Prime Cuts #10 (1988) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #10
Publication date: December 1988
Key date: December 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.95; 5.25 CAD
Pages: 76
Rating: Mature Readers

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring, S*M Graphics
1	-	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	O Canada Our Home and Native Land	comic story	3	script: Carel Moiseiwitsch; pencils: Carel Moiseiwitsch; inks: Carel Moiseiwitsch; letters: Carel Moiseiwitsch	Masumi Mitsui; Evacuation Officer
3	Goin' Rabbitin'	comic story	4	script: Lindsay Arnold; pencils: Lindsay Arnold; inks: Lindsay Arnold; letters: Lindsay Arnold	Keith; Lindsay Arnold [as Linz]; Uncle Reg; Uncle Perce [Uncle Percy]; Baz [Barry]; Bill the Dog
4	Rice Paper	comic story	2	script: Wayne Honath; pencils: Wayne Honath; inks: Wayne Honath; letters: Wayne Honath	Wayne Honath
5	TV and Me!	comic story	1	script: Mark Lewis; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Mark Lewis; letters: Mark Lewis
6	One Night on Market St.	comic story	3	script: Michael T. Gilbert; pencils: Michael T. Gilbert; inks: Michael T. Gilbert; letters: Michael T. Gilbert	Michael Gilbert; Girl
7	Windy Breeze	comic story	1	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack Cole	Windy Breeze
8	The Bottle	illustration	5	script: George Cruikshank; pencils: George Cruikshank; inks: George Cruikshank	The Husband; The Wife; The Infant; The Son; The Daughter
9	The Diet	comic story	4	script: K. L. Bakker; pencils: K. L. Bakker; inks: K. L. Bakker; letters: K. L. Bakker
10	Ligeia	comic story	2	script: Al Simons; pencils: Al Simons; inks: Al Simons; letters: Al Simons	Man; Ligeia
11	Concerning the Soul	text story	3	script: Hermann Hesse
12	The Fantagraphics 500 – Complete Catalogue: Winter 1988/89	promo (ad from the publisher)	16	script: Gary Groth, Kim Thompson
13	-	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin	Mr. Groff; Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Balloon Seller
14	-	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin	Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Poet; Mr. Groff
15	-	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin	Mr. Groff; Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	letters: typeset
17	Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence	comic story	6	script: Craig Maynard; pencils: Craig Maynard; inks: Craig Maynard; letters: Craig Maynard	Craig Maynard; Chris Maynard; Stuart Maynard; Mr Maynard
18	Howie Patterson's America	comic story	1	script: Wayne Honath; pencils: Wayne Honath; inks: Wayne Honath; letters: Wayne Honath	Howie Patterson
19	Bar-Talk Duets	comic story	1	script: Paul Ollswang; pencils: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; inks: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; letters: Paul Ollswang	Mr. Slocni; Rube
20	Bar-Talk Duets	comic story	1	script: Paul Ollswang; pencils: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; inks: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; letters: Paul Ollswang	Mr. Slocni; Jimmy
21	Bar-Talk Duets	comic story	0.2	script: Paul Ollswang; pencils: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; inks: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; letters: Paul Ollswang	Mr. Slocni; Rube
22	Bar-Talk Duets	comic story	0.6	script: Paul Ollswang; pencils: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; inks: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; letters: Paul Ollswang	Rube; Mr. Slocni; Jimmy
23	Bar-Talk Duets	comic story	0.2	script: Paul Ollswang; pencils: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; inks: Paul Ollswang, James Carpenter; letters: Paul Ollswang	Rube; Mr. Slocni
24	Good Times with Meaning	comic story	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
25	Tired of Yourself?	comic story	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
26	Complainers Anonymous	comic story	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
27	Uncreative Visualization	comic story	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
28	Viking	comic story	1	script: Michael T. Gilbert; pencils: Michael T. Gilbert; inks: Michael T. Gilbert; letters: Michael T. Gilbert
29	Chapter One: The Settlers	comic story	9	script: Douglas Michael; pencils: Douglas Michael; inks: Douglas Michael; letters: Douglas Michael	Ezariah; Donna; Chief Tomihawk; Johnny Appleseed; The Major; Celestial Nubin
30	Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas	illustration	1	script: Gustave Flaubert; pencils: Rick Geary; inks: Rick Geary
31	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Graphic Story Monthly #1	1990	On eBay ›
Beer Nutz #1	1991	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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