CATALOG RECORD

Rip Off Comix #8

Rip Off Press · Series began 1977 · [April] 1981

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Dates

Cover date: [April] 1981
On sale: 1981
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Frank Stack, Dave Sheridan, Tony Bell, Leo Baxendale, Savage Pencil, Steve Moore, Alan Moore, Edward Barker, Tony Benyon, Chris Welsh, Hunt Emerson, Terry Gilliaminks: Paul Mavrides, Gilbert Shelton, Frank Stack, Dave Sheridan, Tony Bell, Leo Baxendale, Savage Pencil, Steve Moore, Alan Moore, Edward Barker, Tony Benyon, Chris Welsh, Hunt Emerson, Terry Gilliamscript: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Dave Sheridan, Frank Stack, Tony Bell, Joe Brown, Charles Alverson, Leo Baxendale, Savage Pencil, Steve Moore, Alan Moore, Edward Barker, Tony Benyon, Chris Welsh, Hunt Emerson, Terry Gilliamletters: Gilbert Shelton, Dave Sheridan, Paul Mavrides, Frank Stack, Leo Baxendale, Savage Pencil, Edward Barker, Tony Benyon, Chris Welsh, Hunt Emerson, Terry Gilliam

Stories

Untitled · 0.5 pages
Fat Freddy's Cat's nephews ask him a question.
Phineas Gets An Abortion · 8 pages
Phineas gets his girlfriend's fetus transplanted into him.
Jesus and the Bank Robbers · 5 pages
Jesus goes back in time to the 1880 Old West to see if it is a good time to do the Final Judgement.
The Battle of the Titans!!! · 12 pages
Piltdown Pig and Paranoid Punkpig team up to take on Wonder Wart-Hog. The noise of the ensuing battle gets the attention of 739-61-46-108, a wart-hog from the future who comes to stop the conflict.
British Comix Bonus · 0.65 pages
Intro for the UK comics section that follows.
About the Cartoonists... · 0.35 pages
Brief blurbs on this issue's UK cartoonists.
Spotty Dick · Spotty Dick · 8 pages
Spotty Dick gets a job as an odd-job boy at the zoo.
Untitled · 1 pages
Two friends talk about music and then about cooking.
Three-Eyes McGurk and His Death-Planet Commandos · Three-Eyes McGurk · 4 pages
McGurk and friends go to the planet Zilchtron in order to retrieve the Living Heart of the Universe for a massive reward.
The Whacky World of Wildlife · 1 pages
Four four-panel strips about wildlife and humanity's exploitation of them.
The Lone Groover · 1 pages
Four four-panel strips involving musician Groover and the recording industry.
Thok · 2 pages
A motorcycle rider in a desolate desert landscape finds his bike is malfunctioning.
The Tower · 4 pages
A repair visit to The Holy Immortal who lives in a hut in a tower carved from the last tree.
Untitled · 2 pages
Lester has serious cramps after eating his meal.
Untitled · 1 pages
Phineas honks at someone who has a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker.

Characters

Fat Freddy FreekowtskiFat Freddy's CatFreewheelin' Franklin FreekPhineas T. PhreakWonder Wart-hogPhilbert DesanexJesus Christ

Reprinted in

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Follies (2022), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (1971), Wonder Wart-Hog and The Battle of the Titans (1985), Underground Classics (1985), The New Adventures of Jesus: The Second Coming (2006)