Fourth Printing] published March 2012
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [First Printing] published October 1987
as Arcade #4 - 1960 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Arcade #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The image is of an almost completely sunken ship with several people on the topmost point. The ship's name is "Bigotry and Racial Prejudice."
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [Fourth Printing] published March 2012
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [First Printing] published October 1987
as Arcade #5 - 1960 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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R. Crumb's Animal Town Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Fritz the Cat; Sniff the Panda; Mr. Denny; Flossy the Panda; Mae
Synopsis: Fritz and his married friends were planning to have a picnic. Unfortunately, the couple's arguing puts a damper on it. Later on, Fritz gets into some trouble when he grabs a bunch of helium balloons.
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In Issue: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [Fourth Printing] published March 2012
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #1 [First Printing] published October 1987
as R. Crumb's Animal Town Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story is dated May 4, 1961. Previously unpublished.
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Consumer Decisions: A Lifetime Commitment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Social commentary on consumerism.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contributors

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Brief blurbs on the creators
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Pages: 1
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Call of the Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: religious
Character(s): Jesus; Joseph; Mary
Synopsis: An enigmatic tale taken from the Gnostic manuscript "Pistis Sophia." A child looking just like Jesus arrives at Joseph and Mary's house. Jesus, who has been working nearby, states that he's been waiting for him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Little Man: Short Strips 1980 - 1995 #[nn] published June 2006
as The Twin [Story on Interior Page(s)]Original title: Call of the Spirit, Reprint title: The Twin. Panels rearranged to make 4 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The story is sourced from The Apocryphal New Testament by M. R. James (Oxford) and The Other Bible (edited by Willis Barnstone, Harper and Row) as mentioned in the letter page from Yummy Fur #6.
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Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Treasure of the Lost Empire
Character(s): Will; Buddy Smudley; Rory Randall; Dick Pritkin; Cindy Lou
Synopsis: While Rory takes a swig of the poisoned drink, Buddy may have had a change of heart. But his doubts may have come too late.
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Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas
First Line: Comb (Large-Toothed): Makes the hair fall out.
Synopsis: More selections from Flaubert's work. Includes a single drawing from Geary. Covers from "Comb" to "Defeat"
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Promo for Fantagraphic's Sinner magazine.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Promo for Love & Rockets #21 and #22.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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