CATALOG RECORD

Rip Off Comix #1

Rip Off Press · Series began 1977 · [April] 1977

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Dates

Cover date: [April] 1977
On sale: 1977
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition
Source ↗
3rd printing

1.25 USD 3rd print

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
2nd printing

1.00 USD 2nd print

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Gilbert Shelton, Ted Richards, Frank Stack, Dave Sheridan, Bill Griffith, Justin Greeninks: Gilbert Shelton, Ted Richards, Frank Stack, Dave Sheridan, Bill Griffith, Justin Greenscript: Bill Griffith, Joe Brown, Frank Stack, Ted Richards, Gilbert Shelton, Justin Green, Dave Sheridanletters: Bill Griffith, Gilbert Shelton, Frank Stack, Ted Richards, Justin Green, Dave Sheridan

Stories

Street Crazies · 1 pages
The Parakeet That Outwitted the D.E.A. · 16 pages
Fat Freddy receives a package addressed to him containing his uncle who is now a talking parakeet.
The Casebook of Doctor Feelgood · 4 pages
Dorman brings his dog Ping with him to see Dr. Feelgood because he's embarrassed of the dog.
Sheriff Alabama and the Hangin' Tree · 0.5 pages
The sheriff tests out the noose on his hangin' tree.
Untitled · 0.5 pages
E. Z. is at the doctor because of his terrible fever.
E. Z. Wolf's Kangaroo Court · 1 pages
Untitled · 1 pages
The hippie tells a story about the sixties involving a draft counselor.
#115 [Defective Cars and Incompetent Drivers] · 1 pages
A national racing competition to weed out incompetent drivers.
The Mysterious Stranger · 4 pages
The Friend of All Lonely Soldiers on Guard Duty offers Dan some of the finest smoke in the world.
The Anal Retentives · 1 pages
A look at collectors who are in reality anal retentives.
No. 111 Honk Therapy · 1 pages
A practical technique to enforce good behavior while driving.
Untitled · 1 pages
The hippie builds an energy focus amplifier.
Grace and Grease · 1 pages
For a nominal fee, the Reverend offers to pack a blessing with each meal-box of chicken.
Untitled · 1 pages
The hippie tells the kids what it was like to trip in the sixties.
Pre-dawn Antics · 1 pages
Failing to sleep before dawn.
Untitled · 0.5 pages
E. Z. and friend listen in on members of the White Shoes 'n' Belt conspiracy.
A Tale from the Winter of '77 · 0.5 pages
The sheriff orders E. Z. to shut off the heat on his mighty warm cabin.
Untitled · 1 pages
The hippie babysits his housemates's two-year-old toddler.
E. Z. Wolf's Kangaroo Court · 1 pages
The trial of Eagerhard Ragriches, founder of Eager Beaver Training Seminars (EBST).
The Art Critics · 1 pages
Connoisseurs of bad art.
Down in the Dumps · 1 pages
The Nerd, trying to improve his lot on life, applies for welfare.
Wonder Wart-hog Goes on Welfare! · 9 pages
Philbert is fired from his newspaper job so he goes to apply for welfare. After transforming into Wonder Wart-Hog, he comes across several famous super heroes waiting ahead of him in line.
#113 The Urban Equalizer · 1 pages
Shelton's design for car of the future, the Urban Equalizer.

Characters

Fat Freddy FreekowtskiFreewheelin' Franklin FreekPhineas T. PhreakSpider-ManBatmanSupermanHulkWonder Wart-hogWonder WomanPhilbert DesanexRobinDorman GrammitPingDoctor FeelgoodDopin' DanE. Z. Wolf

Reprinted in

Underground Classics (1985), The Whole Forty Year Old Hippie Catalog (1978), Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories (1983), Griffith Observatory (1993), Knockabout Comics (1980), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (1971), Wonder Wart-Hog and the Nurds of November: Gilbert Shelton's Exciting Cartoon Novel of Election-Year Politics, International Nuclear Terror, Professional Football, Science Fiction, Motorcycle and Auto Racing, Pestilence, Famine, Economic Collapse (1980), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Follies (2022)