Raw Vol. 2, No. 1: "Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix"

Book Overview

With this issue, Raw, a literary journal for the post-literate, goes into a new format--a smaller, book-like trim isze. This and subsequent issues will Maus, and state-of-the-art work by contemporary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140122656
• ISBN13: 9780140122657
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Awesome collection of avant-garde comics

This is a diverse collection of alternative comics from the late 80's; 203 pages, 24 comics from the hilarious and absurd to the poignant and profound. Some are better than others, but all are unique and refreshingly different from the comics you're used to reading. These artists utilize their medium in a different way, creating bizarre surrealist pieces, dark comedy and visual poetry. My favorites in this volume include 2 Cowboy Henk strips, a hilarious Belgian comic translated to English, as well as some cool stuff by editor Art Spiegelman, including a chapter from Maus. Other good ones: Wild Heart, Karla in Kommieland, Bulimic, Social Butterfly, Paul, Zephyr.Beautiful artwork, including some of the most detailed pen and ink work I've seen.