CATALOG RECORD

Rip Off Comix #4

Rip Off Press · Series began 1977 · [November] 1978

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Dates

Cover date: [November] 1978
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
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Creators

pencils: Gilbert Shelton, Harry Driggs, Dave Sheridan, Frank Stack, Bill Griffith, Ted Richards, Paul Mavrides, Joel Beckinks: Gilbert Shelton, Harry Driggs, Dave Sheridan, Frank Stack, Bill Griffith, Ted Richards, Paul Mavrides, Joel Beckscript: Ted Richards, Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Bill Griffith, Harry Driggs, Dave Sheridan, Frank Stack, Joel Beckletters: Ted Richards, Bill Griffith, Harry Driggs, Dave Sheridan, Frank Stack, Gilbert Shelton, Joel Beck

Stories

E. Z. Wolf's Kangaroo Court · 1 pages
The case against the King of Disco Dance - John Revolta, and his punishment.
The 4th Freak Brother! · 8 pages
The Freak Brothers take the amnesic Officer O'Mullet with them to pick up five hundred pounds of marijuana from the Greyhound station.
Noo Yawkahs · 1 pages
The Rednecks · 1 pages
Mom Squad Meets Doctor Krul! · Mom Squad · 6 pages
The squad foils Krul's plans to eradicate Mother Nature.
Dealer McDope Does the Snowshovel Shuffle · 8 pages
Because of rising marijuana prices, Dealer McDope tries to sell cocaine instead.
Untitled · 4 pages
Dorman's wife gets a flea collar and spray for Ping.
Sudden Death · 20 pages
Due to Philbert Desanex's chronic state of unemployment, Wonder-Wart Hog signs up to play professional football for the Muthalode Bungers. A scathing send-up of the national sport.
Clone Sweet Clone! · Cartoon Cavalcade · 1 pages
Clones for everyone in daily life.

Characters

Fat Freddy FreekowtskiFreewheelin' Franklin FreekPhineas T. PhreakWonder Wart-hogPhilbert DesanexDorman GrammitPingDealer McDope

Reprinted in

Griffith Observatory (1993), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (1971), The Best of The Rip Off Press (1973), 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), Underground Classics (1985), The Best of Wonder Wart-Hog (2013), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Follies (2022)