RAW: The Graphix Magazine of Postponed Suicides (Volume 1, Number 1)

New York: Raw Books, 1980. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1980 maiden issue of RAW, one of the seminal magazines of the New York underground literary scene of the 80s. Clean and VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light creasing and rubbing at the front panel. Articles include "Hommages Posthumes" by Alfred Jarry; "Two-Fisted Painters" by Art Spiegelman; and "Manhattan" by Jacques Tardi. Some of the illustrators include Art Spiegelman, Gerry Capelle, George Griffin, Winsor McKay, Gary Halgren, Mariscal, Patricia Caire, Drew Friedman, Mark Beyer, Francoise Mouly, Bazooka, Jerry Moriarty, Kaz, Bruno Richard et al. Folio, 35 pgs. of tight, very clever insanity. Also includes the laid-in insert, the stapled booklet called "Two-Fisted Painters