Ruff Cutz

Ruff Cutz is a gen Starsky and Hutch anthology. It is subtitled: "A Starsky and Hutch Loaner Zine," which was a term for pass around that was very, very loosely edited or not at all. 
==Purpose==
From issue #1's "Statement of Intent": 
From a submission request for a third issue (never published) in Universal Translator #24: 
=="Manner of Distribution"==
From issue #1:
==Issue 1==
Ruff Cutz 1 was published around 1983 and contains 92 pages.
* untitled story, author not stated (A hurt/comfort follow-up based on the episode, "Quadromania.") (1)
* Just One of the Boys, fiction, author not stated (Despite disliking hunting, Starsky and Hutch go deer hunting in Minnesota with Hutch's dad and uncle. The two city cops are inept, and unlucky, in the forest. No deer are killed by hunting, but one is badly hurt when they accidentally run into it with their car.) (12)
* Reflections of Love, fiction by Blanche (Missing scene from the episode "A Coffin for Starsky" which takes place as Hutch gets Starsky to the hospital and then reminisces on all the times Starsky was there for him -- though chronologically most of these things have not occurred yet in canon.) (25)
* Yesteryear's War, fiction, author not stated (Starsky and Hutch fly home to Los Angeles from Minnesota where they attended the funeral of a man Hutch served with in the Viet Nam war and thought of as his kid brother. Upon his return home, Hutch is kidnapped and tortured by another fellow Viet Nam veteran who blames Hutch for Jimmie's death. Starsky tries to rescue him and is kidnapped and assaulted as well.) (29)
* Tomorrow's Memories, fiction, author not stated (Takes place post-series, Hutch is blind and suffers.) (48)
==Issue 2==
Ruff Cutz 2 was published around 1983 (one story is dated 1981, two stories are dated 1983) and contains 133 pages. Most of it is Starsky & Hutch, but this issue has some other fandoms as well. 
From the editor: 
* The Watson Caper by Libby Jones (1)
* Illusions by Deb (11)
* A Whole Lotta Love by Sandy Barrett (This is a "Sunny" story and incorporates an original female character, a "mystical" young and beautiful Native American woman. A sequel to this story appears in Don't Give Up On Us #2 in 1986.) (48)
* The White Knight, not credited (95)
* Happy New Year, Hutch! by Mary Kay Willey (specifically portrays and discusses a f/f relationship) (98)
* A Matter of Promises, A Matter of Pride by Mary Kay Willey (chapter two of the previous story, Hutch is married married to Chico (who has had female lovers in the past, and can also "can rejuvenate [her] own body cells, ease pain with humans through mental contact"). Along with Chico, Hutch is now the parent of a little daughter named Rebie, and Chico is expecting another child. Hutch becomes an aggressive domestic abuser, but fortunately, this is due to an aneurysm. Despite an operation, Hutch becomes blind. He decides to divorce his wife. In the end, Hutch's eyesight returns, his wife leaves him to go to San Francisco with another female lover (not the first one), but instead the woman next door. Hutch doesn't feel that bad, and he and Starsky get into the Torino to find some more bad guys. Note: Hutch's two children are hardly mentioned.) (102)
* The Satisfaction of Revenge by unknown author (Hutch/original female character, rated R) (114)
* Season by JL (dated August 1981) (Long wallow. Hutch is permanently blind. He's a psychological mess. There's a lot of crying by both Hutch and Starsky. Appears to be slash in all aspects except penetrative sex.) (151)
* If I Ever Doubted, poem by Pat Massie (172)
* What Can I Say?, poem by Pat Massie (173)
* eight full page illos by Ruth Kurz (174)
* The Encounter by Ann Leonhart (Star Trek: TOS) (81)
* The Surprise by Ann Leonhart (Greatest American Hero) (92) 
* The Last Goodbye by Ann Leonhart (Star Wars) (95)
* The Decision by Ann Leonhart (Star Wars) (98)
* My Brother's Keeper by Ann Leonhart (Simon and Simon, major h/c) (100)
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Category:Starsky & Hutch Slash Zines
Category:1983 Zines