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(RAW GRAPHIX MAGAZINE). Spiegelman, Art and Francoise Mouly, Editor/Publishers. New York: Raw Books, 1980. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 36 + 12 ("Two-Fisted Painters Action Adventures") pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Francoise Mouly. Cover by Art Spiegelman. This is the inaugural issue (Volume 1, Number 1) of Mouly and Spiegelman's ground-breaking graphic magazine that single-handedly elevated comix to a new level of intellectual embrace. Contributors to this volume are Ray Gross and Winter, Alfred Jarry and Bruno Richard, Geoff Robison, Kaz, Jacques Tardi, Joost Swarte, Jerry Moriarty, Mark Newgarden, Bazooka, Patricia Caire and James Barth, Lynne Tillman and Mariscal, Mark Beyer, Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman, Heinz Emigholz, David Marc and Gary Hallgren, Francoise Mouly, Windsor McKay, Gerry Capelle, George Griffin, and Art Spiegelman - whose "Two Fisted-Painters Action Adventures" is bound in as a separate booklet, as issued. A bright, most handsome example of this invigorating document with the publisher's adhesive-backed color illustration pasted over the black and white window on the front cover, as issued. ISSN 0742-4434 Inventory Number: 027671