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READ YOURSELF RAW: PAGES FROM THE RARE FIRST 3 ISSUES OF THE COMICS MAGAZINE FOR DAMNED INTELLECTUALS
(RAW GRAPHIX MAGAZINE). Spiegelman, Art and Franciose Mouly, Editors and Publishers. New York: Raw Books & Graphics & Viking Penguin, 1987. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Comic Periodicals. Fine.. 92 + 12 + 16pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Francoise Mouly. Covers by Art Spiegelman. "Read Yourself RAW" is anthology of material culled from the first three issues of Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman's ground-breaking graphics magazine that single-handedly elevated comix to a new level of intellectual embrace. The contributors from these are as follows: "Raw: The Graphix Magazine of Postponed Suicides" (Vol. 1, No. 1) - Alfred Jarry and Bruno Richard, Jacques Tardi, Joost Swarte, Jerry Moriarty, Mark Beyer, Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman, Francoise Mouly, Windsor McCay, Gerry Capelle, Kiki Picasso, and Art Spiegelman (whose "Two-Fisted Painters Action Adventures" is bound in as a separate booklet). "Raw: The Graphix Magazine for Damned Intellectuals" (Vol. 1, No. 2) - Jerry Moriarty, Joost Swarte, Bill Griffith, Caran D'Ache, Ever Meulen, Mark Beyer (whose trading card insert is bound in), Kaz, and Mark Newgarden. "Raw: The Graphix Magazine That Lost its Faith in Nihilism" (Vol. 1, No. 3) - Gary Panter, Ever Meulen and Eddy Flippo, Cathy Millet, Jose Munoz and Carlos Sampayo, Francoise Mouly, Mariscal, Charles Burns, Josef Schwind, Heinz Emigholz, and Gerry Capelle. A handsome example with both inserts securely bound in, as issued. 0-394-75551-0 Inventory Number: 026151