Raw 1980 #7 - 7.5 - $75.00

Jelly Roll's own words are used to illustrate this story about how a curse may have caused his decline and fall in show business and in life.

Jiraiya is given the mission of rescuing the king's kidnapped daughter.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. "RAW is published about twice a year by RAW BOOKS & GRAPHICS, 27 Greene Street, NYC, N.Y. 100013. It is not published by or connected with Real Art Ways (RAW) INK (INC) or any other organization. Entire contents ?1985 by Raw Books & Graphics unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. ISSN 0742-4434; We are not responsible for unsolicited submissions. Send only nonreturnable photocopies.; Publisher: Fran?oise Mouly; Design & Production: Fran?oise Mouly; Design Associate: Mark Michaelson; Aides: Tomas Bunk, Kevin Hein, Paul Karasik, Mark Newgarden; SPECIAL THANKS TO: Yoshiko Kasuga, Robert Legault, Sonny O'Chiai, Kosei Ono; Typesetting: Daniel R. Shapiro; Printing: Malmar Graphics, NYC; Binding: Dependable Bindery, NYC"

• The Torn-Again Graphix Magazine - Note: The top right hand corner of all issues was torn off & thrown in a pile; a corner picked at random was taped inside, with a piece of black tape; An ironic gesture to both high grade collectors and mass production.
• Raw 7 - table of contents with piece of the torn cover attached; production credits, indicia, a list of other available RAW publications for sale
• Advertisement - Thirteen small comic-panel ads designed by the listed artists for the following (from NYC unless otherwise noted): Catalan Communications; Four "rusty metal" Gary Hallgren songs recorded by the K-Otics; Wayside Music (Wheaton, MD); Danceteria; A Last Gasp ad for a Larry Fine biography (SF, CA); Modern Girls; Village Comic Shop; Saint Marks Comic Shoppe; Impulse Magazine (Toronto, Canada); House Party; Independent Publications (Chicago, ILL); Rub-a-Dub-Dub (Buffalo, NY); Top Drawer ad for an R. Crumb Sketchbook
• A Very Strange Trip - The first page only is in color.
• Radioactive Guilt - Ritual Sacrifice in Reagan's America - A text article excerpted from the writer's "Reagan's America" (Creative Roots, 1984). Accompanied by ten illustrations of varying sizes.
• Maus, Chapter Six: Mouse Trap - a small-size insert
• Maus, a Survivor's Tale: Synopsis - Synopsis accompanied by a half-page photo taken by Jeffrey S. Kriger
• The Passion of Saint Sluggo - A double-page centerspread.
• I Am a Clich? - Story accompanied by ten illustrations of varying sizes.
• Shogun Tofu - The first page only is in color.
• Tokyo Raw - Thirteen small text pieces accompanied by fourteen small illustrations: Three by Kawamura and Beyer, two by Yumura, one by Panter. The text pieces are titled "Lost in Face," "Arigato, Mr. Roboto," "Disposable Architecture," "A Slanted Point of View," "Lost in Space," Nippin' the Hand That Feeds Us," "It's 10 AM. Do You Know Where Your Husband Is?," "Next Flavor for Tofutti!," "Going First Class," "A Very Subtle Blend of 11 Different Herbs and Spices!," "Socks and Bonds" and "Conversational English for Adults Only (excerpts). The single Herriman illustration is taken from a March 30 Krazy Kat page (unknown year).
• Jiraiya the Ninja Boy - This story was created just for this issue.
• Tokyo Raw Data - Brief blurbs on this issue's Japanese artists, plus Gary Panter.
• Red Flowers - A 9" x 5.5" (22.86 cm x 13.97 cm) insert stapled to the magazine's spine. Notations by Yoshiko Kasuga, Paul Karasik and Art Spiegelman. "Osewa-sama deshita: Kosei Ono, Yoshiko Kasuga, Akira Satake, Sonny and Hid?."
• - A photo ad for Yurakucho Seibu department stores based on Shigeru Sugiura's character designs
• School of Visual Arts - Back cover. A full page illustration dated 1984 accompanies a small blurb for the school.