Prime Cuts #5 (1987) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: November 1987
Key date: November 1987
On-sale date: 1987
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.50; 5.25 CAD
Pages: 68
Rating: Mature Readers

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman; colors: Michael Kraiger
1	Prime Cuts Words & Pictures	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Walla Walla	comic story	2	script: Kim Deitch; pencils: Kim Deitch; inks: Kim Deitch; letters: Kim Deitch	Molly O'Dare
3	Franquin	text article	1	script: Kim Thompson; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin
4	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe [Gomer]
5	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe
6	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker, Franquin; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe
7	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe
8	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe; Mr. Groff
9	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe; Mr. Groff
10	Gaston Lagaffe	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Kim Thompson, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin; letters: Bill Spicer	Gaston Lagaffe; Mr. Groff
11	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: F. Solano López; inks: F. Solano López
12	Dan Tootin the Madcap Chemist	comic story	1	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	Dan Tootin
13	The Man Who Wanted to Change the World	comic story	4	script: Joe Sacco; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco	Zachary Mindbiscuit; Moppy
14	The Regular	comic story	1	script: Norman Dog; pencils: Norman Dog; inks: Norman Dog; letters: Norman Dog
15	Russ Johnson	text article	1	script: Dale Luciano
16	He Could Use a Good Yes Man	comic story	1.5	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Mr. Oswald; Herman; Jonny
17	The Doctor Sees the End of the Hardware Man	comic story	1.5	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Herman; Mr. Oswald; Perlie; Pete Moss
18	The Messenger Boy at 108 Main St.	comic story	1.5	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Mr. Oswald; Perlie; Herman
19	A Vacation Without a Sunburn	comic story	1.5	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Jonny; Mr. Oswald
20	Adam & Steve	comic story	1	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Adam; Steve
21	Adam & Steve	comic story	1	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Adam; Steve; Steve's Wife
22	In Line for Promotion	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Mr. Putitoff
23	Gus Gets the Gravy	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Gus
24	Mrs. Bunk Tries a Forcing Bid	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson
25	Shorty Has Designs	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Shorty; Steve
26	Pop Is Certainly Ungrateful	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Sellem; Sellem Jr.
27	Orders is Orders!	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Mrs. Black; Sellem Jr.
28	Ask Dad, He Knows!	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Sellem; Mr. Smith
29	Junior Was All Wrapped Up in His Work	comic story	0.25	script: Russ Johnson; pencils: Russ Johnson; inks: Russ Johnson; letters: Russ Johnson	Sellem Sr.; Jake; Sellem Jr.
31	The Sojourner	text story	4	script: Carson McCullers	John Ferris; Elizabeth Bailey; Billy; Bill Bailey; Valentin
32	Campesino	comic story	1	script: Mary Fleener; pencils: Mary Fleener; inks: Mary Fleener; letters: Mary Fleener
33	Hip Tips	illustration	1	script: Kenny Be; pencils: Kenny Be; inks: Kenny Be; letters: Kenny Be
34	-	illustration	0.5	script: Brian James Riedel; pencils: Brian James Riedel; inks: Brian James Riedel; letters: Brian James Riedel
35	-	illustration	0.5	script: Brian James Riedel; pencils: Brian James Riedel; inks: Brian James Riedel; letters: Brian James Riedel
36	-	illustration	0.5	script: Brian James Riedel; pencils: Brian James Riedel; inks: Brian James Riedel; letters: Brian James Riedel
37	-	illustration	0.5	script: Brian James Riedel; pencils: Brian James Riedel; inks: Brian James Riedel; letters: Brian James Riedel
38	Putting Descartes before the horse.	illustration	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
39	Life Goes On As Time Goes By And Vice Versa	illustration	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
40	Bug Phobia	illustration	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
41	Now Museum Now You Don't	illustration	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
42	Edge	illustration	0.5	pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf
43	Edge	illustration	0.5	pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf
44	Edge	illustration	0.5	pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf
45	Breakfast Surreal	illustration	0.5	pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf
46	This Space Available Call 312-973-5811	illustration	0.5	pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
47	Edge	illustration	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
48	Edge	cartoon	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
49	Edge	illustration	0.5	script: L. J. Kopf; pencils: L. J. Kopf; inks: L. J. Kopf; letters: L. J. Kopf
50	Overheard at London's Snack Bars	comic story	1	script: Susan Catherine; pencils: Susan Catherine; inks: Susan Catherine; letters: Susan Catherine
51	American Portraits	comic story	1	script: Mark Lewis; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Mark Lewis; letters: Mark Lewis
52	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Kim Deitch; pencils: Kim Deitch; inks: Kim Deitch
53	The Complainer Family in "The Complainers Go to Germany"	comic story	1	script: Charles Kaufman; pencils: Charles Kaufman; inks: Charles Kaufman; letters: Charles Kaufman	Fred; Frank; The Father; The Mother; The Teenage Daughter; The Son
54	Contributors	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	letters: typeset
55	Mysteries Of The Flesh: Chapter III	comic story	1	script: Charles Burns; pencils: Charles Burns; inks: Charles Burns; letters: Charles Burns
56	Treasure of the Lost Empire: Chapter 5	comic story	14	script: Mitch Manzer; pencils: Mitch Manzer; inks: Mitch Manzer; letters: Mitch Manzer	Maw; Kuzzin Klem; Will; Rory Randall; Maxine; Namron the Invincible; Dick Pritkin; Frog [Princess Wiwwian]
57	Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas	text story	1	script: Gustave Flaubert; pencils: Rick Geary; inks: Rick Geary
58	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Spotlight on the Genius That Is Joe Sacco #[nn]	1994	On eBay ›
Notes from a Defeatist #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-510-5	2003	On eBay ›
Shadowland #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-771-1; 1-56097-771-X	2006	On eBay ›

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