Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1987
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	3.50 USD; 5.25 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	Gary Groth; Kim Thompson (Consulting Editor); R. Fiore (Contributing Editor); Kim Fryer (Contributing Editor)

Cover Details

Pencils	Alec Stevens (signed)(painting)
Inks	Alec Stevens (signed)(painting)
Colors	Alec Stevens (signed)(painting)

Half page Dot and Dash story "Untitled"

Characters	Dot; Dash
Synopsis	Dot and Dash go surfing
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Colors	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 24/7/1927

Half page Polly and her Pals story "Untitled"

Characters	Polly; Pa; Uncle
Synopsis	Pa is worried about sharks near the beach
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Colors	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 24/7/1927

1 page credits "Prime Cuts Words & Pictures"

Synopsis	Table of contents plus a quote from Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Pencils	Dori Seda; Alec Stevens; Richard Sala; Robert Crumb; Drew Friedman; Eddie Campbell; Justin Green; Susan Catherine; Mitch Manzer; Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Dori Seda; Alec Stevens; Richard Sala; Robert Crumb; Drew Friedman; Eddie Campbell; Justin Green; Susan Catherine; Mitch Manzer; Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Script	Gary Groth
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Continued several pages later

6 page story "The Outsider"

Synopsis	An adaptation of the famous short story about a solitary man weary of darkness who is inexorably drawn to a castle tower.
Genre	Horror
Script	H.P. Lovecraft
Pencils	Alec Stevens
Inks	Alec Stevens
Letters	Alec Stevens

1 page credits

Synopsis	Production and indicia credits. Subscription offer for Prime Cuts with the following month's issue shown.
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Typeset

2 page Aline 'n' Bob story "Troubles with Cute Old Refrigerators"

Characters	Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Synopsis	The problems with having an old refrigerator as a style item
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils	Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks	Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters	Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Reprinted	in Complete Crumb Comics, The (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #16

8 page story "Untitled"

Characters	Eddie Campbell; Georgette Maison; Dave Harwood
Synopsis	Love's obsession
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Eddie Campbell
Pencils	Eddie Campbell
Inks	Eddie Campbell
Letters	Eddie Campbell
Notes	Originally released in the UK as a self-published comic

2 page Overheard At America's Lunch Counters story

Synopsis	Quotations heard by the author while waitressing
Genre	Humour
Script	Susan Catherine
Pencils	Susan Catherine
Inks	Susan Catherine
Letters	Susan Catherine

1 page illustration "Portrait"

Pencils	Kenneth Smith
Inks	Kenneth Smith
Notes	Accompanies a text story by R.A. Lafferty

7 page text story "Mr. Hamadryad"

Script	R.A. Lafferty
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Reality. Fantasy. and everything inbetween"

Characters	Luba
Synopsis	Ad for Love & Rockets
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Typeset

Half page Dot and Dash story "Untitled"

Characters	Dot; Dash
Synopsis	Dot and Dash chase a bird
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 19/6/1927

Half page Polly and her Pals story "Untitled"

Characters	Ashur Perkins; Pa
Synopsis	Ashur invents flourescent slippers
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 19/6/1927

Half page Dot and Dash story "Untitled"

Characters	Dot; Dash
Synopsis	Dot and Dash meet a fox
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 17/7/1927

Half page Polly and her Pals story "Untitled"

Characters	Polly; Pa; Bob
Synopsis	Pa goes on a fox hunt
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 17/7/1927

Half page Dot and Dash story "Untitled"

Characters	Dot; Dash
Synopsis	Dot and Dash are puzzled by a tortoise
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 22/5/1927

Half page Polly and her Pals story "Untitled"

Characters	Polly; Pa; Ashur
Synopsis	Ashur's cleaning fluid fails
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 22/5/1927

3 page story "The Confidante"

Characters	Lina; Cathy; Frank Dunden; Lina's Partner
Synopsis	Frank is vilified by all the women in town
Genre	Humour
Script	Dori Seda
Pencils	Dori Seda
Inks	Dori Seda
Letters	Dori Seda

8 page story "The Thirteen Fingers"

Synopsis	A journalist discovers a secret society
Genre	Horror
Script	Richard Sala
Pencils	Richard Sala
Inks	Richard Sala
Letters	Richard Sala

1 page story "Tor Johnson In The Country"

Characters	Tor Johnson; Tramp
Synopsis	Tor Johnson takes a trip to the country
Genre	Humour
Script	Johnny Legend
Pencils	Drew Friedman
Inks	Drew Friedman
Letters	Drew Friedman
Reprinted	in Warts and All (Penguin, 1990 series) #[nn]

2 page story "Hero Of The Beach Revisited"

Synopsis	A life saved by the ads in comics
Genre	Humour
Script	Justin Green
Pencils	Justin Green
Inks	Justin Green
Letters	Justin Green

1 page credits "Contributors"

Synopsis	Blurb for all the artists plus the conclusion of Gary Groth's intro.
Script	Gary Groth
Letters	Typeset

15 page Rory Randall story "Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter One"

Characters	Rory Randall; Cindy-Lou; Namron the Invincible; Wil
Synopsis	Country singer Rory Randall engenders the wrath of a subterranean dictator
Genre	Humour
Script	Mitch Manzer
Pencils	Mitch Manzer
Inks	Mitch Manzer
Letters	Mitch Manzer

Half page Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas illustration

Genre	Humor
Script	Gustave Flaubert
Pencils	Rick Geary
Inks	Rick Geary
Letters	Rick Geary
Notes	Illustration of one of Flaubert's pithy sayings from The Dictionary of Received Ideas

Half page Dot and Dash story "Untitled"

Characters	Dot; Dash
Synopsis	Dot and Dash find a box
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Colors	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 6/3/1927

Half page Polly and her Pals story "Untitled"

Characters	Pa; Polly
Synopsis	Pa goes hunting
Genre	Humour
Script	Cliff Sterrett
Pencils	Cliff Sterrett
Inks	Cliff Sterrett
Colors	Cliff Sterrett
Letters	Cliff Sterrett
Notes	Reprinted newspaper strip from 6/3/1927

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	Ad for Fantagraphics Books, including The Complete Popeye, Dickie Dare, Prince Valiant and Nemo: The Classics Comics Library.
Pencils	E.C Segar; Hal Foster; Milton Caniff
Inks	E.C Segar; Hal Foster; Milton Caniff
Letters	Typeset