Raw (1980, Raw Books)

Raw ran for 8 issues (1980–1986). Publishing format: was ongoing series. Hand-assembled with various inserts in treasury format. Includes 'Maus Chapter' #1 to #7 by Art Spiegelman as separate comics; which were affixed to inside back cover (#1, 4" x 6"; in Raw #2) or center folds (#2 to #7; 4" x 6" or 6" x 9"; in Raw #3 to #8) and sometimes seen separately. These chapters were published in revised form as: Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1986 series). Chapter 5 has the 4-page 'Prisoner on the Hell Planet' woven into the narrative; this human holocaust story appeared originally in Short Order Comix (Head Press, 1973 series) #1 This series was followed by: Raw (Penguin, 1989 series) #1 to #3. See also Read Yourself Raw (Pantheon, 1987 series), which reprints excerpts from the first three issues, and Funny Aminals (Apex Novelties, 1972 series) for the first appearance of the Maus feature.